diff --git a/backend/tests/bun_jobs.rs b/backend/tests/bun_jobs.rs
index dcfbf1d196..0ddc7fc024 100644
--- a/backend/tests/bun_jobs.rs
+++ b/backend/tests/bun_jobs.rs
@@ -1281,8 +1281,8 @@ fn test_generate_bun_bundle_propagates_exit_status() {
 
 /// Pins the two halves of the `//nodejs` CommonJS interop: a package whose
 /// exports only exist once it has run must resolve through `default`, and one
-/// node loads as ESM — including through conditional exports that hand bun a
-/// different file — must keep its named imports as live bindings.
+/// node loads as ESM — through conditional exports that hand bun a different
+/// file, or an extensionless entry — must keep its named imports as live bindings.
 #[test]
 fn test_node_loader_cjs_named_export_interop() {
     use std::process::Command;
@@ -1349,6 +1349,18 @@ module.exports = api;
         ],
     );
 
+    // An extensionless entry, which takes its format from the package scope too.
+    write_pkg(
+        "extless-esm-pkg",
+        &[
+            (
+                "package.json",
+                r#"{ "name": "extless-esm-pkg", "version": "1.0.0", "type": "module", "exports": "./entry" }"#,
+            ),
+            ("entry", "export let count = 0;\nexport function bump() { count++; }\n"),
+        ],
+    );
+
     std::fs::write(
         dir.join("main.ts"),
         r#"
@@ -1356,10 +1368,12 @@ import { greet } from "dyn-cjs-pkg";
 import * as pkg from "dyn-cjs-pkg";
 import { count, bump } from "live-esm-pkg";
 import { count as dual, bump as bumpDual } from "dual-cond-pkg";
+import { count as extless, bump as bumpExtless } from "extless-esm-pkg";
 export function main() {
     bump();
     bumpDual();
-    return [greet("a"), pkg.greet("b"), { ...pkg }.greet("c"), count, dual];
+    bumpExtless();
+    return [greet("a"), pkg.greet("b"), { ...pkg }.greet("c"), count, dual, extless];
 }
 "#,
     )
@@ -1412,7 +1426,7 @@ console.log(JSON.stringify(Main.main()));
         "node rejected the bundle:\nstdout:\n{stdout}\nstderr:\n{}",
         String::from_utf8_lossy(&run.stderr)
     );
-    assert_eq!(stdout.trim(), r#"["greet a","greet b","greet c",1,1]"#);
+    assert_eq!(stdout.trim(), r#"["greet a","greet b","greet c",1,1,1]"#);
 }
 
 /// Regression test for the install_bun_lockfile no-DB path: same code shape as
diff --git a/backend/windmill-worker/node_cjs_interop.js b/backend/windmill-worker/node_cjs_interop.js
index 4d8b0c7fda..12e1588774 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-worker/node_cjs_interop.js
+++ b/backend/windmill-worker/node_cjs_interop.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 // after evaluation.
 
 import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
-import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import { dirname, extname, join } from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 
 const WM_IDENT = "[A-Za-z_$][A-Za-z0-9_$]*";
@@ -174,13 +174,14 @@ function wmCommonJsSpecs(specs, jobDir, nodePath) {
   return commonjs;
 }
 
-// Node's own rule for a file's format: the extension decides, and `.js` follows
-// the `type` of the closest package.json.
+// Node's own rule for a file's format: the extension decides, and `.js` — like an
+// extensionless entry — follows the `type` of the closest package.json.
 function wmIsCommonJsFile(file) {
-  if (file.endsWith(".mjs")) {
+  const ext = extname(file);
+  if (ext === ".mjs") {
     return false;
   }
-  if (!file.endsWith(".js")) {
+  if (ext !== ".js" && ext !== "") {
     return true;
   }
   let dir = dirname(file);