diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
index a198674c139e9b..766f9a6f4c6674 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
@@ -347,6 +347,12 @@ function setupProcessObject() {
   const origProcProto = Object.getPrototypeOf(process);
   Object.setPrototypeOf(origProcProto, EventEmitter.prototype);
   EventEmitter.call(process);
+  Object.defineProperty(process, Symbol.toStringTag, {
+    enumerable: false,
+    writable: false,
+    configurable: false,
+    value: 'process'
+  });
   // Make process globally available to users by putting it on the global proxy
   global.process = process;
 }
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-process.mjs b/test/es-module/test-esm-process.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..24cf489a988565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-process.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// Flags: --experimental-modules
+import '../common';
+import assert from 'assert';
+import process from 'process';
+
+assert.strictEqual(Object.prototype.toString.call(process), '[object process]');