diff --git a/src/require.ts b/src/require.ts
index f65c689a..92959e2d 100644
--- a/src/require.ts
+++ b/src/require.ts
@@ -113,8 +113,11 @@ export function jitiRequire(
   if (cache[filename]) {
     return jitiInteropDefault(ctx, cache[filename]?.exports);
   }
-  if (ctx.opts.moduleCache && ctx.nativeRequire.cache[filename]) {
-    return jitiInteropDefault(ctx, ctx.nativeRequire.cache[filename]?.exports);
+  if (ctx.opts.moduleCache) {
+    const cacheEntry = ctx.nativeRequire.cache[filename];
+    if (cacheEntry?.loaded) {
+      return jitiInteropDefault(ctx, cacheEntry.exports);
+    }
   }
 
   // Read source
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/fixtures.test.ts.snap b/test/__snapshots__/fixtures.test.ts.snap
index 34d0a361..828f89f7 100644
--- a/test/__snapshots__/fixtures.test.ts.snap
+++ b/test/__snapshots__/fixtures.test.ts.snap
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ Enter Identifier
 Enter Literal"
 `;
 
+exports[`fixtures > require-esm > stderr 1`] = `
+[
+  "ExperimentalWarning: CommonJS module <cwd>/index.cjs is loading ES Module <cwd>/_dist/esm.js using require().",
+]
+`;
+
+exports[`fixtures > require-esm > stdout 1`] = `"Works!"`;
+
 exports[`fixtures > syntax > stdout 1`] = `
 "Optional chaining: undefined
 Nullish coalescing: 0
diff --git a/test/fixtures.test.ts b/test/fixtures.test.ts
index 1c67e48d..07652f61 100644
--- a/test/fixtures.test.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures.test.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ import { x } from "tinyexec";
 import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
 import fg from "fast-glob";
 
+const nodeMajorVersion = Number.parseInt(
+  process.versions.node.split(".")[0],
+  10,
+);
+
 describe("fixtures", async () => {
   const jitiPath = resolve(__dirname, "../lib/jiti-cli.mjs");
 
@@ -34,6 +39,7 @@ describe("fixtures", async () => {
             .replace(/ParseError: \w:\/:\s+/, "ParseError: ") // Unknown chars in Windows
             .replace("TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]:", "TypeError:")
             .replace("eval_evalModule", "evalModule")
+            .replace(/\(node:\d+\)/g, "(node)")
             // Node 18
             .replace(
               "  ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err);",
@@ -66,7 +72,10 @@ describe("fixtures", async () => {
         },
       });
 
-      if (name.includes("error")) {
+      if (
+        name.includes("error") ||
+        (nodeMajorVersion >= 22 && name === "require-esm")
+      ) {
         expect(extractErrors(cleanUpSnap(stderr))).toMatchSnapshot("stderr");
       } else {
         // Expect no error by default
diff --git a/test/fixtures/require-esm/_dist/esm.js b/test/fixtures/require-esm/_dist/esm.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c5bd062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/require-esm/_dist/esm.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import fn from "./fn.js";
+import file from "./file";
+export default { fn, file };
diff --git a/test/fixtures/require-esm/_dist/file.js b/test/fixtures/require-esm/_dist/file.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f053ebf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/require-esm/_dist/file.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = {};
diff --git a/test/fixtures/require-esm/_dist/fn.js b/test/fixtures/require-esm/_dist/fn.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3e856d5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/require-esm/_dist/fn.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = function _() {};
diff --git a/test/fixtures/require-esm/index.cjs b/test/fixtures/require-esm/index.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bdc0e6d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/require-esm/index.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+async function run() {
+  let mod;
+  try {
+    mod = require("./_dist/esm.js");
+  } catch {
+    const { createJiti } = await import("../../../lib/jiti.mjs");
+    const jiti = createJiti(__filename);
+    mod = await jiti.import("./_dist/esm.js");
+  }
+  mod = mod.default;
+  if (typeof mod.fn === "function") {
+    console.log("Works!");
+    return;
+  }
+  console.error("broken!", { mod });
+}
+
+run();
diff --git a/test/fixtures/require-esm/package.json b/test/fixtures/require-esm/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c528eb84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/require-esm/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "type": "-"
+}