diff --git a/src/histogram.cc b/src/histogram.cc
index d21cf2883a0ca8..6fbb0eda6c0792 100644
--- a/src/histogram.cc
+++ b/src/histogram.cc
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #include "histogram.h"  // NOLINT(build/include_inline)
-#include "histogram-inl.h"
 #include "base_object-inl.h"
+#include "histogram-inl.h"
 #include "memory_tracker-inl.h"
 #include "node_errors.h"
+#include "node_external_reference.h"
+
 namespace node {
 
 using v8::BigInt;
@@ -197,6 +199,21 @@ Local<FunctionTemplate> HistogramBase::GetConstructorTemplate(
   return tmpl;
 }
 
+void HistogramBase::RegisterExternalReferences(
+    ExternalReferenceRegistry* registry) {
+  registry->Register(New);
+  registry->Register(GetExceeds);
+  registry->Register(GetMin);
+  registry->Register(GetMax);
+  registry->Register(GetMean);
+  registry->Register(GetStddev);
+  registry->Register(GetPercentile);
+  registry->Register(GetPercentiles);
+  registry->Register(DoReset);
+  registry->Register(Record);
+  registry->Register(RecordDelta);
+}
+
 void HistogramBase::Initialize(Environment* env, Local<Object> target) {
   env->SetConstructorFunction(target, "Histogram", GetConstructorTemplate(env));
 }
@@ -240,6 +257,20 @@ Local<FunctionTemplate> IntervalHistogram::GetConstructorTemplate(
   return tmpl;
 }
 
+void IntervalHistogram::RegisterExternalReferences(
+    ExternalReferenceRegistry* registry) {
+  registry->Register(GetExceeds);
+  registry->Register(GetMin);
+  registry->Register(GetMax);
+  registry->Register(GetMean);
+  registry->Register(GetStddev);
+  registry->Register(GetPercentile);
+  registry->Register(GetPercentiles);
+  registry->Register(DoReset);
+  registry->Register(Start);
+  registry->Register(Stop);
+}
+
 IntervalHistogram::IntervalHistogram(
     Environment* env,
     Local<Object> wrap,
diff --git a/src/histogram.h b/src/histogram.h
index 8c164f54cfd9ed..00b4f7796f8be6 100644
--- a/src/histogram.h
+++ b/src/histogram.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 namespace node {
 
+class ExternalReferenceRegistry;
+
 constexpr int kDefaultHistogramFigures = 3;
 
 class Histogram : public MemoryRetainer {
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ class HistogramBase : public BaseObject, public HistogramImpl {
   static v8::Local<v8::FunctionTemplate> GetConstructorTemplate(
     Environment* env);
   static void Initialize(Environment* env, v8::Local<v8::Object> target);
+  static void RegisterExternalReferences(ExternalReferenceRegistry* registry);
 
   static BaseObjectPtr<HistogramBase> Create(
       Environment* env,
@@ -154,6 +157,8 @@ class IntervalHistogram : public HandleWrap, public HistogramImpl {
     RESET
   };
 
+  static void RegisterExternalReferences(ExternalReferenceRegistry* registry);
+
   static v8::Local<v8::FunctionTemplate> GetConstructorTemplate(
       Environment* env);
 
diff --git a/src/node_external_reference.h b/src/node_external_reference.h
index 2d6bc34322fd61..094558783f770e 100644
--- a/src/node_external_reference.h
+++ b/src/node_external_reference.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class ExternalReferenceRegistry {
   V(heap_utils)                                                                \
   V(messaging)                                                                 \
   V(native_module)                                                             \
+  V(performance)                                                               \
   V(process_methods)                                                           \
   V(process_object)                                                            \
   V(task_queue)                                                                \
diff --git a/src/node_perf.cc b/src/node_perf.cc
index 41c93ea1640e5e..acbb0e0d902c3e 100644
--- a/src/node_perf.cc
+++ b/src/node_perf.cc
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+#include "node_perf.h"
 #include "aliased_buffer.h"
 #include "env-inl.h"
 #include "histogram-inl.h"
 #include "memory_tracker-inl.h"
-#include "node_internals.h"
-#include "node_perf.h"
 #include "node_buffer.h"
+#include "node_external_reference.h"
+#include "node_internals.h"
 #include "node_process-inl.h"
 #include "util-inl.h"
 
@@ -250,6 +251,12 @@ void ELDHistogram::Initialize(Environment* env, Local<Object> target) {
   env->SetConstructorFunction(target, "ELDHistogram", tmpl);
 }
 
+void ELDHistogram::RegisterExternalReferences(
+    ExternalReferenceRegistry* registry) {
+  registry->Register(New);
+  IntervalHistogram::RegisterExternalReferences(registry);
+}
+
 ELDHistogram::ELDHistogram(
     Environment* env,
     Local<Object> wrap,
@@ -364,7 +371,21 @@ void Initialize(Local<Object> target,
   ELDHistogram::Initialize(env, target);
 }
 
+void RegisterExternalReferences(ExternalReferenceRegistry* registry) {
+  registry->Register(MarkMilestone);
+  registry->Register(SetupPerformanceObservers);
+  registry->Register(InstallGarbageCollectionTracking);
+  registry->Register(RemoveGarbageCollectionTracking);
+  registry->Register(Notify);
+  registry->Register(LoopIdleTime);
+  registry->Register(GetTimeOrigin);
+  registry->Register(GetTimeOriginTimeStamp);
+  HistogramBase::RegisterExternalReferences(registry);
+  ELDHistogram::RegisterExternalReferences(registry);
+}
 }  // namespace performance
 }  // namespace node
 
 NODE_MODULE_CONTEXT_AWARE_INTERNAL(performance, node::performance::Initialize)
+NODE_MODULE_EXTERNAL_REFERENCE(performance,
+                               node::performance::RegisterExternalReferences)
diff --git a/src/node_perf.h b/src/node_perf.h
index 33cf9f2ec651bf..64913ab9de7c61 100644
--- a/src/node_perf.h
+++ b/src/node_perf.h
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 
 #if defined(NODE_WANT_INTERNALS) && NODE_WANT_INTERNALS
 
-#include "node.h"
-#include "node_perf_common.h"
 #include "base_object-inl.h"
 #include "histogram.h"
+#include "node.h"
+#include "node_internals.h"
+#include "node_perf_common.h"
 
 #include "v8.h"
 #include "uv.h"
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
 namespace node {
 
 class Environment;
+class ExternalReferenceRegistry;
 
 namespace performance {
 
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ using GCPerformanceEntry = PerformanceEntry<GCPerformanceEntryTraits>;
 
 class ELDHistogram : public IntervalHistogram {
  public:
+  static void RegisterExternalReferences(ExternalReferenceRegistry* registry);
   static void Initialize(Environment* env, v8::Local<v8::Object> target);
   static void New(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args);