diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 72d6973723a637..a18660d388be9d 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -780,7 +780,10 @@ static ExitCode ProcessGlobalArgsInternal(std::vector<std::string>* args,
     env_opts->abort_on_uncaught_exception = true;
   }
 
-  v8_args.emplace_back("--js-source-phase-imports");
+  if (std::ranges::find(v8_args, "--no-js-source-phase-imports") ==
+      v8_args.end()) {
+    v8_args.emplace_back("--js-source-phase-imports");
+  }
 
 #ifdef __POSIX__
   // Block SIGPROF signals when sleeping in epoll_wait/kevent/etc.  Avoids the