diff --git a/lib/transport.js b/lib/transport.js
index 39de490d8..d59b89706 100644
--- a/lib/transport.js
+++ b/lib/transport.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const { createRequire } = require('module')
 const getCallers = require('./caller')
-const { join, isAbsolute } = require('path')
+const { join, isAbsolute, sep } = require('path')
 const sleep = require('atomic-sleep')
 const onExit = require('on-exit-leak-free')
 const ThreadStream = require('thread-stream')
@@ -128,7 +128,11 @@ function transport (fullOptions) {
 
     for (const filePath of callers) {
       try {
-        fixTarget = createRequire(filePath).resolve(origin)
+        const context = filePath === 'node:repl'
+          ? process.cwd() + sep
+          : filePath
+
+        fixTarget = createRequire(context).resolve(origin)
         break
       } catch (err) {
         // Silent catch
diff --git a/test/transport/repl.test.js b/test/transport/repl.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..103beade7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/transport/repl.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const { doesNotThrow, test } = require('tap')
+const proxyquire = require('proxyquire')
+
+test('pino.transport resolves targets in REPL', async ({ same }) => {
+  // Arrange
+  const transport = proxyquire('../../lib/transport', {
+    './caller': () => ['node:repl']
+  })
+
+  // Act / Assert
+  doesNotThrow(() => transport({ target: 'pino-pretty' }))
+})