diff --git a/src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs b/src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs
index fc3920a67d74..633da84745a7 100644
--- a/src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/jsc_hooks.rs
@@ -3390,6 +3390,20 @@ fn transpile_source_code_inner(
             // SAFETY: null-checked above; `global_object` is the live per-thread
             // `JSGlobalObject` for the FFI call.
             let global = unsafe { &*global_object };
+            // The bundler emits `{}` as the JS stub for a plain CSS import
+            // (esbuild parity); match that here instead of leaking the file path
+            // as the default export. `.module.css` still diverges: the bundler
+            // emits a class-name map there, runtime CSS-module scoping is not
+            // implemented.
+            if matches!(loader, L::Css) {
+                return Ok(OwnedResolvedSource::from(ResolvedSource {
+                    jsvalue_for_export: JSValue::create_empty_object(global, 0),
+                    specifier: input_specifier.dupe_ref(),
+                    source_url: create_if_different(input_specifier, path.text),
+                    tag: ResolvedSourceTag::ExportDefaultObject,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                }));
+            }
             // SAFETY: per fn contract — `jsc_vm` is the live per-thread VM.
             let value = if !unsafe { &*jsc_vm }.origin.is_empty() {
                 // Rewrite `specifier` against `vm.origin` so
diff --git a/test/js/bun/css/css-loader.test.ts b/test/js/bun/css/css-loader.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ee584fe01569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/bun/css/css-loader.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { bunEnv, bunExe, tempDir } from "harness";
+
+// The default export of a plain .css import is an empty object (esbuild
+// parity), and `bun run` and `bun build --target=bun` agree on that shape.
+describe.concurrent("css loader default export", () => {
+  const entry = `import c from "./s.css";\nprocess.stdout.write(typeof c + " " + JSON.stringify(c));\n`;
+
+  test("bun run", async () => {
+    using dir = tempDir("css-loader-run", {
+      "s.css": ".c { color: red }",
+      "e.ts": entry,
+    });
+    await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+      cmd: [bunExe(), "e.ts"],
+      env: bunEnv,
+      cwd: String(dir),
+      stderr: "pipe",
+    });
+    const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+    expect(stderr).toBe("");
+    expect(stdout).toBe("object {}");
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  test("bun build --target=bun then run matches bun run", async () => {
+    using dir = tempDir("css-loader-build", {
+      "s.css": ".c { color: red }",
+      "e.ts": entry,
+    });
+    await using build = Bun.spawn({
+      cmd: [bunExe(), "build", "e.ts", "--target=bun", "--outdir=out"],
+      env: bunEnv,
+      cwd: String(dir),
+      stderr: "pipe",
+    });
+    const [, buildErr, buildCode] = await Promise.all([build.stdout.text(), build.stderr.text(), build.exited]);
+    expect(buildErr).toBe("");
+    expect(buildCode).toBe(0);
+
+    await using run = Bun.spawn({
+      cmd: [bunExe(), "out/e.js"],
+      env: bunEnv,
+      cwd: String(dir),
+      stderr: "pipe",
+    });
+    const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([run.stdout.text(), run.stderr.text(), run.exited]);
+    expect(stderr).toBe("");
+    expect(stdout).toBe("object {}");
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/js/bun/resolve/import-empty.test.js b/test/js/bun/resolve/import-empty.test.js
index 592686a92d69..2150bd7838f0 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/resolve/import-empty.test.js
+++ b/test/js/bun/resolve/import-empty.test.js
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ it("importing empty file with type file returns it path", async () => {
 
 // MARK: - web imports
 
-it("importing empty css file returns its path", async () => {
+it("importing empty css file returns an empty object", async () => {
   const empty_file_css = (await import("./empty-file", { with: { type: "css" } })).default;
-  expect(empty_file_css).toEqual(empty_file_path);
+  expect(empty_file_css).toEqual({});
 });
 
 it("importing empty html file returns HTMLBundle with its path", async () => {