diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/browser.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/browser.js
index 68dac3b1ca4b8c..35e65e65944324 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/browser.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/browser.js
@@ -7,9 +7,13 @@ const {
 
 const {
   defineOperation,
+  emitExperimentalWarning,
   exposeInterface,
   lazyDOMExceptionClass,
 } = require('internal/util');
+
+const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
+
 const config = internalBinding('config');
 
 // Override global console from the one provided by the VM
@@ -71,6 +75,17 @@ defineOperation(globalThis, 'setTimeout', timers.setTimeout);
 defineReplacableAttribute(globalThis, 'performance',
                           require('perf_hooks').performance);
 
+// https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/
+if (getOptionValue('--experimental-fetch')) {
+  emitExperimentalWarning('Fetch');
+
+  const undici = require('internal/deps/undici/undici');
+  defineOperation(globalThis, 'fetch', undici.fetch);
+  exposeInterface(globalThis, 'Headers', undici.Headers);
+  exposeInterface(globalThis, 'Request', undici.Request);
+  exposeInterface(globalThis, 'Response', undici.Response);
+}
+
 function createGlobalConsole(consoleFromVM) {
   const consoleFromNode =
     require('internal/console/global');
diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js
index 1fe56478e0ab3f..f21ba048b48638 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/pre_execution.js
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ const {
   getEmbedderOptions,
 } = require('internal/options');
 const { reconnectZeroFillToggle } = require('internal/buffer');
-const {
-  defineOperation,
-  emitExperimentalWarning,
-  exposeInterface,
-} = require('internal/util');
 
 const { Buffer } = require('buffer');
 const { ERR_MANIFEST_ASSERT_INTEGRITY } = require('internal/errors').codes;
@@ -35,7 +30,6 @@ function prepareMainThreadExecution(expandArgv1 = false) {
   setupPerfHooks();
   setupInspectorHooks();
   setupWarningHandler();
-  setupFetch();
 
   // Resolve the coverage directory to an absolute path, and
   // overwrite process.env so that the original path gets passed
@@ -147,21 +141,6 @@ function setupWarningHandler() {
   }
 }
 
-// https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/
-function setupFetch() {
-  if (!getOptionValue('--experimental-fetch')) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  emitExperimentalWarning('Fetch');
-
-  const undici = require('internal/deps/undici/undici');
-  defineOperation(globalThis, 'fetch', undici.fetch);
-  exposeInterface(globalThis, 'Headers', undici.Headers);
-  exposeInterface(globalThis, 'Request', undici.Request);
-  exposeInterface(globalThis, 'Response', undici.Response);
-}
-
 // Setup User-facing NODE_V8_COVERAGE environment variable that writes
 // ScriptCoverage to a specified file.
 function setupCoverageHooks(dir) {
@@ -502,7 +481,6 @@ module.exports = {
   patchProcessObject,
   setupCoverageHooks,
   setupWarningHandler,
-  setupFetch,
   setupDebugEnv,
   setupPerfHooks,
   prepareMainThreadExecution,
diff --git a/lib/internal/main/worker_thread.js b/lib/internal/main/worker_thread.js
index 5e24b84e14c934..65827ecd593ffb 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/worker_thread.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/worker_thread.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ const {
   setupCoverageHooks,
   setupInspectorHooks,
   setupWarningHandler,
-  setupFetch,
   setupDebugEnv,
   setupPerfHooks,
   initializeDeprecations,
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ setupInspectorHooks();
 setupDebugEnv();
 
 setupWarningHandler();
-setupFetch();
 initializeSourceMapsHandlers();
 
 // Since worker threads cannot switch cwd, we do not need to
diff --git a/src/node_external_reference.h b/src/node_external_reference.h
index 347945a7496d5f..efc7fcbdaa66ba 100644
--- a/src/node_external_reference.h
+++ b/src/node_external_reference.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class ExternalReferenceRegistry {
   V(messaging)                                                                 \
   V(native_module)                                                             \
   V(os)                                                                        \
+  V(options)                                                                   \
   V(performance)                                                               \
   V(process_methods)                                                           \
   V(process_object)                                                            \
diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index bac3de2404b5c3..4047085c783e2c 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -1128,6 +1128,11 @@ void Initialize(Local<Object> target,
       .Check();
 }
 
+void RegisterExternalReferences(ExternalReferenceRegistry* registry) {
+  registry->Register(GetCLIOptions);
+  registry->Register(GetEmbedderOptions);
+}
+
 }  // namespace options_parser
 
 void HandleEnvOptions(std::shared_ptr<EnvironmentOptions> env_options) {
@@ -1194,3 +1199,5 @@ std::vector<std::string> ParseNodeOptionsEnvVar(
 }  // namespace node
 
 NODE_MODULE_CONTEXT_AWARE_INTERNAL(options, node::options_parser::Initialize)
+NODE_MODULE_EXTERNAL_REFERENCE(options,
+                               node::options_parser::RegisterExternalReferences)