diff --git a/packages/core/bin/rslib.js b/packages/core/bin/rslib.js
index 79da1723e..665f09b3f 100755
--- a/packages/core/bin/rslib.js
+++ b/packages/core/bin/rslib.js
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-import { logger, prepareCli, runCli } from '../dist/index.js';
+import nodeModule from 'node:module';
+
+// enable on-disk code caching of all modules loaded by Node.js
+// requires Nodejs >= 22.8.0
+const { enableCompileCache } = nodeModule;
+if (enableCompileCache) {
+  try {
+    enableCompileCache();
+  } catch {
+    // ignore errors
+  }
+}
 
 async function main() {
+  const { logger, prepareCli, runCli } = await import('../dist/index.js');
   prepareCli();
 
   try {