diff --git a/lib/node/NodeTargetPlugin.js b/lib/node/NodeTargetPlugin.js
index 231c8973ed7..fb12b2fb550 100644
--- a/lib/node/NodeTargetPlugin.js
+++ b/lib/node/NodeTargetPlugin.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const builtins = [
 	"wasi",
 	"worker_threads",
 	"zlib",
+	/^node:/,
 
 	// cspell:word pnpapi
 	// Yarn PnP adds pnpapi as "builtin"
diff --git a/test/ConfigTestCases.template.js b/test/ConfigTestCases.template.js
index 41d94c16aa6..79d7e79319a 100644
--- a/test/ConfigTestCases.template.js
+++ b/test/ConfigTestCases.template.js
@@ -413,7 +413,11 @@ const describeCases = config => {
 												module in testConfig.modules
 											) {
 												return testConfig.modules[module];
-											} else return require(module);
+											} else {
+												return require(module.startsWith("node:")
+													? module.slice(5)
+													: module);
+											}
 										};
 
 										results.push(
diff --git a/test/configCases/node/node-prefix/index.js b/test/configCases/node/node-prefix/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..84aa3bd98fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/configCases/node/node-prefix/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import vm1 from "vm";
+import vm2 from "node:vm";
+
+it("should allow importing node builtin modules with the node: prefix", () => {
+	expect(require("node:fs")).toBe(require("fs"));
+	expect(require("node:path")).toBe(require("path"));
+	expect(vm2).toBe(vm1);
+});
diff --git a/test/configCases/node/node-prefix/webpack.config.js b/test/configCases/node/node-prefix/webpack.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..029181fbeba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/configCases/node/node-prefix/webpack.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/** @type {import("../../../../").Configuration} */
+module.exports = {
+	target: "node"
+};