diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index b988e82b4..3895aeee2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        flavor: [1, 2, 3, 4]
+        flavor: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
         include:
           - flavor: 1
             node: 6
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ jobs:
           - flavor: 4
             node: 13
             typescript: typescript@next
+          - flavor: 5
+            node: 14
+            typescript: typescript@latest
+          - flavor: 6
+            node: 14
+            typescript: typescript@2.7
+          - flavor: 7
+            node: 14
+            typescript: typescript@next
     steps:
       # checkout code
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e296fed4..2bf4d7174 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 
 > TypeScript execution and REPL for node.js, with source map support. **Works with `typescript@>=2.7`**.
 
+### *Experimental ESM support*
+
+Native ESM support is currently experimental. For usage, limitations, and to provide feedback, see [#1007](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node/issues/1007).
+
 ## Installation
 
 ```sh
diff --git a/dist-raw/node-esm-resolve-implementation.js b/dist-raw/node-esm-resolve-implementation.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a5846673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist-raw/node-esm-resolve-implementation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,772 @@
+// Copied from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nodejs/node/v13.12.0/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
+// Then modified to suite our needs.
+// Formatting is intentionally bad to keep the diff as small as possible, to make it easier to merge
+// upstream changes and understand our modifications.
+'use strict';
+
+const {
+  ArrayIsArray,
+  JSONParse,
+  JSONStringify,
+  ObjectGetOwnPropertyNames,
+  ObjectPrototypeHasOwnProperty,
+  SafeMap,
+  StringPrototypeEndsWith,
+  StringPrototypeIncludes,
+  StringPrototypeIndexOf,
+  StringPrototypeSlice,
+  StringPrototypeStartsWith,
+  StringPrototypeSubstr,
+} = {
+  ArrayIsArray: Array.isArray,
+  JSONParse: JSON.parse,
+  JSONStringify: JSON.stringify,
+  ObjectGetOwnPropertyNames: Object.getOwnPropertyNames,
+  ObjectPrototypeHasOwnProperty: (obj, prop) => Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, prop),
+  SafeMap: Map,
+  StringPrototypeEndsWith: (str, ...rest) => String.prototype.endsWith.apply(str, rest),
+  StringPrototypeIncludes: (str, ...rest) => String.prototype.includes.apply(str, rest),
+  StringPrototypeIndexOf: (str, ...rest) => String.prototype.indexOf.apply(str, rest),
+  StringPrototypeSlice: (str, ...rest) => String.prototype.slice.apply(str, rest),
+  StringPrototypeStartsWith: (str, ...rest) => String.prototype.startsWith.apply(str, rest),
+  StringPrototypeSubstr: (str, ...rest) => String.prototype.substr.apply(str, rest),
+} // node pulls from `primordials` object
+
+// const internalFS = require('internal/fs/utils');
+// const { NativeModule } = require('internal/bootstrap/loaders');
+const Module = require('module')
+const NativeModule = {
+  canBeRequiredByUsers(specifier) {
+    return Module.builtinModules.includes(specifier)
+  }
+}
+const {
+  closeSync,
+  fstatSync,
+  openSync,
+  readFileSync,
+  realpathSync,
+  statSync,
+  Stats,
+} = require('fs');
+// const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
+const { getOptionValue } = (() => {
+  let options;
+  function parseOptions() {
+    if (!options) {
+      options = {
+      '--preserve-symlinks': false,
+      '--preserve-symlinks-main': false,
+      '--input-type': undefined,
+      '--experimental-specifier-resolution': 'explicit',
+      ...parseExecArgv()
+      }
+    }
+  };
+  function parseExecArgv () {
+    return require('arg')({
+      '--preserve-symlinks': Boolean,
+      '--preserve-symlinks-main': Boolean,
+      '--input-type': String,
+      '--experimental-specifier-resolution': String
+    }, {
+      argv: process.execArgv,
+      permissive: true
+    });
+  }
+  return {
+      getOptionValue: (opt) => {
+        parseOptions();
+        return options[opt];
+      }
+  };
+})();
+const { sep } = require('path');
+
+const preserveSymlinks = getOptionValue('--preserve-symlinks');
+const preserveSymlinksMain = getOptionValue('--preserve-symlinks-main');
+const typeFlag = getOptionValue('--input-type');
+// const { URL, pathToFileURL, fileURLToPath } = require('internal/url');
+const { URL, pathToFileURL, fileURLToPath } = require('url');
+const {
+  ERR_INPUT_TYPE_NOT_ALLOWED,
+  ERR_INVALID_MODULE_SPECIFIER,
+  ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_CONFIG,
+  ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_TARGET,
+  ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND,
+  ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED,
+  ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME,
+// } = require('internal/errors').codes;
+} = {
+  ERR_INPUT_TYPE_NOT_ALLOWED: createErrorCtor('ERR_INPUT_TYPE_NOT_ALLOWED'),
+  ERR_INVALID_MODULE_SPECIFIER: createErrorCtor('ERR_INVALID_MODULE_SPECIFIER'),
+  ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_CONFIG: createErrorCtor('ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_CONFIG'),
+  ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_TARGET: createErrorCtor('ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_TARGET'),
+  ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND: createErrorCtor('ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND'),
+  ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED: createErrorCtor('ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED'),
+  ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME: createErrorCtor('ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME'),
+}
+function createErrorCtor(name) {
+  return class CustomError extends Error {
+    constructor(...args) {
+      super([name, ...args].join(' '))
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function createResolve(opts) {
+// TODO receive cached fs implementations here
+const {tsExtensions, jsExtensions, preferTsExts} = opts;
+
+const realpathCache = new SafeMap();
+const packageJSONCache = new SafeMap();  /* string -> PackageConfig */
+
+function tryStatSync(path) {
+  try {
+    return statSync(path);
+  } catch {
+    return new Stats();
+  }
+}
+
+function readIfFile(path) {
+  let fd;
+  try {
+    fd = openSync(path, 'r');
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  try {
+    if (!fstatSync(fd).isFile()) return undefined;
+    return readFileSync(fd, 'utf8');
+  } finally {
+    closeSync(fd);
+  }
+}
+
+function getPackageConfig(path, base) {
+  const existing = packageJSONCache.get(path);
+  if (existing !== undefined) {
+    if (!existing.isValid) {
+      throw new ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_CONFIG(path, fileURLToPath(base), false);
+    }
+    return existing;
+  }
+
+  const source = readIfFile(path);
+  if (source === undefined) {
+    const packageConfig = {
+      exists: false,
+      main: undefined,
+      name: undefined,
+      isValid: true,
+      type: 'none',
+      exports: undefined
+    };
+    packageJSONCache.set(path, packageConfig);
+    return packageConfig;
+  }
+
+  let packageJSON;
+  try {
+    packageJSON = JSONParse(source);
+  } catch {
+    const packageConfig = {
+      exists: true,
+      main: undefined,
+      name: undefined,
+      isValid: false,
+      type: 'none',
+      exports: undefined
+    };
+    packageJSONCache.set(path, packageConfig);
+    return packageConfig;
+  }
+
+  let { main, name, type } = packageJSON;
+  const { exports } = packageJSON;
+  if (typeof main !== 'string') main = undefined;
+  if (typeof name !== 'string') name = undefined;
+  // Ignore unknown types for forwards compatibility
+  if (type !== 'module' && type !== 'commonjs') type = 'none';
+
+  const packageConfig = {
+    exists: true,
+    main,
+    name,
+    isValid: true,
+    type,
+    exports
+  };
+  packageJSONCache.set(path, packageConfig);
+  return packageConfig;
+}
+
+function getPackageScopeConfig(resolved, base) {
+  let packageJSONUrl = new URL('./package.json', resolved);
+  while (true) {
+    const packageJSONPath = packageJSONUrl.pathname;
+    if (StringPrototypeEndsWith(packageJSONPath, 'node_modules/package.json'))
+      break;
+    const packageConfig = getPackageConfig(fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl), base);
+    if (packageConfig.exists) return packageConfig;
+
+    const lastPackageJSONUrl = packageJSONUrl;
+    packageJSONUrl = new URL('../package.json', packageJSONUrl);
+
+    // Terminates at root where ../package.json equals ../../package.json
+    // (can't just check "/package.json" for Windows support).
+    if (packageJSONUrl.pathname === lastPackageJSONUrl.pathname) break;
+  }
+  const packageConfig = {
+    exists: false,
+    main: undefined,
+    name: undefined,
+    isValid: true,
+    type: 'none',
+    exports: undefined
+  };
+  packageJSONCache.set(fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl), packageConfig);
+  return packageConfig;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Legacy CommonJS main resolution:
+ * 1. let M = pkg_url + (json main field)
+ * 2. TRY(M, M.js, M.json, M.node)
+ * 3. TRY(M/index.js, M/index.json, M/index.node)
+ * 4. TRY(pkg_url/index.js, pkg_url/index.json, pkg_url/index.node)
+ * 5. NOT_FOUND
+ */
+function fileExists(url) {
+  return tryStatSync(fileURLToPath(url)).isFile();
+}
+
+function legacyMainResolve(packageJSONUrl, packageConfig) {
+  let guess;
+  if (packageConfig.main !== undefined) {
+    // Note: fs check redundances will be handled by Descriptor cache here.
+    if (fileExists(guess = new URL(`./${packageConfig.main}`,
+                                   packageJSONUrl))) {
+      return guess;
+    }
+    if (fileExists(guess = new URL(`./${packageConfig.main}.js`,
+                                   packageJSONUrl))) {
+      return guess;
+    }
+    if (fileExists(guess = new URL(`./${packageConfig.main}.json`,
+                                   packageJSONUrl))) {
+      return guess;
+    }
+    if (fileExists(guess = new URL(`./${packageConfig.main}.node`,
+                                   packageJSONUrl))) {
+      return guess;
+    }
+    if (fileExists(guess = new URL(`./${packageConfig.main}/index.js`,
+                                   packageJSONUrl))) {
+      return guess;
+    }
+    if (fileExists(guess = new URL(`./${packageConfig.main}/index.json`,
+                                   packageJSONUrl))) {
+      return guess;
+    }
+    if (fileExists(guess = new URL(`./${packageConfig.main}/index.node`,
+                                   packageJSONUrl))) {
+      return guess;
+    }
+    // Fallthrough.
+  }
+  if (fileExists(guess = new URL('./index.js', packageJSONUrl))) {
+    return guess;
+  }
+  // So fs.
+  if (fileExists(guess = new URL('./index.json', packageJSONUrl))) {
+    return guess;
+  }
+  if (fileExists(guess = new URL('./index.node', packageJSONUrl))) {
+    return guess;
+  }
+  // Not found.
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+function resolveExtensionsWithTryExactName(search) {
+  if (fileExists(search)) return search;
+  const resolvedReplacementExtension = resolveReplacementExtensions(search);
+  if(resolvedReplacementExtension) return resolvedReplacementExtension;
+  return resolveExtensions(search);
+}
+
+const extensions = Array.from(new Set([
+  ...(preferTsExts ? tsExtensions : []),
+  '.js',
+  ...jsExtensions,
+  '.json', '.node', '.mjs',
+  ...tsExtensions
+]));
+
+function resolveExtensions(search) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < extensions.length; i++) {
+    const extension = extensions[i];
+    const guess = new URL(`${search.pathname}${extension}`, search);
+    if (fileExists(guess)) return guess;
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+/**
+ * TS's resolver can resolve foo.js to foo.ts, by replacing .js extension with several source extensions.
+ * IMPORTANT: preserve ordering according to preferTsExts; this affects resolution behavior!
+ */
+const replacementExtensions = extensions.filter(ext => ['.js', '.jsx', '.ts', '.tsx'].includes(ext));
+
+function resolveReplacementExtensions(search) {
+  if (search.pathname.match(/\.js$/)) {
+    const pathnameWithoutExtension = search.pathname.slice(0, search.pathname.length - 3);
+    for (let i = 0; i < replacementExtensions.length; i++) {
+      const extension = replacementExtensions[i];
+      const guess = new URL(`${pathnameWithoutExtension}${extension}`, search);
+      if (fileExists(guess)) return guess;
+    }
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+function resolveIndex(search) {
+  return resolveExtensions(new URL('index', search));
+}
+
+function finalizeResolution(resolved, base) {
+  if (getOptionValue('--experimental-specifier-resolution') === 'node') {
+    let file = resolveExtensionsWithTryExactName(resolved);
+    if (file !== undefined) return file;
+    if (!StringPrototypeEndsWith(resolved.pathname, '/')) {
+      file = resolveIndex(new URL(`${resolved.pathname}/`, base));
+    } else {
+      file = resolveIndex(resolved);
+    }
+    if (file !== undefined) return file;
+    throw new ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND(
+      resolved.pathname, fileURLToPath(base), 'module');
+  }
+
+  if (StringPrototypeEndsWith(resolved.pathname, '/')) return resolved;
+
+  const file = resolveReplacementExtensions(resolved) || resolved;
+
+  const path = fileURLToPath(file);
+
+  if (!tryStatSync(path).isFile()) {
+  throw new ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND(
+    path || resolved.pathname, fileURLToPath(base), 'module');
+  }
+
+  return file;
+}
+
+function throwExportsNotFound(subpath, packageJSONUrl, base) {
+  throw new ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED(
+    fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl), subpath, fileURLToPath(base));
+}
+
+function throwSubpathInvalid(subpath, packageJSONUrl, base) {
+  throw new ERR_INVALID_MODULE_SPECIFIER(
+    fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl), subpath, fileURLToPath(base));
+}
+
+function throwExportsInvalid(
+  subpath, target, packageJSONUrl, base) {
+  if (typeof target === 'object' && target !== null) {
+    target = JSONStringify(target, null, '');
+  } else if (ArrayIsArray(target)) {
+    target = `[${target}]`;
+  } else {
+    target = `${target}`;
+  }
+  throw new ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_TARGET(
+    fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl), null, subpath, target, fileURLToPath(base));
+}
+
+function resolveExportsTargetString(
+  target, subpath, match, packageJSONUrl, base) {
+  if (target[0] !== '.' || target[1] !== '/' ||
+      (subpath !== '' && target[target.length - 1] !== '/')) {
+    throwExportsInvalid(match, target, packageJSONUrl, base);
+  }
+
+  const resolved = new URL(target, packageJSONUrl);
+  const resolvedPath = resolved.pathname;
+  const packagePath = new URL('.', packageJSONUrl).pathname;
+
+  if (!StringPrototypeStartsWith(resolvedPath, packagePath) ||
+      StringPrototypeIncludes(
+        resolvedPath, '/node_modules/', packagePath.length - 1)) {
+    throwExportsInvalid(match, target, packageJSONUrl, base);
+  }
+
+  if (subpath === '') return resolved;
+  const subpathResolved = new URL(subpath, resolved);
+  const subpathResolvedPath = subpathResolved.pathname;
+  if (!StringPrototypeStartsWith(subpathResolvedPath, resolvedPath) ||
+      StringPrototypeIncludes(subpathResolvedPath,
+                              '/node_modules/', packagePath.length - 1)) {
+    throwSubpathInvalid(match + subpath, packageJSONUrl, base);
+  }
+  return subpathResolved;
+}
+
+function isArrayIndex(key /* string */) { /* -> boolean */
+  const keyNum = +key;
+  if (`${keyNum}` !== key) return false;
+  return keyNum >= 0 && keyNum < 0xFFFF_FFFF;
+}
+
+function resolveExportsTarget(
+  packageJSONUrl, target, subpath, packageSubpath, base) {
+  if (typeof target === 'string') {
+    const resolved = resolveExportsTargetString(
+      target, subpath, packageSubpath, packageJSONUrl, base);
+    return finalizeResolution(resolved, base);
+  } else if (ArrayIsArray(target)) {
+    if (target.length === 0)
+      throwExportsInvalid(packageSubpath, target, packageJSONUrl, base);
+
+    let lastException;
+    for (let i = 0; i < target.length; i++) {
+      const targetItem = target[i];
+      let resolved;
+      try {
+        resolved = resolveExportsTarget(
+          packageJSONUrl, targetItem, subpath, packageSubpath, base);
+      } catch (e) {
+        lastException = e;
+        if (e.code === 'ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED' ||
+            e.code === 'ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_TARGET') {
+          continue;
+        }
+        throw e;
+      }
+
+      return finalizeResolution(resolved, base);
+    }
+    throw lastException;
+  } else if (typeof target === 'object' && target !== null) {
+    const keys = ObjectGetOwnPropertyNames(target);
+    for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+      const key = keys[i];
+      if (isArrayIndex(key)) {
+        throw new ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_CONFIG(
+          fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl),
+          '"exports" cannot contain numeric property keys');
+      }
+    }
+    for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+      const key = keys[i];
+      if (key === 'node' || key === 'import' || key === 'default') {
+        const conditionalTarget = target[key];
+        try {
+          return resolveExportsTarget(
+            packageJSONUrl, conditionalTarget, subpath, packageSubpath, base);
+        } catch (e) {
+          if (e.code === 'ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED') continue;
+          throw e;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    throwExportsNotFound(packageSubpath, packageJSONUrl, base);
+  }
+  throwExportsInvalid(packageSubpath, target, packageJSONUrl, base);
+}
+
+function isConditionalExportsMainSugar(exports, packageJSONUrl, base) {
+  if (typeof exports === 'string' || ArrayIsArray(exports)) return true;
+  if (typeof exports !== 'object' || exports === null) return false;
+
+  const keys = ObjectGetOwnPropertyNames(exports);
+  let isConditionalSugar = false;
+  let i = 0;
+  for (let j = 0; j < keys.length; j++) {
+    const key = keys[j];
+    const curIsConditionalSugar = key === '' || key[0] !== '.';
+    if (i++ === 0) {
+      isConditionalSugar = curIsConditionalSugar;
+    } else if (isConditionalSugar !== curIsConditionalSugar) {
+      throw new ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_CONFIG(
+        fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl),
+        '"exports" cannot contain some keys starting with \'.\' and some not.' +
+        ' The exports object must either be an object of package subpath keys' +
+        ' or an object of main entry condition name keys only.');
+    }
+  }
+  return isConditionalSugar;
+}
+
+
+function packageMainResolve(packageJSONUrl, packageConfig, base) {
+  if (packageConfig.exists) {
+    const exports = packageConfig.exports;
+    if (exports !== undefined) {
+      if (isConditionalExportsMainSugar(exports, packageJSONUrl, base)) {
+        return resolveExportsTarget(packageJSONUrl, exports, '', '', base);
+      } else if (typeof exports === 'object' && exports !== null) {
+        const target = exports['.'];
+        if (target !== undefined)
+          return resolveExportsTarget(packageJSONUrl, target, '', '', base);
+      }
+
+      throw new ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED(packageJSONUrl, '.');
+    }
+    if (packageConfig.main !== undefined) {
+      const resolved = new URL(packageConfig.main, packageJSONUrl);
+      const path = fileURLToPath(resolved);
+      if (tryStatSync(path).isFile()) return resolved;
+    }
+    if (getOptionValue('--experimental-specifier-resolution') === 'node') {
+      if (packageConfig.main !== undefined) {
+        return finalizeResolution(
+          new URL(packageConfig.main, packageJSONUrl), base);
+      } else {
+        return finalizeResolution(
+          new URL('index', packageJSONUrl), base);
+      }
+    }
+    if (packageConfig.type !== 'module') {
+      return legacyMainResolve(packageJSONUrl, packageConfig);
+    }
+  }
+
+  throw new ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND(
+    fileURLToPath(new URL('.', packageJSONUrl)), fileURLToPath(base));
+}
+
+
+function packageExportsResolve(
+  packageJSONUrl, packageSubpath, packageConfig, base) /* -> URL */ {
+  const exports = packageConfig.exports;
+  if (exports === undefined ||
+      isConditionalExportsMainSugar(exports, packageJSONUrl, base)) {
+    throwExportsNotFound(packageSubpath, packageJSONUrl, base);
+  }
+
+
+  if (ObjectPrototypeHasOwnProperty(exports, packageSubpath)) {
+    const target = exports[packageSubpath];
+    const resolved = resolveExportsTarget(
+      packageJSONUrl, target, '', packageSubpath, base);
+    return finalizeResolution(resolved, base);
+  }
+
+  let bestMatch = '';
+  const keys = ObjectGetOwnPropertyNames(exports);
+  for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+    const key = keys[i];
+    if (key[key.length - 1] !== '/') continue;
+    if (StringPrototypeStartsWith(packageSubpath, key) &&
+        key.length > bestMatch.length) {
+      bestMatch = key;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (bestMatch) {
+    const target = exports[bestMatch];
+    const subpath = StringPrototypeSubstr(packageSubpath, bestMatch.length);
+    const resolved = resolveExportsTarget(
+      packageJSONUrl, target, subpath, packageSubpath, base);
+    return finalizeResolution(resolved, base);
+  }
+
+  throwExportsNotFound(packageSubpath, packageJSONUrl, base);
+}
+
+function getPackageType(url) {
+  const packageConfig = getPackageScopeConfig(url, url);
+  return packageConfig.type;
+}
+
+function packageResolve(specifier /* string */, base /* URL */) { /* -> URL */
+  let separatorIndex = StringPrototypeIndexOf(specifier, '/');
+  let validPackageName = true;
+  let isScoped = false;
+  if (specifier[0] === '@') {
+    isScoped = true;
+    if (separatorIndex === -1 || specifier.length === 0) {
+      validPackageName = false;
+    } else {
+      separatorIndex = StringPrototypeIndexOf(
+        specifier, '/', separatorIndex + 1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const packageName = separatorIndex === -1 ?
+    specifier : StringPrototypeSlice(specifier, 0, separatorIndex);
+
+  // Package name cannot have leading . and cannot have percent-encoding or
+  // separators.
+  for (let i = 0; i < packageName.length; i++) {
+    if (packageName[i] === '%' || packageName[i] === '\\') {
+      validPackageName = false;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!validPackageName) {
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_MODULE_SPECIFIER(
+      specifier, undefined, fileURLToPath(base));
+  }
+
+  const packageSubpath = separatorIndex === -1 ?
+    '' : '.' + StringPrototypeSlice(specifier, separatorIndex);
+
+  // ResolveSelf
+  const packageConfig = getPackageScopeConfig(base, base);
+  if (packageConfig.exists) {
+    // TODO(jkrems): Find a way to forward the pair/iterator already generated
+    // while executing GetPackageScopeConfig
+    let packageJSONUrl;
+    for (const [ filename, packageConfigCandidate ] of packageJSONCache) {
+      if (packageConfig === packageConfigCandidate) {
+        packageJSONUrl = pathToFileURL(filename);
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (packageJSONUrl !== undefined &&
+        packageConfig.name === packageName &&
+        packageConfig.exports !== undefined) {
+      if (packageSubpath === './') {
+        return new URL('./', packageJSONUrl);
+      } else if (packageSubpath === '') {
+        return packageMainResolve(packageJSONUrl, packageConfig, base);
+      } else {
+        return packageExportsResolve(
+          packageJSONUrl, packageSubpath, packageConfig, base);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  let packageJSONUrl =
+    new URL('./node_modules/' + packageName + '/package.json', base);
+  let packageJSONPath = fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl);
+  let lastPath;
+  do {
+    const stat = tryStatSync(
+      StringPrototypeSlice(packageJSONPath, 0, packageJSONPath.length - 13));
+    if (!stat.isDirectory()) {
+      lastPath = packageJSONPath;
+      packageJSONUrl = new URL((isScoped ?
+        '../../../../node_modules/' : '../../../node_modules/') +
+        packageName + '/package.json', packageJSONUrl);
+      packageJSONPath = fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // Package match.
+    const packageConfig = getPackageConfig(packageJSONPath, base);
+    if (packageSubpath === './') {
+      return new URL('./', packageJSONUrl);
+    } else if (packageSubpath === '') {
+      return packageMainResolve(packageJSONUrl, packageConfig, base);
+    } else if (packageConfig.exports !== undefined) {
+      return packageExportsResolve(
+        packageJSONUrl, packageSubpath, packageConfig, base);
+    } else {
+      return finalizeResolution(
+        new URL(packageSubpath, packageJSONUrl), base);
+    }
+    // Cross-platform root check.
+  } while (packageJSONPath.length !== lastPath.length);
+
+  // eslint can't handle the above code.
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unreachable
+  throw new ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND(packageName, fileURLToPath(base));
+}
+
+function shouldBeTreatedAsRelativeOrAbsolutePath(specifier) {
+  if (specifier === '') return false;
+  if (specifier[0] === '/') return true;
+  if (specifier[0] === '.') {
+    if (specifier.length === 1 || specifier[1] === '/') return true;
+    if (specifier[1] === '.') {
+      if (specifier.length === 2 || specifier[2] === '/') return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+function moduleResolve(specifier /* string */, base /* URL */) { /* -> URL */
+  // Order swapped from spec for minor perf gain.
+  // Ok since relative URLs cannot parse as URLs.
+  let resolved;
+  if (shouldBeTreatedAsRelativeOrAbsolutePath(specifier)) {
+    resolved = new URL(specifier, base);
+  } else {
+    try {
+      resolved = new URL(specifier);
+    } catch {
+      return packageResolve(specifier, base);
+    }
+  }
+  return finalizeResolution(resolved, base);
+}
+
+function defaultResolve(specifier, { parentURL } = {}, defaultResolveUnused) {
+  let parsed;
+  try {
+    parsed = new URL(specifier);
+    if (parsed.protocol === 'data:') {
+      return {
+        url: specifier
+      };
+    }
+  } catch {}
+  if (parsed && parsed.protocol === 'nodejs:')
+    return { url: specifier };
+  if (parsed && parsed.protocol !== 'file:' && parsed.protocol !== 'data:')
+    throw new ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME();
+  if (NativeModule.canBeRequiredByUsers(specifier)) {
+    return {
+      url: 'nodejs:' + specifier
+    };
+  }
+  if (parentURL && StringPrototypeStartsWith(parentURL, 'data:')) {
+    // This is gonna blow up, we want the error
+    new URL(specifier, parentURL);
+  }
+
+  const isMain = parentURL === undefined;
+  if (isMain) {
+    parentURL = pathToFileURL(`${process.cwd()}/`).href;
+
+    // This is the initial entry point to the program, and --input-type has
+    // been passed as an option; but --input-type can only be used with
+    // --eval, --print or STDIN string input. It is not allowed with file
+    // input, to avoid user confusion over how expansive the effect of the
+    // flag should be (i.e. entry point only, package scope surrounding the
+    // entry point, etc.).
+    if (typeFlag)
+      throw new ERR_INPUT_TYPE_NOT_ALLOWED();
+  }
+
+  let url = moduleResolve(specifier, new URL(parentURL));
+
+  if (isMain ? !preserveSymlinksMain : !preserveSymlinks) {
+    const urlPath = fileURLToPath(url);
+    const real = realpathSync(urlPath, {
+      // [internalFS.realpathCacheKey]: realpathCache
+    });
+    const old = url;
+    url = pathToFileURL(real + (urlPath.endsWith(sep) ? '/' : ''));
+    url.search = old.search;
+    url.hash = old.hash;
+  }
+
+  return { url: `${url}` };
+}
+
+return {
+  defaultResolve,
+  getPackageType
+};
+}
+module.exports = {
+  createResolve
+}
diff --git a/esm-usage-example/README.md b/esm-usage-example/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f75113aaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esm-usage-example/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+To run the experiment:
+
+```
+cd ./esm-usage-example # Must be in this directory
+node -v # Must be using node v13
+
+# Install the github branch via npm
+npm install
+node --loader ts-node/esm ./index.js
+
+# Or if you're hacking locally
+node --loader ../esm.mjs ./index
+
+```
diff --git a/esm-usage-example/bar.ts b/esm-usage-example/bar.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45dd9d249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esm-usage-example/bar.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const bar = 123;
diff --git a/esm-usage-example/foo.ts b/esm-usage-example/foo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..185a3dbf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esm-usage-example/foo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export const foo = 123;
+export {bar} from './bar';
+
diff --git a/esm-usage-example/index.js b/esm-usage-example/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1902166b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esm-usage-example/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+async function main() {
+  const fooModule = await import('./foo.ts');
+  console.dir({foo: fooModule})
+}
+main()
diff --git a/esm-usage-example/package.json b/esm-usage-example/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9974a780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esm-usage-example/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "module",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "ts-node": "github:TypeStrong/ts-node#ab/esm-support",
+    "typescript": "^3.8.3"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/esm-usage-example/tsconfig.json b/esm-usage-example/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ac61592b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esm-usage-example/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "ESNext"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/esm.mjs b/esm.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..873ff9768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esm.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import {fileURLToPath} from 'url'
+import {createRequire} from 'module'
+const require = createRequire(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
+
+/** @type {import('./dist/esm')} */
+const esm = require('./dist/esm')
+export const {resolve, getFormat, transformSource} = esm.registerAndCreateEsmHooks()
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4b6897771..361ee1cf2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
   "version": "8.9.0",
   "description": "TypeScript execution environment and REPL for node.js, with source map support",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": "./dist/index.js",
+    "./esm": "./esm.mjs"
+  },
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
   "bin": {
     "ts-node": "dist/bin.js",
@@ -12,7 +16,9 @@
   },
   "files": [
     "dist/",
+    "dist-raw/",
     "register/",
+    "esm.mjs",
     "LICENSE",
     "tsconfig.schema.json",
     "tsconfig.schemastore-schema.json"
diff --git a/raw/node-esm-resolve-implementation.js b/raw/node-esm-resolve-implementation.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..730c815b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/raw/node-esm-resolve-implementation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,663 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const {
+  ArrayIsArray,
+  JSONParse,
+  JSONStringify,
+  ObjectGetOwnPropertyNames,
+  ObjectPrototypeHasOwnProperty,
+  SafeMap,
+  StringPrototypeEndsWith,
+  StringPrototypeIncludes,
+  StringPrototypeIndexOf,
+  StringPrototypeSlice,
+  StringPrototypeStartsWith,
+  StringPrototypeSubstr,
+} = primordials;
+
+const internalFS = require('internal/fs/utils');
+const { NativeModule } = require('internal/bootstrap/loaders');
+const {
+  closeSync,
+  fstatSync,
+  openSync,
+  readFileSync,
+  realpathSync,
+  statSync,
+  Stats,
+} = require('fs');
+const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
+const { sep } = require('path');
+
+const preserveSymlinks = getOptionValue('--preserve-symlinks');
+const preserveSymlinksMain = getOptionValue('--preserve-symlinks-main');
+const typeFlag = getOptionValue('--input-type');
+const { URL, pathToFileURL, fileURLToPath } = require('internal/url');
+const {
+  ERR_INPUT_TYPE_NOT_ALLOWED,
+  ERR_INVALID_MODULE_SPECIFIER,
+  ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_CONFIG,
+  ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_TARGET,
+  ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND,
+  ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED,
+  ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME,
+} = require('internal/errors').codes;
+
+const realpathCache = new SafeMap();
+const packageJSONCache = new SafeMap();  /* string -> PackageConfig */
+
+function tryStatSync(path) {
+  try {
+    return statSync(path);
+  } catch {
+    return new Stats();
+  }
+}
+
+function readIfFile(path) {
+  let fd;
+  try {
+    fd = openSync(path, 'r');
+  } catch {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  try {
+    if (!fstatSync(fd).isFile()) return undefined;
+    return readFileSync(fd, 'utf8');
+  } finally {
+    closeSync(fd);
+  }
+}
+
+function getPackageConfig(path, base) {
+  const existing = packageJSONCache.get(path);
+  if (existing !== undefined) {
+    if (!existing.isValid) {
+      throw new ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_CONFIG(path, fileURLToPath(base), false);
+    }
+    return existing;
+  }
+
+  const source = readIfFile(path);
+  if (source === undefined) {
+    const packageConfig = {
+      exists: false,
+      main: undefined,
+      name: undefined,
+      isValid: true,
+      type: 'none',
+      exports: undefined
+    };
+    packageJSONCache.set(path, packageConfig);
+    return packageConfig;
+  }
+
+  let packageJSON;
+  try {
+    packageJSON = JSONParse(source);
+  } catch {
+    const packageConfig = {
+      exists: true,
+      main: undefined,
+      name: undefined,
+      isValid: false,
+      type: 'none',
+      exports: undefined
+    };
+    packageJSONCache.set(path, packageConfig);
+    return packageConfig;
+  }
+
+  let { main, name, type } = packageJSON;
+  const { exports } = packageJSON;
+  if (typeof main !== 'string') main = undefined;
+  if (typeof name !== 'string') name = undefined;
+  // Ignore unknown types for forwards compatibility
+  if (type !== 'module' && type !== 'commonjs') type = 'none';
+
+  const packageConfig = {
+    exists: true,
+    main,
+    name,
+    isValid: true,
+    type,
+    exports
+  };
+  packageJSONCache.set(path, packageConfig);
+  return packageConfig;
+}
+
+function getPackageScopeConfig(resolved, base) {
+  let packageJSONUrl = new URL('./package.json', resolved);
+  while (true) {
+    const packageJSONPath = packageJSONUrl.pathname;
+    if (StringPrototypeEndsWith(packageJSONPath, 'node_modules/package.json'))
+      break;
+    const packageConfig = getPackageConfig(fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl), base);
+    if (packageConfig.exists) return packageConfig;
+
+    const lastPackageJSONUrl = packageJSONUrl;
+    packageJSONUrl = new URL('../package.json', packageJSONUrl);
+
+    // Terminates at root where ../package.json equals ../../package.json
+    // (can't just check "/package.json" for Windows support).
+    if (packageJSONUrl.pathname === lastPackageJSONUrl.pathname) break;
+  }
+  const packageConfig = {
+    exists: false,
+    main: undefined,
+    name: undefined,
+    isValid: true,
+    type: 'none',
+    exports: undefined
+  };
+  packageJSONCache.set(fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl), packageConfig);
+  return packageConfig;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Legacy CommonJS main resolution:
+ * 1. let M = pkg_url + (json main field)
+ * 2. TRY(M, M.js, M.json, M.node)
+ * 3. TRY(M/index.js, M/index.json, M/index.node)
+ * 4. TRY(pkg_url/index.js, pkg_url/index.json, pkg_url/index.node)
+ * 5. NOT_FOUND
+ */
+function fileExists(url) {
+  return tryStatSync(fileURLToPath(url)).isFile();
+}
+
+function legacyMainResolve(packageJSONUrl, packageConfig) {
+  let guess;
+  if (packageConfig.main !== undefined) {
+    // Note: fs check redundances will be handled by Descriptor cache here.
+    if (fileExists(guess = new URL(`./${packageConfig.main}`,
+                                   packageJSONUrl))) {
+      return guess;
+    }
+    if (fileExists(guess = new URL(`./${packageConfig.main}.js`,
+                                   packageJSONUrl))) {
+      return guess;
+    }
+    if (fileExists(guess = new URL(`./${packageConfig.main}.json`,
+                                   packageJSONUrl))) {
+      return guess;
+    }
+    if (fileExists(guess = new URL(`./${packageConfig.main}.node`,
+                                   packageJSONUrl))) {
+      return guess;
+    }
+    if (fileExists(guess = new URL(`./${packageConfig.main}/index.js`,
+                                   packageJSONUrl))) {
+      return guess;
+    }
+    if (fileExists(guess = new URL(`./${packageConfig.main}/index.json`,
+                                   packageJSONUrl))) {
+      return guess;
+    }
+    if (fileExists(guess = new URL(`./${packageConfig.main}/index.node`,
+                                   packageJSONUrl))) {
+      return guess;
+    }
+    // Fallthrough.
+  }
+  if (fileExists(guess = new URL('./index.js', packageJSONUrl))) {
+    return guess;
+  }
+  // So fs.
+  if (fileExists(guess = new URL('./index.json', packageJSONUrl))) {
+    return guess;
+  }
+  if (fileExists(guess = new URL('./index.node', packageJSONUrl))) {
+    return guess;
+  }
+  // Not found.
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+function resolveExtensionsWithTryExactName(search) {
+  if (fileExists(search)) return search;
+  return resolveExtensions(search);
+}
+
+const extensions = ['.js', '.json', '.node', '.mjs'];
+function resolveExtensions(search) {
+  for (let i = 0; i < extensions.length; i++) {
+    const extension = extensions[i];
+    const guess = new URL(`${search.pathname}${extension}`, search);
+    if (fileExists(guess)) return guess;
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+function resolveIndex(search) {
+  return resolveExtensions(new URL('index', search));
+}
+
+function finalizeResolution(resolved, base) {
+  if (getOptionValue('--experimental-specifier-resolution') === 'node') {
+    let file = resolveExtensionsWithTryExactName(resolved);
+    if (file !== undefined) return file;
+    if (!StringPrototypeEndsWith(resolved.pathname, '/')) {
+      file = resolveIndex(new URL(`${resolved.pathname}/`, base));
+    } else {
+      file = resolveIndex(resolved);
+    }
+    if (file !== undefined) return file;
+    throw new ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND(
+      resolved.pathname, fileURLToPath(base), 'module');
+  }
+
+  if (StringPrototypeEndsWith(resolved.pathname, '/')) return resolved;
+  const path = fileURLToPath(resolved);
+
+  if (!tryStatSync(path).isFile()) {
+    throw new ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND(
+      path || resolved.pathname, fileURLToPath(base), 'module');
+  }
+
+  return resolved;
+}
+
+function throwExportsNotFound(subpath, packageJSONUrl, base) {
+  throw new ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED(
+    fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl), subpath, fileURLToPath(base));
+}
+
+function throwSubpathInvalid(subpath, packageJSONUrl, base) {
+  throw new ERR_INVALID_MODULE_SPECIFIER(
+    fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl), subpath, fileURLToPath(base));
+}
+
+function throwExportsInvalid(
+  subpath, target, packageJSONUrl, base) {
+  if (typeof target === 'object' && target !== null) {
+    target = JSONStringify(target, null, '');
+  } else if (ArrayIsArray(target)) {
+    target = `[${target}]`;
+  } else {
+    target = `${target}`;
+  }
+  throw new ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_TARGET(
+    fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl), null, subpath, target, fileURLToPath(base));
+}
+
+function resolveExportsTargetString(
+  target, subpath, match, packageJSONUrl, base) {
+  if (target[0] !== '.' || target[1] !== '/' ||
+      (subpath !== '' && target[target.length - 1] !== '/')) {
+    throwExportsInvalid(match, target, packageJSONUrl, base);
+  }
+
+  const resolved = new URL(target, packageJSONUrl);
+  const resolvedPath = resolved.pathname;
+  const packagePath = new URL('.', packageJSONUrl).pathname;
+
+  if (!StringPrototypeStartsWith(resolvedPath, packagePath) ||
+      StringPrototypeIncludes(
+        resolvedPath, '/node_modules/', packagePath.length - 1)) {
+    throwExportsInvalid(match, target, packageJSONUrl, base);
+  }
+
+  if (subpath === '') return resolved;
+  const subpathResolved = new URL(subpath, resolved);
+  const subpathResolvedPath = subpathResolved.pathname;
+  if (!StringPrototypeStartsWith(subpathResolvedPath, resolvedPath) ||
+      StringPrototypeIncludes(subpathResolvedPath,
+                              '/node_modules/', packagePath.length - 1)) {
+    throwSubpathInvalid(match + subpath, packageJSONUrl, base);
+  }
+  return subpathResolved;
+}
+
+function isArrayIndex(key /* string */) { /* -> boolean */
+  const keyNum = +key;
+  if (`${keyNum}` !== key) return false;
+  return keyNum >= 0 && keyNum < 0xFFFF_FFFF;
+}
+
+function resolveExportsTarget(
+  packageJSONUrl, target, subpath, packageSubpath, base) {
+  if (typeof target === 'string') {
+    const resolved = resolveExportsTargetString(
+      target, subpath, packageSubpath, packageJSONUrl, base);
+    return finalizeResolution(resolved, base);
+  } else if (ArrayIsArray(target)) {
+    if (target.length === 0)
+      throwExportsInvalid(packageSubpath, target, packageJSONUrl, base);
+
+    let lastException;
+    for (let i = 0; i < target.length; i++) {
+      const targetItem = target[i];
+      let resolved;
+      try {
+        resolved = resolveExportsTarget(
+          packageJSONUrl, targetItem, subpath, packageSubpath, base);
+      } catch (e) {
+        lastException = e;
+        if (e.code === 'ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED' ||
+            e.code === 'ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_TARGET') {
+          continue;
+        }
+        throw e;
+      }
+
+      return finalizeResolution(resolved, base);
+    }
+    throw lastException;
+  } else if (typeof target === 'object' && target !== null) {
+    const keys = ObjectGetOwnPropertyNames(target);
+    for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+      const key = keys[i];
+      if (isArrayIndex(key)) {
+        throw new ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_CONFIG(
+          fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl),
+          '"exports" cannot contain numeric property keys');
+      }
+    }
+    for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+      const key = keys[i];
+      if (key === 'node' || key === 'import' || key === 'default') {
+        const conditionalTarget = target[key];
+        try {
+          return resolveExportsTarget(
+            packageJSONUrl, conditionalTarget, subpath, packageSubpath, base);
+        } catch (e) {
+          if (e.code === 'ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED') continue;
+          throw e;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    throwExportsNotFound(packageSubpath, packageJSONUrl, base);
+  }
+  throwExportsInvalid(packageSubpath, target, packageJSONUrl, base);
+}
+
+function isConditionalExportsMainSugar(exports, packageJSONUrl, base) {
+  if (typeof exports === 'string' || ArrayIsArray(exports)) return true;
+  if (typeof exports !== 'object' || exports === null) return false;
+
+  const keys = ObjectGetOwnPropertyNames(exports);
+  let isConditionalSugar = false;
+  let i = 0;
+  for (let j = 0; j < keys.length; j++) {
+    const key = keys[j];
+    const curIsConditionalSugar = key === '' || key[0] !== '.';
+    if (i++ === 0) {
+      isConditionalSugar = curIsConditionalSugar;
+    } else if (isConditionalSugar !== curIsConditionalSugar) {
+      throw new ERR_INVALID_PACKAGE_CONFIG(
+        fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl),
+        '"exports" cannot contain some keys starting with \'.\' and some not.' +
+        ' The exports object must either be an object of package subpath keys' +
+        ' or an object of main entry condition name keys only.');
+    }
+  }
+  return isConditionalSugar;
+}
+
+
+function packageMainResolve(packageJSONUrl, packageConfig, base) {
+  if (packageConfig.exists) {
+    const exports = packageConfig.exports;
+    if (exports !== undefined) {
+      if (isConditionalExportsMainSugar(exports, packageJSONUrl, base)) {
+        return resolveExportsTarget(packageJSONUrl, exports, '', '', base);
+      } else if (typeof exports === 'object' && exports !== null) {
+        const target = exports['.'];
+        if (target !== undefined)
+          return resolveExportsTarget(packageJSONUrl, target, '', '', base);
+      }
+
+      throw new ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED(packageJSONUrl, '.');
+    }
+    if (packageConfig.main !== undefined) {
+      const resolved = new URL(packageConfig.main, packageJSONUrl);
+      const path = fileURLToPath(resolved);
+      if (tryStatSync(path).isFile()) return resolved;
+    }
+    if (getOptionValue('--experimental-specifier-resolution') === 'node') {
+      if (packageConfig.main !== undefined) {
+        return finalizeResolution(
+          new URL(packageConfig.main, packageJSONUrl), base);
+      } else {
+        return finalizeResolution(
+          new URL('index', packageJSONUrl), base);
+      }
+    }
+    if (packageConfig.type !== 'module') {
+      return legacyMainResolve(packageJSONUrl, packageConfig);
+    }
+  }
+
+  throw new ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND(
+    fileURLToPath(new URL('.', packageJSONUrl)), fileURLToPath(base));
+}
+
+
+function packageExportsResolve(
+  packageJSONUrl, packageSubpath, packageConfig, base) /* -> URL */ {
+  const exports = packageConfig.exports;
+  if (exports === undefined ||
+      isConditionalExportsMainSugar(exports, packageJSONUrl, base)) {
+    throwExportsNotFound(packageSubpath, packageJSONUrl, base);
+  }
+
+
+  if (ObjectPrototypeHasOwnProperty(exports, packageSubpath)) {
+    const target = exports[packageSubpath];
+    const resolved = resolveExportsTarget(
+      packageJSONUrl, target, '', packageSubpath, base);
+    return finalizeResolution(resolved, base);
+  }
+
+  let bestMatch = '';
+  const keys = ObjectGetOwnPropertyNames(exports);
+  for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+    const key = keys[i];
+    if (key[key.length - 1] !== '/') continue;
+    if (StringPrototypeStartsWith(packageSubpath, key) &&
+        key.length > bestMatch.length) {
+      bestMatch = key;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (bestMatch) {
+    const target = exports[bestMatch];
+    const subpath = StringPrototypeSubstr(packageSubpath, bestMatch.length);
+    const resolved = resolveExportsTarget(
+      packageJSONUrl, target, subpath, packageSubpath, base);
+    return finalizeResolution(resolved, base);
+  }
+
+  throwExportsNotFound(packageSubpath, packageJSONUrl, base);
+}
+
+function getPackageType(url) {
+  const packageConfig = getPackageScopeConfig(url, url);
+  return packageConfig.type;
+}
+
+function packageResolve(specifier /* string */, base /* URL */) { /* -> URL */
+  let separatorIndex = StringPrototypeIndexOf(specifier, '/');
+  let validPackageName = true;
+  let isScoped = false;
+  if (specifier[0] === '@') {
+    isScoped = true;
+    if (separatorIndex === -1 || specifier.length === 0) {
+      validPackageName = false;
+    } else {
+      separatorIndex = StringPrototypeIndexOf(
+        specifier, '/', separatorIndex + 1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const packageName = separatorIndex === -1 ?
+    specifier : StringPrototypeSlice(specifier, 0, separatorIndex);
+
+  // Package name cannot have leading . and cannot have percent-encoding or
+  // separators.
+  for (let i = 0; i < packageName.length; i++) {
+    if (packageName[i] === '%' || packageName[i] === '\\') {
+      validPackageName = false;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!validPackageName) {
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_MODULE_SPECIFIER(
+      specifier, undefined, fileURLToPath(base));
+  }
+
+  const packageSubpath = separatorIndex === -1 ?
+    '' : '.' + StringPrototypeSlice(specifier, separatorIndex);
+
+  // ResolveSelf
+  const packageConfig = getPackageScopeConfig(base, base);
+  if (packageConfig.exists) {
+    // TODO(jkrems): Find a way to forward the pair/iterator already generated
+    // while executing GetPackageScopeConfig
+    let packageJSONUrl;
+    for (const [ filename, packageConfigCandidate ] of packageJSONCache) {
+      if (packageConfig === packageConfigCandidate) {
+        packageJSONUrl = pathToFileURL(filename);
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (packageJSONUrl !== undefined &&
+        packageConfig.name === packageName &&
+        packageConfig.exports !== undefined) {
+      if (packageSubpath === './') {
+        return new URL('./', packageJSONUrl);
+      } else if (packageSubpath === '') {
+        return packageMainResolve(packageJSONUrl, packageConfig, base);
+      } else {
+        return packageExportsResolve(
+          packageJSONUrl, packageSubpath, packageConfig, base);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  let packageJSONUrl =
+    new URL('./node_modules/' + packageName + '/package.json', base);
+  let packageJSONPath = fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl);
+  let lastPath;
+  do {
+    const stat = tryStatSync(
+      StringPrototypeSlice(packageJSONPath, 0, packageJSONPath.length - 13));
+    if (!stat.isDirectory()) {
+      lastPath = packageJSONPath;
+      packageJSONUrl = new URL((isScoped ?
+        '../../../../node_modules/' : '../../../node_modules/') +
+        packageName + '/package.json', packageJSONUrl);
+      packageJSONPath = fileURLToPath(packageJSONUrl);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // Package match.
+    const packageConfig = getPackageConfig(packageJSONPath, base);
+    if (packageSubpath === './') {
+      return new URL('./', packageJSONUrl);
+    } else if (packageSubpath === '') {
+      return packageMainResolve(packageJSONUrl, packageConfig, base);
+    } else if (packageConfig.exports !== undefined) {
+      return packageExportsResolve(
+        packageJSONUrl, packageSubpath, packageConfig, base);
+    } else {
+      return finalizeResolution(
+        new URL(packageSubpath, packageJSONUrl), base);
+    }
+    // Cross-platform root check.
+  } while (packageJSONPath.length !== lastPath.length);
+
+  // eslint can't handle the above code.
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-unreachable
+  throw new ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND(packageName, fileURLToPath(base));
+}
+
+function shouldBeTreatedAsRelativeOrAbsolutePath(specifier) {
+  if (specifier === '') return false;
+  if (specifier[0] === '/') return true;
+  if (specifier[0] === '.') {
+    if (specifier.length === 1 || specifier[1] === '/') return true;
+    if (specifier[1] === '.') {
+      if (specifier.length === 2 || specifier[2] === '/') return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+function moduleResolve(specifier /* string */, base /* URL */) { /* -> URL */
+  // Order swapped from spec for minor perf gain.
+  // Ok since relative URLs cannot parse as URLs.
+  let resolved;
+  if (shouldBeTreatedAsRelativeOrAbsolutePath(specifier)) {
+    resolved = new URL(specifier, base);
+  } else {
+    try {
+      resolved = new URL(specifier);
+    } catch {
+      return packageResolve(specifier, base);
+    }
+  }
+  return finalizeResolution(resolved, base);
+}
+
+function defaultResolve(specifier, { parentURL } = {}, defaultResolveUnused) {
+  let parsed;
+  try {
+    parsed = new URL(specifier);
+    if (parsed.protocol === 'data:') {
+      return {
+        url: specifier
+      };
+    }
+  } catch {}
+  if (parsed && parsed.protocol === 'nodejs:')
+    return { url: specifier };
+  if (parsed && parsed.protocol !== 'file:' && parsed.protocol !== 'data:')
+    throw new ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME();
+  if (NativeModule.canBeRequiredByUsers(specifier)) {
+    return {
+      url: 'nodejs:' + specifier
+    };
+  }
+  if (parentURL && StringPrototypeStartsWith(parentURL, 'data:')) {
+    // This is gonna blow up, we want the error
+    new URL(specifier, parentURL);
+  }
+
+  const isMain = parentURL === undefined;
+  if (isMain) {
+    parentURL = pathToFileURL(`${process.cwd()}/`).href;
+
+    // This is the initial entry point to the program, and --input-type has
+    // been passed as an option; but --input-type can only be used with
+    // --eval, --print or STDIN string input. It is not allowed with file
+    // input, to avoid user confusion over how expansive the effect of the
+    // flag should be (i.e. entry point only, package scope surrounding the
+    // entry point, etc.).
+    if (typeFlag)
+      throw new ERR_INPUT_TYPE_NOT_ALLOWED();
+  }
+
+  let url = moduleResolve(specifier, new URL(parentURL));
+
+  if (isMain ? !preserveSymlinksMain : !preserveSymlinks) {
+    const urlPath = fileURLToPath(url);
+    const real = realpathSync(urlPath, {
+      [internalFS.realpathCacheKey]: realpathCache
+    });
+    const old = url;
+    url = pathToFileURL(real + (urlPath.endsWith(sep) ? '/' : ''));
+    url.search = old.search;
+    url.hash = old.hash;
+  }
+
+  return { url: `${url}` };
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  defaultResolve,
+  getPackageType
+};
diff --git a/src/esm.ts b/src/esm.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed1e6003c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/esm.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import { register, getExtensions, RegisterOptions } from './index'
+import { parse as parseUrl, format as formatUrl, UrlWithStringQuery } from 'url'
+import { posix as posixPath } from 'path'
+import * as assert from 'assert'
+const { createResolve } = require('../dist-raw/node-esm-resolve-implementation')
+
+// Note: On Windows, URLs look like this: file:///D:/dev/@TypeStrong/ts-node-examples/foo.ts
+
+export function registerAndCreateEsmHooks (opts?: RegisterOptions) {
+  // Automatically performs registration just like `-r ts-node/register`
+  const tsNodeInstance = register(opts)
+
+  // Custom implementation that considers additional file extensions and automatically adds file extensions
+  const nodeResolveImplementation = createResolve({
+    ...getExtensions(tsNodeInstance.config),
+    preferTsExts: tsNodeInstance.options.preferTsExts
+  })
+
+  return { resolve, getFormat, transformSource }
+
+  function isFileUrlOrNodeStyleSpecifier (parsed: UrlWithStringQuery) {
+    // We only understand file:// URLs, but in node, the specifier can be a node-style `./foo` or `foo`
+    const { protocol } = parsed
+    return protocol === null || protocol === 'file:'
+  }
+
+  async function resolve (specifier: string, context: {parentURL: string}, defaultResolve: typeof resolve): Promise<{url: string}> {
+    const defer = async () => {
+      const r = await defaultResolve(specifier, context, defaultResolve)
+      return r
+    }
+
+    const parsed = parseUrl(specifier)
+    const { pathname, protocol, hostname } = parsed
+
+    if (!isFileUrlOrNodeStyleSpecifier(parsed)) {
+      return defer()
+    }
+
+    if (protocol !== null && protocol !== 'file:') {
+      return defer()
+    }
+
+    // Malformed file:// URL?  We should always see `null` or `''`
+    if (hostname) {
+      // TODO file://./foo sets `hostname` to `'.'`.  Perhaps we should special-case this.
+      return defer()
+    }
+
+    // pathname is the path to be resolved
+
+    return nodeResolveImplementation.defaultResolve(specifier, context, defaultResolve)
+  }
+
+  type Format = 'builtin'	| 'commonjs' | 'dynamic' | 'json' | 'module' | 'wasm'
+  async function getFormat (url: string, context: {}, defaultGetFormat: typeof getFormat): Promise<{format: Format}> {
+    const defer = (overrideUrl: string = url) => defaultGetFormat(overrideUrl, context, defaultGetFormat)
+
+    const parsed = parseUrl(url)
+
+    if (!isFileUrlOrNodeStyleSpecifier(parsed)) {
+      return defer()
+    }
+
+    const { pathname } = parsed
+    assert(pathname !== null, 'ESM getFormat() hook: URL should never have null pathname')
+
+    // If file has .ts, .tsx, or .jsx extension, then ask node how it would treat this file if it were .js
+    const ext = posixPath.extname(pathname!)
+    if (ext === '.ts' || ext === '.tsx' || ext === '.jsx') {
+      return defer(formatUrl({
+        ...parsed,
+        pathname: pathname + '.js'
+      }))
+    }
+
+    return defer()
+  }
+
+  async function transformSource (source: string | Buffer, context: {url: string, format: Format}, defaultTransformSource: typeof transformSource): Promise<{source: string | Buffer}> {
+    const defer = () => defaultTransformSource(source, context, defaultTransformSource)
+
+    const sourceAsString = typeof source === 'string' ? source : source.toString('utf8')
+
+    const { url } = context
+    const parsed = parseUrl(url)
+
+    if (!isFileUrlOrNodeStyleSpecifier(parsed)) {
+      return defer()
+    }
+    const { pathname } = parsed
+    if (pathname === null || !posixPath.isAbsolute(pathname)) {
+      // If we are meant to handle this URL, then it has already been resolved to an absolute path by our resolver hook
+      return defer()
+    }
+
+    // Assigning to a new variable so it's clear that we have stopped thinking of it as a URL, and started using it like a native FS path
+    const fileName = pathname
+
+    if (tsNodeInstance.ignored(fileName)) {
+      return defer()
+    }
+
+    const emittedJs = tsNodeInstance.compile(sourceAsString, fileName)
+
+    return { source: emittedJs }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/index.spec.ts b/src/index.spec.ts
index ce3ba1639..51f4d2b61 100644
--- a/src/index.spec.ts
+++ b/src/index.spec.ts
@@ -634,4 +634,30 @@ describe('ts-node', function () {
       expect(output).to.contain('var x = 10;')
     })
   })
+
+  if (semver.gte(process.version, '13.0.0')) {
+    describe('esm', () => {
+      this.slow(1000)
+
+      const cmd = `node --loader ../../esm.mjs`
+
+      it('should compile and execute as ESM', (done) => {
+        exec(`${cmd} index.ts`, { cwd: join(__dirname, '../tests/esm') }, function (err, stdout) {
+          expect(err).to.equal(null)
+          expect(stdout).to.equal('foo bar baz biff\n')
+
+          return done()
+        })
+      })
+      it('supports --experimental-specifier-resolution=node', (done) => {
+        exec(`${cmd} --experimental-specifier-resolution=node index.ts`, { cwd: join(__dirname, '../tests/esm-node-resolver') }, function (err, stdout) {
+          expect(err).to.equal(null)
+          expect(stdout).to.equal('foo bar baz biff\n')
+
+          return done()
+        })
+
+      })
+    })
+  }
 })
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 50059bff8..e37442a90 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -38,18 +38,19 @@ function yn (value: string | undefined) {
  * Debugging `ts-node`.
  */
 const shouldDebug = yn(process.env.TS_NODE_DEBUG)
-const debug = shouldDebug ?
+/** @internal */
+export const debug = shouldDebug ?
   (...args: any) => console.log(`[ts-node ${new Date().toISOString()}]`, ...args)
   : () => undefined
 const debugFn = shouldDebug ?
-  <T, U> (key: string, fn: (arg: T) => U) => {
+  <T, U>(key: string, fn: (arg: T) => U) => {
     let i = 0
     return (x: T) => {
       debug(key, x, ++i)
       return fn(x)
     }
   } :
-  <T, U> (_: string, fn: (arg: T) => U) => fn
+  <T, U>(_: string, fn: (arg: T) => U) => fn
 
 /**
  * Common TypeScript interfaces between versions.
@@ -202,12 +203,12 @@ export interface TsConfigOptions extends Omit<RegisterOptions,
   | 'skipProject'
   | 'project'
   | 'dir'
-> {}
+  > { }
 
 /**
  * Like `Object.assign`, but ignores `undefined` properties.
  */
-function assign <T extends object> (initialValue: T, ...sources: Array<T>): T {
+function assign<T extends object> (initialValue: T, ...sources: Array<T>): T {
   for (const source of sources) {
     for (const key of Object.keys(source)) {
       const value = (source as any)[key]
@@ -316,7 +317,7 @@ export interface Register {
 /**
  * Cached fs operation wrapper.
  */
-function cachedLookup <T> (fn: (arg: string) => T): (arg: string) => T {
+function cachedLookup<T> (fn: (arg: string) => T): (arg: string) => T {
   const cache = new Map<string, T>()
 
   return (arg: string): T => {
@@ -328,18 +329,26 @@ function cachedLookup <T> (fn: (arg: string) => T): (arg: string) => T {
   }
 }
 
+/** @internal */
+export function getExtensions (config: _ts.ParsedCommandLine) {
+  const tsExtensions = ['.ts']
+  const jsExtensions = []
+
+  // Enable additional extensions when JSX or `allowJs` is enabled.
+  if (config.options.jsx) tsExtensions.push('.tsx')
+  if (config.options.allowJs) jsExtensions.push('.js')
+  if (config.options.jsx && config.options.allowJs) jsExtensions.push('.jsx')
+  return { tsExtensions, jsExtensions }
+}
+
 /**
  * Register TypeScript compiler instance onto node.js
  */
 export function register (opts: RegisterOptions = {}): Register {
   const originalJsHandler = require.extensions['.js'] // tslint:disable-line
   const service = create(opts)
-  const extensions = ['.ts']
-
-  // Enable additional extensions when JSX or `allowJs` is enabled.
-  if (service.config.options.jsx) extensions.push('.tsx')
-  if (service.config.options.allowJs) extensions.push('.js')
-  if (service.config.options.jsx && service.config.options.allowJs) extensions.push('.jsx')
+  const { tsExtensions, jsExtensions } = getExtensions(service.config)
+  const extensions = [...tsExtensions, ...jsExtensions]
 
   // Expose registered instance globally.
   process[REGISTER_INSTANCE] = service
@@ -392,7 +401,9 @@ export function create (rawOptions: CreateOptions = {}): Register {
   ].map(Number)
 
   const configDiagnosticList = filterDiagnostics(config.errors, ignoreDiagnostics)
-  const outputCache = new Map<string, string>()
+  const outputCache = new Map<string, {
+    content: string
+  }>()
 
   const isScoped = options.scope ? (relname: string) => relname.charAt(0) !== '.' : () => true
   const shouldIgnore = createIgnore(options.skipIgnore ? [] : (
@@ -409,7 +420,7 @@ export function create (rawOptions: CreateOptions = {}): Register {
   sourceMapSupport.install({
     environment: 'node',
     retrieveFile (path: string) {
-      return outputCache.get(path) || ''
+      return outputCache.get(path)?.content || ''
     }
   })
 
@@ -447,9 +458,22 @@ export function create (rawOptions: CreateOptions = {}): Register {
   /**
    * Create the basic required function using transpile mode.
    */
-  let getOutput: (code: string, fileName: string, lineOffset: number) => SourceOutput
+  let getOutput: (code: string, fileName: string) => SourceOutput
   let getTypeInfo: (_code: string, _fileName: string, _position: number) => TypeInfo
 
+  const getOutputTranspileOnly = (code: string, fileName: string, overrideCompilerOptions?: Partial<_ts.CompilerOptions>): SourceOutput => {
+    const result = ts.transpileModule(code, {
+      fileName,
+      compilerOptions: overrideCompilerOptions ? { ...config.options, ...overrideCompilerOptions } : config.options,
+      reportDiagnostics: true
+    })
+
+    const diagnosticList = filterDiagnostics(result.diagnostics || [], ignoreDiagnostics)
+    if (diagnosticList.length) reportTSError(diagnosticList)
+
+    return [result.outputText, result.sourceMapText as string]
+  }
+
   // Use full language services when the fast option is disabled.
   if (!transpileOnly) {
     const fileContents = new Map<string, string>()
@@ -735,31 +759,22 @@ export function create (rawOptions: CreateOptions = {}): Register {
       throw new TypeError('Transformers function is unavailable in "--transpile-only"')
     }
 
-    getOutput = (code: string, fileName: string): SourceOutput => {
-      const result = ts.transpileModule(code, {
-        fileName,
-        transformers,
-        compilerOptions: config.options,
-        reportDiagnostics: true
-      })
-
-      const diagnosticList = filterDiagnostics(result.diagnostics || [], ignoreDiagnostics)
-      if (diagnosticList.length) reportTSError(diagnosticList)
-
-      return [result.outputText, result.sourceMapText as string]
-    }
+    getOutput = getOutputTranspileOnly
 
     getTypeInfo = () => {
       throw new TypeError('Type information is unavailable in "--transpile-only"')
     }
   }
 
+  const cannotCompileViaBothCodepathsErrorMessage = 'Cannot compile the same file via both `require()` and ESM hooks codepaths. ' +
+    'This breaks source-map-support, which cannot tell the difference between the two sourcemaps. ' +
+    'To avoid this problem, load each .ts file as only ESM or only CommonJS.'
   // Create a simple TypeScript compiler proxy.
   function compile (code: string, fileName: string, lineOffset = 0) {
     const normalizedFileName = normalizeSlashes(fileName)
-    const [value, sourceMap] = getOutput(code, normalizedFileName, lineOffset)
+    const [value, sourceMap] = getOutput(code, normalizedFileName)
     const output = updateOutput(value, normalizedFileName, sourceMap, getExtension)
-    outputCache.set(fileName, output)
+    outputCache.set(normalizedFileName, { content: output })
     return output
   }
 
@@ -768,6 +783,10 @@ export function create (rawOptions: CreateOptions = {}): Register {
   const ignored = (fileName: string) => {
     if (!active) return true
     const relname = relative(cwd, fileName)
+    if (!config.options.allowJs) {
+      const ext = extname(fileName)
+      if (ext === '.js' || ext === '.jsx') return true
+    }
     return !isScoped(relname) || shouldIgnore(relname)
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/esm-node-resolver/bar/index.ts b/tests/esm-node-resolver/bar/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bfad1a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/esm-node-resolver/bar/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export const bar: string = 'bar'
+
+if(typeof module !== 'undefined') throw new Error('module should not exist in ESM')
diff --git a/tests/esm-node-resolver/baz.js b/tests/esm-node-resolver/baz.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51474b54f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/esm-node-resolver/baz.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export const baz = 'baz'
+
+if(typeof module !== 'undefined') throw new Error('module should not exist in ESM')
diff --git a/tests/esm-node-resolver/biff.jsx b/tests/esm-node-resolver/biff.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e397d5217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/esm-node-resolver/biff.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export const biff = 'biff'
+
+const React = {
+  createElement() {}
+}
+const div = <div></div>
+
+if(typeof module !== 'undefined') throw new Error('module should not exist in ESM')
diff --git a/tests/esm-node-resolver/foo.ts b/tests/esm-node-resolver/foo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..501c0021d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/esm-node-resolver/foo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export const foo: string = 'foo'
+
+if(typeof module !== 'undefined') throw new Error('module should not exist in ESM')
diff --git a/tests/esm-node-resolver/index.ts b/tests/esm-node-resolver/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88b9bc868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/esm-node-resolver/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import {foo} from './foo'
+import {bar} from './bar'
+import {baz} from './baz'
+import {biff} from './biff'
+
+if(typeof module !== 'undefined') throw new Error('module should not exist in ESM')
+
+console.log(`${foo} ${bar} ${baz} ${biff}`)
diff --git a/tests/esm-node-resolver/package.json b/tests/esm-node-resolver/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3dbc1ca59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/esm-node-resolver/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "type": "module"
+}
diff --git a/tests/esm-node-resolver/tsconfig.json b/tests/esm-node-resolver/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..635b5b872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/esm-node-resolver/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "ESNext",
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "jsx": "react",
+    "moduleResolution": "node"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/esm/bar.ts b/tests/esm/bar.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bfad1a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/esm/bar.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export const bar: string = 'bar'
+
+if(typeof module !== 'undefined') throw new Error('module should not exist in ESM')
diff --git a/tests/esm/baz.js b/tests/esm/baz.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51474b54f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/esm/baz.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export const baz = 'baz'
+
+if(typeof module !== 'undefined') throw new Error('module should not exist in ESM')
diff --git a/tests/esm/biff.jsx b/tests/esm/biff.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e397d5217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/esm/biff.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export const biff = 'biff'
+
+const React = {
+  createElement() {}
+}
+const div = <div></div>
+
+if(typeof module !== 'undefined') throw new Error('module should not exist in ESM')
diff --git a/tests/esm/foo.ts b/tests/esm/foo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..501c0021d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/esm/foo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export const foo: string = 'foo'
+
+if(typeof module !== 'undefined') throw new Error('module should not exist in ESM')
diff --git a/tests/esm/index.ts b/tests/esm/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b955e28b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/esm/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import {foo} from './foo.js'
+import {bar} from './bar.js'
+import {baz} from './baz.js'
+import {biff} from './biff.js'
+
+if(typeof module !== 'undefined') throw new Error('module should not exist in ESM')
+
+console.log(`${foo} ${bar} ${baz} ${biff}`)
diff --git a/tests/esm/package.json b/tests/esm/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3dbc1ca59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/esm/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "type": "module"
+}
diff --git a/tests/esm/tsconfig.json b/tests/esm/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03e0c3c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/esm/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "ESNext",
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "jsx": "react"
+  }
+}