diff --git a/src/bun.js/bindings/JSCommonJSModule.cpp b/src/bun.js/bindings/JSCommonJSModule.cpp
index 0ea3a97f14e..c037acc607b 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/bindings/JSCommonJSModule.cpp
+++ b/src/bun.js/bindings/JSCommonJSModule.cpp
@@ -812,6 +812,16 @@ class JSCommonJSModulePrototype final : public JSC::JSNonFinalObject {
             clientData(vm)->builtinNames().requireNativeModulePrivateName(),
             0,
             jsFunctionRequireNativeModule, ImplementationVisibility::Public, NoIntrinsic, JSC::PropertyAttribute::ReadOnly | JSC::PropertyAttribute::DontDelete);
+
+        // `Module.prototype.load(filename)` — needed for packages like
+        // `requizzle` that construct `new Module(...)` directly and call
+        // `.load()` on it. Mirrors Node's cjs loader semantics.
+        this->putDirectBuiltinFunction(
+            vm,
+            globalObject,
+            JSC::Identifier::fromString(vm, "load"_s),
+            WebCore::commonJSModulePrototypeLoadCodeGenerator(vm),
+            0);
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/bun.js/modules/NodeModuleModule.cpp b/src/bun.js/modules/NodeModuleModule.cpp
index c03a9561563..2103129f4bf 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/modules/NodeModuleModule.cpp
+++ b/src/bun.js/modules/NodeModuleModule.cpp
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ JSC_DEFINE_CUSTOM_SETTER(setNodeModuleWrapper,
 static JSValue getModulePrototypeObject(VM& vm, JSObject* moduleObject)
 {
     auto* globalObject = defaultGlobalObject(moduleObject->globalObject());
-    auto prototype = constructEmptyObject(globalObject, globalObject->objectPrototype(), 2);
+    auto prototype = constructEmptyObject(globalObject, globalObject->objectPrototype(), 3);
 
     prototype->putDirectCustomAccessor(
         vm, WebCore::clientData(vm)->builtinNames().requirePublicName(),
@@ -776,6 +776,17 @@ static JSValue getModulePrototypeObject(VM& vm, JSObject* moduleObject)
 
     prototype->putDirect(vm, Identifier::fromString(vm, "_compile"_s), globalObject->modulePrototypeUnderscoreCompileFunction());
 
+    // Also expose `load` here so `require('module').prototype.load` is a
+    // function, matching Node (whose `Module.prototype` IS the instance
+    // prototype and thus exposes both). The instance prototype
+    // (`JSCommonJSModulePrototype`) has its own `load` binding; this one
+    // is only consulted by code that reads `Module.prototype.load` off
+    // the constructor directly.
+    prototype->putDirect(
+        vm, Identifier::fromString(vm, "load"_s),
+        JSC::JSFunction::create(vm, globalObject, WebCore::commonJSModulePrototypeLoadCodeGenerator(vm), globalObject),
+        0);
+
     return prototype;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/js/builtins/CommonJS.ts b/src/js/builtins/CommonJS.ts
index 3835835d9ff..6ccea408d0d 100644
--- a/src/js/builtins/CommonJS.ts
+++ b/src/js/builtins/CommonJS.ts
@@ -416,6 +416,71 @@ export function createRequireCache() {
   return proxy;
 }
 
+// `Module.prototype.load(filename)` — used by packages like `requizzle` that
+// construct `new Module(...)` directly and expect Node's module-loader shape.
+// Mirrors Node's lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js `Module.prototype.load`.
+$overriddenName = "load";
+$visibility = "Private";
+export function modulePrototypeLoad(this: JSCommonJSModule, filename: string) {
+  // Match Node's `assert(!this.loaded, 'Module already loaded')` so a
+  // caller that catches the error and checks `e.code === 'ERR_ASSERTION'`
+  // behaves the same way on both runtimes.
+  const assert = require("node:assert");
+  assert(!this.loaded, "Module already loaded");
+
+  const Module = require("node:module");
+  const path = require("node:path");
+
+  // Update `filename`, `path` (= `m_dirname`, drives `__dirname`), and
+  // `paths` before dispatching: the .js handler goes through the native
+  // evaluate() path, which reads `this.path` for the module's __dirname.
+  // Without this, `__dirname` would stay at whatever the constructor was
+  // given, not where the file actually lives.
+  const dirname = path.dirname(filename);
+  this.filename = filename;
+  this.path = dirname;
+  this.paths = Module._nodeModulePaths(dirname);
+
+  // Find the longest-matching registered extension, mirroring Node's
+  // `findLongestRegisteredExtension` in lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js.
+  // `path.extname` only returns the trailing suffix, so it would miss
+  // compound extensions like `.test.js` or `.esm.js`.
+  const basename = path.basename(filename);
+  const extensions = Module._extensions;
+  let handler: any;
+  let startDot = basename.indexOf(".");
+  while (startDot !== -1 && startDot !== basename.length - 1) {
+    // Skip a leading dot so dotfiles like `.gitignore` don't match a
+    // handler registered for the full filename. Node's
+    // findLongestRegisteredExtension and Bun's native Zig equivalent
+    // both do this.
+    if (startDot === 0) {
+      startDot = basename.indexOf(".", 1);
+      continue;
+    }
+    const suffix = basename.slice(startDot);
+    handler = extensions[suffix];
+    if (handler) break;
+    startDot = basename.indexOf(".", startDot + 1);
+  }
+  if (!handler) {
+    handler = extensions[".js"];
+  }
+
+  // Don't let a throw from the handler leave the module permanently
+  // marked "loaded" — otherwise a retry would hit the assert above.
+  // `module._compile` sets `hasEvaluated=true` before running user code,
+  // which is what `loaded` reflects, so we reset it on failure.
+  try {
+    handler.$call(extensions, this, filename);
+  } catch (e) {
+    this.loaded = false;
+    throw e;
+  }
+
+  this.loaded = true;
+}
+
 type WrapperMutate = (start: string, end: string) => void;
 export function getWrapperArrayProxy(onMutate: WrapperMutate) {
   const wrapper = ["(function(exports,require,module,__filename,__dirname){", "})"];
diff --git a/test/regression/issue/29253.test.ts b/test/regression/issue/29253.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..101636466cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/regression/issue/29253.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
+// https://github.com/oven-sh/bun/issues/29253
+//
+// `new Module(id, parent)` produced an instance whose prototype
+// did not expose `Module.prototype.load(filename)`, so packages
+// that construct a module by hand and then call `.load()` on it
+// (the same pattern Node's internal cjs loader uses) threw:
+//
+//   TypeError: targetModule.load is not a function
+//
+// `requizzle` — a dependency of `jsdoc` — does exactly this
+// inside its `exports.load` helper, so `bun run .../jsdoc.js`
+// crashed before jsdoc got a chance to run.
+//
+// The fix adds `Module.prototype.load` as a real method on the
+// prototype backing `new Module(...)` instances, and also puts it
+// on `require("module").prototype` so Node-compat property lookups
+// see a function in both places. (The two objects are still
+// distinct — full prototype unification is deferred because the
+// existing `_compile` CustomAccessor depends on the instance cast.)
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { bunEnv, bunExe, tempDir } from "harness";
+import Module from "node:module";
+
+test("new Module() instances inherit load() (#29253)", () => {
+  // The ticket: `targetModule.load(targetModule.id)` on a freshly
+  // constructed Module was throwing "load is not a function" because
+  // the instance prototype had no `load` method.
+  const m = new Module("/tmp/does-not-matter-29253.js", null);
+  expect(typeof m.load).toBe("function");
+
+  // And it should be inherited from the prototype chain, not an own
+  // property on every instance (which would be wasteful).
+  expect(Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(m, "load")).toBe(false);
+  expect(typeof Object.getPrototypeOf(m).load).toBe("function");
+
+  // `require("module").prototype` is a separate disposable object from
+  // the instance prototype (see the header comment). It also needs to
+  // expose `load` so code that does `typeof Module.prototype.load` or
+  // `Module.prototype.load = wrapper` sees a function. If the C++
+  // registration in getModulePrototypeObject were reverted, the other
+  // assertions above would still pass — so guard that code path too.
+  expect(typeof Module.prototype.load).toBe("function");
+
+  // `.name` is set via the `$overriddenName = "load"` annotation on
+  // the builtin. Without that annotation, JSC derives the name from
+  // the source identifier ("modulePrototypeLoad"), which matters for
+  // any code that introspects function names.
+  expect(m.load.name).toBe("load");
+  expect(Module.prototype.load.name).toBe("load");
+});
+
+test.concurrent("new Module().load(filename) reads and evaluates the file (#29253)", { timeout: 30000 }, async () => {
+  // Spawn a separate Bun so the test doesn't pollute its own
+  // require cache or Module.wrap state.
+  using dir = tempDir("issue-29253-load", {
+    "target.js": `
+      module.exports = { answer: 42, filename: __filename, dirname: __dirname };
+    `,
+    "driver.js": `
+      const Module = require("node:module");
+      const path = require("node:path");
+      const target = path.resolve(__dirname, "target.js");
+
+      const m = new Module(target, module);
+      m.load(target);
+
+      // After load(): the file has been read, wrapped, and
+      // executed. The module's exports must be the object the
+      // file assigned to module.exports, and the bookkeeping
+      // fields must be populated the way Node does.
+      console.log(JSON.stringify({
+        loaded: m.loaded,
+        filename: m.filename,
+        exports: m.exports,
+      }));
+    `,
+  });
+
+  await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+    cmd: [bunExe(), "driver.js"],
+    env: bunEnv,
+    cwd: String(dir),
+    stdout: "pipe",
+    stderr: "pipe",
+  });
+
+  const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+
+  const result = JSON.parse(stdout.trim());
+  expect(result.loaded).toBe(true);
+  expect(result.filename).toMatch(/target\.js$/);
+  expect(result.exports.answer).toBe(42);
+  expect(result.exports.filename).toBe(result.filename);
+  expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+});
+
+test.concurrent("Module.prototype.load honors an overridden Module.wrapper (#29253)", { timeout: 30000 }, async () => {
+  // `load()` must compile the file through the CURRENT module
+  // wrapper (`Module.wrapper[0] + source + Module.wrapper[1]`)
+  // — not a hard-coded one. Mutating the wrapper array is how
+  // Bun exposes Node's wrapper-override hook.
+  using dir = tempDir("issue-29253-wrap", {
+    "target.js": `module.exports = { wrappedVar: typeof __swizzled };`,
+    "driver.js": `
+      const Module = require("node:module");
+      const path = require("node:path");
+      const originalWrapper0 = Module.wrapper[0];
+
+      // Inject a local 'const __swizzled = 1;' at the top of
+      // the module scope; if the wrapper is honored, the module
+      // sees typeof __swizzled === "number".
+      Module.wrapper[0] = originalWrapper0 + "const __swizzled = 1;\\n";
+
+      try {
+        const target = path.resolve(__dirname, "target.js");
+        const m = new Module(target, module);
+        m.load(target);
+        console.log(m.exports.wrappedVar);
+      } finally {
+        Module.wrapper[0] = originalWrapper0;
+      }
+    `,
+  });
+
+  await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+    cmd: [bunExe(), "driver.js"],
+    env: bunEnv,
+    cwd: String(dir),
+    stdout: "pipe",
+    stderr: "pipe",
+  });
+
+  const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+
+  expect(stdout.trim()).toBe("number");
+  expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+});
+
+test.concurrent("new Module().load populates filename/paths/loaded (#29253)", { timeout: 30000 }, async () => {
+  // Node's `Module.prototype.load` writes `filename`, `paths`,
+  // and `loaded` before returning. `requizzle` and any other
+  // package that reads those fields after `.load()` depends on
+  // this, even if it doesn't touch the wrapper.
+  // The leaf file sits in a subdir, and the Module is constructed with
+  // a DIFFERENT id from the load path. This matters: the C++ constructor
+  // initializes \`m_dirname\` from the id, so if \`load()\` doesn't
+  // update \`this.path\` from the filename, \`__dirname\` inside the
+  // loaded file would be stale (dirname of the constructor id instead
+  // of dirname of the load path).
+  using dir = tempDir("issue-29253-fields", {
+    "sub/leaf.js": `module.exports = { msg: 'ok', seen_dirname: __dirname, seen_filename: __filename };`,
+    "driver.js": `
+      const Module = require("node:module");
+      const path = require("node:path");
+
+      const target = path.resolve(__dirname, "sub/leaf.js");
+      // Deliberately pass a DIFFERENT id to the constructor.
+      const m = new Module(path.resolve(__dirname, "unrelated/placeholder.js"), module);
+      const expectedPaths = Module._nodeModulePaths(path.dirname(target));
+
+      // Pre-load state: loaded=false.
+      if (m.loaded !== false) throw new Error("pre-load 'loaded' should be false, got " + m.loaded);
+
+      m.load(target);
+
+      if (m.loaded !== true) throw new Error("post-load 'loaded' should be true");
+      if (m.filename !== target) throw new Error("filename mismatch: " + m.filename);
+      if (JSON.stringify(m.paths) !== JSON.stringify(expectedPaths)) {
+        throw new Error("paths mismatch: " + JSON.stringify(m.paths) + " vs " + JSON.stringify(expectedPaths));
+      }
+      if (m.exports.msg !== 'ok') throw new Error("exports.msg mismatch: " + m.exports.msg);
+      // __filename inside the loaded file must match the load path.
+      if (m.exports.seen_filename !== target) {
+        throw new Error("seen_filename mismatch: " + m.exports.seen_filename + " vs " + target);
+      }
+      // __dirname inside the loaded file must be the dirname of the
+      // LOAD path, not the dirname of the constructor id. This is the
+      // regression: previously load() only set this.filename, so
+      // __dirname stayed at the constructor's dirname.
+      if (m.exports.seen_dirname !== path.dirname(target)) {
+        throw new Error("seen_dirname mismatch: " + m.exports.seen_dirname + " vs " + path.dirname(target));
+      }
+      console.log("ok");
+    `,
+  });
+
+  await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+    cmd: [bunExe(), "driver.js"],
+    env: bunEnv,
+    cwd: String(dir),
+    stdout: "pipe",
+    stderr: "pipe",
+  });
+
+  const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+
+  expect(stdout.trim()).toBe("ok");
+  expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+});
+
+// Retry guard: a thrown extension handler must NOT leave the module
+// permanently marked `loaded`, otherwise the next `.load(...)` call on
+// the same instance would hit the "Module already loaded" assert and
+// make failure recovery impossible.
+test.concurrent("failed load() clears loaded so the instance can be retried (#29253)", { timeout: 30000 }, async () => {
+  using dir = tempDir("issue-29253-retry", {
+    "broken.js": `throw new Error("boom");`,
+    "good.js": `module.exports = 'good-exports';`,
+    "driver.js": `
+      const Module = require("node:module");
+      const path = require("node:path");
+
+      const broken = path.resolve(__dirname, "broken.js");
+      const good = path.resolve(__dirname, "good.js");
+      const m = new Module(broken, module);
+
+      let threw = false;
+      try {
+        m.load(broken);
+      } catch (e) {
+        threw = true;
+        if (!String(e).includes("boom")) throw new Error("unexpected error: " + e);
+      }
+      if (!threw) throw new Error("expected load() to throw");
+      if (m.loaded) throw new Error("loaded should be false after a failed load()");
+
+      // Now reuse the instance with a good file — must not hit the
+      // "Module already loaded" guard.
+      m.load(good);
+      if (m.exports !== 'good-exports') throw new Error("retry exports mismatch: " + m.exports);
+      console.log("ok");
+    `,
+  });
+
+  await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+    cmd: [bunExe(), "driver.js"],
+    env: bunEnv,
+    cwd: String(dir),
+    stdout: "pipe",
+    stderr: "pipe",
+  });
+
+  const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+
+  expect(stdout.trim()).toBe("ok");
+  expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+});
+
+// Compound-extension dispatch: `Module._extensions['.test.js']` must win
+// over `Module._extensions['.js']` when `.load()` is called on a file
+// ending in `.test.js`. `path.extname` alone would return `.js` and
+// silently bypass the compound handler.
+test.concurrent("load() picks the longest registered extension handler (#29253)", { timeout: 30000 }, async () => {
+  using dir = tempDir("issue-29253-ext", {
+    "foo.test.js": `module.exports = 'raw-source-never-loaded';`,
+    "driver.js": `
+      const Module = require("node:module");
+      const path = require("node:path");
+
+      const target = path.resolve(__dirname, "foo.test.js");
+      Module._extensions['.test.js'] = function (module, filename) {
+        module.exports = { hookedBy: '.test.js', filename };
+      };
+
+      try {
+        const m = new Module(target, module);
+        m.load(target);
+        if (m.exports.hookedBy !== '.test.js') {
+          throw new Error("handler not used; exports=" + JSON.stringify(m.exports));
+        }
+      } finally {
+        delete Module._extensions['.test.js'];
+      }
+      console.log("ok");
+    `,
+  });
+
+  await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+    cmd: [bunExe(), "driver.js"],
+    env: bunEnv,
+    cwd: String(dir),
+    stdout: "pipe",
+    stderr: "pipe",
+  });
+
+  const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+
+  expect(stdout.trim()).toBe("ok");
+  expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+});