diff --git a/src/discoverer/evaluate.ts b/src/discoverer/evaluate.ts
index d935c6a..871e394 100644
--- a/src/discoverer/evaluate.ts
+++ b/src/discoverer/evaluate.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import * as acornWalk from 'acorn-walk';
 import * as errorParser from 'error-stack-parser';
 import { CommonOptions, TsconfigRaw, transform as esbuildTransform } from 'esbuild';
 import * as path from 'path';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'url';
 import * as vm from 'vm';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { ConfigValue } from '../configValue';
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ export class EvaluationTestDiscoverer implements ITestDiscoverer {
       {
         __dirname: path.dirname(filePath),
         __filename: path.basename(filePath),
+        __import_meta_url: pathToFileURL(filePath).href,
       } as any,
       {
         get(target, prop) {
@@ -315,6 +317,9 @@ export class EvaluationTestDiscoverer implements ITestDiscoverer {
         ...this.esbuildCommonOptions(filePath),
         sourcefile: filePath, // for auto-detection of the loader
         loader: 'default', // use the default loader
+        define: {
+          'import.meta.url': '__import_meta_url',
+        },
       });
 
       code = result.code;
diff --git a/src/test/integration/typescript-esm.test.ts b/src/test/integration/typescript-esm.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21b58e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/integration/typescript-esm.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) Daniel Kuschny (Danielku15) and contributors.
+ * Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style
+ * license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
+ * https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
+ */
+
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import { captureTestRun, expectTestTree, getController } from '../util';
+
+describe('typescript-esm', () => {
+  it('discovers tests', async () => {
+    const c = await getController();
+
+    expectTestTree(c, [['test', [['hello.spec.ts', [['import-meta', [['dirname']]]]]]]]);
+  });
+
+  it('runs tests', async () => {
+    const c = await getController();
+    const profiles = c.profiles;
+    expect(profiles).to.have.lengthOf(2);
+
+    const run = await captureTestRun(
+      c,
+      new vscode.TestRunRequest(
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        profiles.find((p) => p.kind === vscode.TestRunProfileKind.Run),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    run.expectStates({
+      'test/hello.spec.ts/import-meta/dirname': ['enqueued', 'started', 'passed'],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('debugs tests', async () => {
+    const c = await getController();
+    const profiles = c.profiles;
+    expect(profiles).to.have.lengthOf(2);
+
+    const run = await captureTestRun(
+      c,
+      new vscode.TestRunRequest(
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        profiles.find((p) => p.kind === vscode.TestRunProfileKind.Debug),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    run.expectStates({
+      'test/hello.spec.ts/import-meta/dirname': ['enqueued', 'started', 'passed'],
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test-workspaces/typescript-esm/.mocharc.json b/test-workspaces/typescript-esm/.mocharc.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de6d37e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-workspaces/typescript-esm/.mocharc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "spec": ["**/test/**/*.spec.ts"],
+  "extensions": ["ts"],
+  "node-option": ["experimental-specifier-resolution=node", "import=tsx", "no-warnings"],
+  "ignore": ["**/node_modules/**", "**/dist/**"],
+  "timeout": "10000"
+}
diff --git a/test-workspaces/typescript-esm/package.json b/test-workspaces/typescript-esm/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2961e24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-workspaces/typescript-esm/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "name": "typescript-esm",
+  "type": "module"
+}
diff --git a/test-workspaces/typescript-esm/test/hello.spec.ts b/test-workspaces/typescript-esm/test/hello.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0894ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-workspaces/typescript-esm/test/hello.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { strictEqual } from 'node:assert';
+
+import { fileURLToPath, URL } from 'node:url';
+
+const importMetaDirname = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+describe('import-meta', () => {
+  it('dirname', async () => {
+    strictEqual(typeof importMetaDirname, 'string');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test-workspaces/typescript-esm/tsconfig.json b/test-workspaces/typescript-esm/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cf1d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-workspaces/typescript-esm/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "strict": true,
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "checkJs": true,
+    "target": "ES2022",
+    "module": "ES2022"
+  }
+}