diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/child.ts b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/child.ts
index 7e606f7f4a45..6d3705b56cbc 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/child.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/child.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { performance } from 'node:perf_hooks'
 import v8 from 'node:v8'
 import { createBirpc } from 'birpc'
 import { parseRegexp } from '@vitest/utils'