diff --git a/tools/cjs-shim.ts b/tools/cjs-shim.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48bcca48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/cjs-shim.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/1921#issuecomment-1898197331
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import url from 'node:url';
+
+globalThis.require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+globalThis.__filename = url.fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+globalThis.__dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
diff --git a/tools/compile.js b/tools/compile.js
index e2fbb1cc..a7e32f84 100644
--- a/tools/compile.js
+++ b/tools/compile.js
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ await build({
   sourcemap: true,
   format: 'esm',
   outdir: './dist/',
+  inject: ['tools/cjs-shim.ts'], // https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/issues/1921#issuecomment-1898197331
 });