diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/module_job.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/module_job.js
index 3f11ffc768eedb..ed681541d12723 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/module_job.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/module_job.js
@@ -107,16 +107,23 @@ class ModuleJob {
               await this.loader.resolve(childSpecifier, parentFileUrl);
         const format = await this.loader.getFormat(childFileURL);
         if (format === 'commonjs') {
-          const importStatement = splitStack[1];
-          const namedImports = StringPrototypeMatch(importStatement, /{.*}/)[0];
-          const destructuringAssignment = StringPrototypeReplace(namedImports, /\s+as\s+/g, ': ');
           e.message = `The requested module '${childSpecifier}' is expected ` +
             'to be of type CommonJS, which does not support named exports. ' +
             'CommonJS modules can be imported by importing the default ' +
-            'export.\n' +
-            'For example:\n' +
-            `import pkg from '${childSpecifier}';\n` +
-            `const ${destructuringAssignment} = pkg;`;
+            'export.';
+          // TODO(@ctavan): The original error stack only provides the single
+          // line which causes the error. For multi-line import statements we
+          // cannot generate an equivalent object descructuring assignment by
+          // just parsing the error stack.
+          const importStatement = splitStack[1];
+          const oneLineNamedImports = StringPrototypeMatch(importStatement, /{.*}/);
+          if (oneLineNamedImports) {
+            const destructuringAssignment =
+              StringPrototypeReplace(oneLineNamedImports[0], /\s+as\s+/g, ': ');
+            e.message += '\nFor example:\n' +
+              `import pkg from '${childSpecifier}';\n` +
+              `const ${destructuringAssignment} = pkg;`;
+          }
           const newStack = StringPrototypeSplit(e.stack, '\n');
           newStack[3] = `SyntaxError: ${e.message}`;
           e.stack = ArrayPrototypeJoin(newStack, '\n');
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-cjs-named-error.mjs b/test/es-module/test-esm-cjs-named-error.mjs
index d71dc959e21fb7..e9ddc67c0fbcea 100644
--- a/test/es-module/test-esm-cjs-named-error.mjs
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-cjs-named-error.mjs
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ const expectedRelative = 'The requested module \'./fail.cjs\' is expected to ' +
   'import pkg from \'./fail.cjs\';\n' +
   'const { comeOn } = pkg;';
 
+const expectedWithoutExample = 'The requested module \'./fail.cjs\' is ' +
+  'expected to be of type CommonJS, which does not support named exports. ' +
+  'CommonJS modules can be imported by importing the default export.';
+
 const expectedRenamed = 'The requested module \'./fail.cjs\' is expected to ' +
   'be of type CommonJS, which does not support named exports. CommonJS ' +
   'modules can be imported by importing the default export.\n' +
@@ -52,6 +56,13 @@ rejects(async () => {
   message: expectedRenamed
 }, 'should correctly format named imports with renames');
 
+rejects(async () => {
+  await import(`${fixtureBase}/multi-line.mjs`);
+}, {
+  name: 'SyntaxError',
+  message: expectedWithoutExample,
+}, 'should correctly format named imports across multiple lines');
+
 rejects(async () => {
   await import(`${fixtureBase}/json-hack.mjs`);
 }, {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/es-modules/package-cjs-named-error/fail.cjs b/test/fixtures/es-modules/package-cjs-named-error/fail.cjs
index 40c512ab0e5ad2..cab82d3eb60d60 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/es-modules/package-cjs-named-error/fail.cjs
+++ b/test/fixtures/es-modules/package-cjs-named-error/fail.cjs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 module.exports = {
-  comeOn: 'fhqwhgads'
+  comeOn: 'fhqwhgads',
+  everybody: 'to the limit',
 };
diff --git a/test/fixtures/es-modules/package-cjs-named-error/multi-line.mjs b/test/fixtures/es-modules/package-cjs-named-error/multi-line.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a4f80eba042576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/es-modules/package-cjs-named-error/multi-line.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import {
+  comeOn,
+  everybody,
+} from './fail.cjs';