diff --git a/packages/utils/src/import.ts b/packages/utils/src/import.ts
index 8a6e036e21..a2437561fb 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/import.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/import.ts
@@ -394,7 +394,35 @@ export function setSnapshotModuleLoader(loader: SnapshotModuleLoader): void {
   isESM = false;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Module loader for bundled egg apps. Called with the raw `importModule()`
+ * filepath (posix-normalized) before `importResolve`, so bundled apps can
+ * serve modules that no longer exist on disk. Return `undefined` to fall
+ * through to the standard import path.
+ */
+export type BundleModuleLoader = (filepath: string) => unknown;
+
+/**
+ * Register a bundle module loader. Uses globalThis so that bundled and
+ * external copies of @eggjs/utils share the same loader.
+ */
+export function setBundleModuleLoader(loader: BundleModuleLoader | undefined): void {
+  (globalThis as any).__EGG_BUNDLE_MODULE_LOADER__ = loader;
+  if (loader) isESM = false;
+}
+
 export async function importModule(filepath: string, options?: ImportModuleOptions): Promise<any> {
+  const _bundleModuleLoader: BundleModuleLoader | undefined = (globalThis as any).__EGG_BUNDLE_MODULE_LOADER__;
+  if (_bundleModuleLoader) {
+    const hit = _bundleModuleLoader(filepath.replaceAll('\\', '/'));
+    if (hit !== undefined) {
+      let obj = hit as any;
+      if (obj?.default?.__esModule === true && 'default' in obj.default) obj = obj.default;
+      if (options?.importDefaultOnly && obj && typeof obj === 'object' && 'default' in obj) obj = obj.default;
+      return obj;
+    }
+  }
+
   const moduleFilePath = importResolve(filepath, options);
 
   if (_snapshotModuleLoader) {
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap b/packages/utils/test/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
index a7d626f650..40c81c80d6 100644
--- a/packages/utils/test/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/utils/test/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ exports[`test/index.test.ts > export all > should keep checking 1`] = `
   "importResolve",
   "isESM",
   "isSupportTypeScript",
+  "setBundleModuleLoader",
   "setSnapshotModuleLoader",
 ]
 `;
diff --git a/packages/utils/test/bundle-import.test.ts b/packages/utils/test/bundle-import.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88b91efdbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/test/bundle-import.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import { strict as assert } from 'node:assert';
+
+import { afterEach, describe, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { importModule, setBundleModuleLoader } from '../src/import.ts';
+import { getFilepath } from './helper.ts';
+
+describe('test/bundle-import.test.ts', () => {
+  afterEach(() => {
+    setBundleModuleLoader(undefined);
+  });
+
+  it('returns the real module when no bundle loader is registered', async () => {
+    const result = await importModule(getFilepath('esm'));
+    assert.ok(result);
+    assert.equal(typeof result, 'object');
+  });
+
+  it('intercepts importModule with the registered loader', async () => {
+    const seen: string[] = [];
+    const fakeModule = { default: { hello: 'bundle' }, other: 'stuff' };
+    setBundleModuleLoader((p) => {
+      seen.push(p);
+      if (p.endsWith('/fixtures/esm')) return fakeModule;
+    });
+
+    const result = await importModule(getFilepath('esm'));
+    assert.deepEqual(result, fakeModule);
+    assert.ok(seen.some((p) => p.endsWith('/fixtures/esm')));
+  });
+
+  it('honors importDefaultOnly when the bundle hit has a default key', async () => {
+    setBundleModuleLoader(() => ({ default: { greet: 'hi' }, other: 'x' }));
+
+    const result = await importModule(getFilepath('esm'), { importDefaultOnly: true });
+    assert.deepEqual(result, { greet: 'hi' });
+  });
+
+  it('unwraps __esModule double-default shape', async () => {
+    setBundleModuleLoader(() => ({
+      default: { __esModule: true, default: { fn: 'bundled' } },
+    }));
+
+    const result = await importModule(getFilepath('esm'));
+    assert.equal(result.__esModule, true);
+    assert.deepEqual(result.default, { fn: 'bundled' });
+  });
+
+  it('falls through to normal import when loader returns undefined', async () => {
+    setBundleModuleLoader(() => undefined);
+
+    const result = await importModule(getFilepath('esm'));
+    assert.ok(result);
+  });
+
+  it('short-circuits importResolve so bundled paths need not exist on disk', async () => {
+    const fakeModule = { virtual: true };
+    setBundleModuleLoader((p) => (p === 'virtual/not-on-disk' ? fakeModule : undefined));
+
+    const result = await importModule('virtual/not-on-disk');
+    assert.deepEqual(result, fakeModule);
+  });
+});