diff --git a/src/compiler/compilers.js b/src/compiler/compilers.js
index b625e7afb2..f0d3f8c039 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compilers.js
+++ b/src/compiler/compilers.js
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ function createTestFileCompilers (compilerOptions = {}, { baseUrl, esm } = {}) {
 
 let testFileCompilers = [];
 
-export function getTestFileCompilers () {
+export function getTestFileCompilers (esm) {
     if (!testFileCompilers.length)
-        initTestFileCompilers();
+        initTestFileCompilers({}, { baseUrl: '', esm });
 
     return testFileCompilers;
 }
diff --git a/src/compiler/esm-loader.ts b/src/compiler/esm-loader.ts
index b9ec9a05ea..74a3bab5f4 100644
--- a/src/compiler/esm-loader.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/esm-loader.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export async function load (url: string, context: Context, defaultLoad: Function
     if (isNodeModulesDep || isTestcafeLibDep || !filename)
         return defaultLoad(url, context, defaultLoad);
 
-    const testFilesInfo = await Compiler.createTestFileInfo(filename);
+    const testFilesInfo = await Compiler.createTestFileInfo(filename, true);
 
     if (testFilesInfo?.compiler) {
         const [compiledCode] = await testFilesInfo.compiler.precompile([testFilesInfo]);
diff --git a/src/compiler/index.js b/src/compiler/index.js
index 984d1acdb5..4210e34079 100644
--- a/src/compiler/index.js
+++ b/src/compiler/index.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default class Compiler {
         return uniq(flattenDeep(getTestFileCompilers().map(compiler => compiler.getSupportedExtension())));
     }
 
-    static async createTestFileInfo (filename) {
+    static async createTestFileInfo (filename, esm = false) {
         let code = null;
 
         try {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export default class Compiler {
 
         code = stripBom(code).toString();
 
-        const compiler = find(getTestFileCompilers(), someCompiler => someCompiler.canCompile(code, filename));
+        const compiler = find(getTestFileCompilers(esm), someCompiler => someCompiler.canCompile(code, filename));
 
         if (!compiler)
             return null;