diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
index 237a1b96922aef..8f5e8d8f1d7ec8 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ require('fs');
 require('v8');
 require('vm');
 require('url');
+require('internal/options');
 
 function setupPrepareStackTrace() {
   const {
diff --git a/src/node_external_reference.h b/src/node_external_reference.h
index 347945a7496d5f..c57a01ff39c20e 100644
--- a/src/node_external_reference.h
+++ b/src/node_external_reference.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ class ExternalReferenceRegistry {
   V(heap_utils)                                                                \
   V(messaging)                                                                 \
   V(native_module)                                                             \
+  V(options)                                                                   \
   V(os)                                                                        \
   V(performance)                                                               \
   V(process_methods)                                                           \
diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index ab3b736e07d8e9..4168759910cde5 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "env-inl.h"
 #include "node_binding.h"
+#include "node_external_reference.h"
 #include "node_internals.h"
 #if HAVE_OPENSSL
 #include "openssl/opensslv.h"
@@ -1132,6 +1133,10 @@ void Initialize(Local<Object> target,
       .Check();
 }
 
+void RegisterExternalReferences(ExternalReferenceRegistry* registry) {
+  registry->Register(GetCLIOptions);
+  registry->Register(GetEmbedderOptions);
+}
 }  // namespace options_parser
 
 void HandleEnvOptions(std::shared_ptr<EnvironmentOptions> env_options) {
@@ -1198,3 +1203,5 @@ std::vector<std::string> ParseNodeOptionsEnvVar(
 }  // namespace node
 
 NODE_MODULE_CONTEXT_AWARE_INTERNAL(options, node::options_parser::Initialize)
+NODE_MODULE_EXTERNAL_REFERENCE(options,
+                               node::options_parser::RegisterExternalReferences)