diff --git a/lib/internal/main/eval_stdin.js b/lib/internal/main/eval_stdin.js
index d71751e781b9b5..058d53c276c7bb 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/eval_stdin.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/eval_stdin.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ readStdin((code) => {
   const loadESM = getOptionValue('--import').length > 0;
   if (getOptionValue('--input-type') === 'module' ||
     (getOptionValue('--experimental-default-type') === 'module' && getOptionValue('--input-type') !== 'commonjs')) {
-    evalModule(code, print);
+    evalModule(code, print, true);
   } else {
     evalScript('[stdin]',
                code,
diff --git a/lib/internal/main/eval_string.js b/lib/internal/main/eval_string.js
index 908532b0b1865a..a51b360ccde487 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/eval_string.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/eval_string.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const print = getOptionValue('--print');
 const loadESM = getOptionValue('--import').length > 0 || getOptionValue('--experimental-loader').length > 0;
 if (getOptionValue('--input-type') === 'module' ||
   (getOptionValue('--experimental-default-type') === 'module' && getOptionValue('--input-type') !== 'commonjs')) {
-  evalModule(source, print);
+  evalModule(source, print, true);
 } else {
   // For backward compatibility, we want the identifier crypto to be the
   // `node:crypto` module rather than WebCrypto.
diff --git a/lib/internal/main/run_main_module.js b/lib/internal/main/run_main_module.js
index 5d09203b8c27ee..5418d889f9364a 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/run_main_module.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/run_main_module.js
@@ -15,8 +15,11 @@ markBootstrapComplete();
 // Necessary to reset RegExp statics before user code runs.
 RegExpPrototypeExec(/^/, '');
 
+const runMain = require('internal/modules/run_main');
+runMain.userEntryPointIsCommandMain();
+
 if (getOptionValue('--experimental-default-type') === 'module') {
-  require('internal/modules/run_main').executeUserEntryPoint(mainEntry);
+  runMain.executeUserEntryPoint(mainEntry);
 } else {
   /**
    * To support legacy monkey-patching of `Module.runMain`, we call `runMain` here to have the CommonJS loader begin
diff --git a/lib/internal/main/worker_thread.js b/lib/internal/main/worker_thread.js
index c14091ffe09ca7..ae0e3a72613f19 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/worker_thread.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/worker_thread.js
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ port.on('message', (message) => {
 
       case 'module': {
         const { evalModule } = require('internal/process/execution');
-        PromisePrototypeThen(evalModule(filename), undefined, (e) => {
+        PromisePrototypeThen(evalModule(filename, false, false), undefined, (e) => {
           workerOnGlobalUncaughtException(e, true);
         });
         break;
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/initialize_import_meta.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/initialize_import_meta.js
index 818c99479cd068..e8f08c1feca944 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/initialize_import_meta.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/initialize_import_meta.js
@@ -47,13 +47,17 @@ function createImportMetaResolve(defaultParentURL, loader, allowParentURL) {
  * Create the `import.meta` object for a module.
  * @param {object} meta
  * @param {{url: string}} context
- * @param {typeof import('./loader.js').ModuleLoader} loader Reference to the current module loader
+ * @param {ReturnType<import('./loader.js').createModuleLoader>} loader Reference to the current module loader
  * @returns {{dirname?: string, filename?: string, url: string, resolve?: Function}}
  */
 function initializeImportMeta(meta, context, loader) {
   const { url } = context;
 
   // Alphabetical
+  if (loader && loader.resolvedCommandMain === url) {
+    meta.command = true;
+  }
+
   if (StringPrototypeStartsWith(url, 'file:') === true) {
     // These only make sense for locally loaded modules,
     // i.e. network modules are not supported.
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
index c0e3cdb36e1c02..af1274c673d3f2 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const {
   encodeURIComponent,
   hardenRegExp,
 } = primordials;
-
+const assert = require('internal/assert');
 const {
   ERR_REQUIRE_ESM,
   ERR_UNKNOWN_MODULE_FORMAT,
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ class ModuleLoader {
    */
   allowImportMetaResolve;
 
+  /**
+   * @type {string | undefined} Resolved command main when the process
+   *   top-level entry point.
+   */
+  resolvedCommandMain;
+
   /**
    * Customizations to pass requests to.
    *
@@ -187,10 +193,19 @@ class ModuleLoader {
     }
   }
 
-  async eval(
-    source,
-    url = pathToFileURL(`${process.cwd()}/[eval${++this.evalIndex}]`).href,
-  ) {
+  /**
+   * @param {string} specifier
+   */
+  setCommandMain(specifier) {
+    assert(this.resolvedCommandMain === undefined, 'only one command main permitted');
+    this.resolvedCommandMain = specifier;
+  }
+
+  generateEvalUrl() {
+    return pathToFileURL(`${process.cwd()}/[eval${++this.evalIndex}]`).href;
+  }
+
+  async eval(source, url = this.nextEvalUrl()) {
     const evalInstance = (url) => {
       const { ModuleWrap } = internalBinding('module_wrap');
       const { registerModule } = require('internal/modules/esm/utils');
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/run_main.js b/lib/internal/modules/run_main.js
index 23268637e4fd58..8dfddd424d7ac9 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/run_main.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/run_main.js
@@ -96,13 +96,16 @@ function shouldUseESMLoader(mainPath) {
 /**
  * Run the main entry point through the ESM Loader.
  * @param {string} mainPath - Absolute path for the main entry point
+ * @param {bool} isCommandMain - whether the main is also the process command main entry point
  */
-function runMainESM(mainPath) {
+function runMainESM(mainPath, isCommandMain) {
   const { loadESM } = require('internal/process/esm_loader');
   const { pathToFileURL } = require('internal/url');
   const main = pathToFileURL(mainPath).href;
-
   handleMainPromise(loadESM((esmLoader) => {
+    if (isCommandMain) {
+      esmLoader.setCommandMain(main);
+    }
     return esmLoader.import(main, undefined, { __proto__: null });
   }));
 }
@@ -131,19 +134,36 @@ async function handleMainPromise(promise) {
  * Because of backwards compatibility, this function is exposed publicly via `import { runMain } from 'node:module'`.
  * @param {string} main - First positional CLI argument, such as `'entry.js'` from `node entry.js`
  */
+let isCommandMain = false;
 function executeUserEntryPoint(main = process.argv[1]) {
-  const resolvedMain = resolveMainPath(main);
-  const useESMLoader = shouldUseESMLoader(resolvedMain);
+  const mainPath = resolveMainPath(main);
+  const useESMLoader = shouldUseESMLoader(mainPath);
   if (useESMLoader) {
-    runMainESM(resolvedMain || main);
+    runMainESM(mainPath || main, isCommandMain);
   } else {
     // Module._load is the monkey-patchable CJS module loader.
     const { Module } = require('internal/modules/cjs/loader');
     Module._load(main, null, true);
   }
+  isCommandMain = false;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is a special function that can be called before executeUserEntryPoint
+ * to note that the coming entry point call is a command main.
+ *
+ * This should really just be implemented as a parameter, but executeUserEntryPoint is
+ * exposed publicly as `runMain`, and we don't want to expose this functionality to userland
+ * as setting the command main is an internal-only capability.
+ *
+ * Since this ONLY applies to the ESM loader, future simplifications should remain possible here.
+ */
+function userEntryPointIsCommandMain() {
+  isCommandMain = true;
 }
 
 module.exports = {
   executeUserEntryPoint,
+  userEntryPointIsCommandMain,
   handleMainPromise,
 };
diff --git a/lib/internal/process/esm_loader.js b/lib/internal/process/esm_loader.js
index 0865d7ceef66b7..aa447fc5c18231 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process/esm_loader.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process/esm_loader.js
@@ -7,12 +7,19 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/process/execution');
 const { kEmptyObject, getCWDURL } = require('internal/util');
 
+/** @typedef {ReturnType<createModuleLoader>} ModuleLoader */
+
+/** @type {ModuleLoader} */
 let esmLoader;
 
 module.exports = {
   get esmLoader() {
     return esmLoader ??= createModuleLoader();
   },
+  /**
+   * @param {(esmLoader: ModuleLoader) => Promise<void>} callback
+   * @returns {Promise<void>}
+   */
   async loadESM(callback) {
     esmLoader ??= createModuleLoader();
     try {
diff --git a/lib/internal/process/execution.js b/lib/internal/process/execution.js
index 5de5edfb2d5524..a2e33f403f734e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process/execution.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process/execution.js
@@ -46,14 +46,20 @@ function tryGetCwd() {
   }
 }
 
-function evalModule(source, print) {
+function evalModule(source, print, isCommandMain) {
   if (print) {
     throw new ERR_EVAL_ESM_CANNOT_PRINT();
   }
   const { loadESM } = require('internal/process/esm_loader');
   const { handleMainPromise } = require('internal/modules/run_main');
   RegExpPrototypeExec(/^/, ''); // Necessary to reset RegExp statics before user code runs.
-  return handleMainPromise(loadESM((loader) => loader.eval(source)));
+  return handleMainPromise(loadESM((loader) => {
+    const evalUrl = loader.generateEvalUrl();
+    if (isCommandMain) {
+      loader.setCommandMain(evalUrl);
+    }
+    return loader.eval(source, evalUrl);
+  }));
 }
 
 function evalScript(name, body, breakFirstLine, print, shouldLoadESM = false) {
@@ -75,7 +81,7 @@ function evalScript(name, body, breakFirstLine, print, shouldLoadESM = false) {
   if (getOptionValue('--experimental-detect-module') &&
     getOptionValue('--input-type') === '' && getOptionValue('--experimental-default-type') === '' &&
     containsModuleSyntax(body, name)) {
-    return evalModule(body, print);
+    return evalModule(body, print, true);
   }
 
   const runScript = () => {
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-command.mjs b/test/es-module/test-esm-command.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3ba914678d4869
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-command.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { spawnPromisified } from '../common/index.mjs';
+import { strictEqual } from 'node:assert';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+
+{
+  const { code, stderr, stdout } = await spawnPromisified(process.execPath, [
+    '--input-type',
+    'module',
+    '-e',
+    'console.log(import.meta.command)',
+  ]);
+
+  if (code !== 0) {
+    console.error(stderr.toString());
+  }
+
+  strictEqual(stdout.toString().trim(), 'true');
+}
+
+{
+  const { code, stderr, stdout } = await spawnPromisified(process.execPath, [
+    fileURLToPath(new URL('../fixtures/es-modules/command-main.mjs', import.meta.url)),
+  ]);
+
+  if (code !== 0) {
+    console.error(stderr.toString());
+  }
+
+  strictEqual(stdout.toString().trim(), 'ok');
+}
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-import-meta.mjs b/test/es-module/test-esm-import-meta.mjs
index 50d16a3438a851..b31f6fa2a1e8e6 100644
--- a/test/es-module/test-esm-import-meta.mjs
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-import-meta.mjs
@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@ assert.match(import.meta.filename, fileReg);
 // Verify that `data:` imports do not behave like `file:` imports.
 import dataDirname from 'data:text/javascript,export default "dirname" in import.meta';
 assert.strictEqual(dataDirname, false);
+
+// Verify that command is never set (property only exists and is truthy for command main)
+assert(!('command' in import.meta));
diff --git a/test/fixtures/es-modules/command-main.mjs b/test/fixtures/es-modules/command-main.mjs
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..8179ac7d7e4379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/es-modules/command-main.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+if (import.meta.command) {
+  console.log('ok');
+}