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diff --git a/test/cases/ts-node-esm/appmap.yml b/test/cases/ts-node-esm/appmap.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c09c9a106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/ts-node-esm/appmap.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+recorder: process
+processes:
+  - regexp: /child-entrypoint\.js$
+    enabled: true
+default-process:
+  enabled: false
+packages:
+  glob: '*'
+  enabled: true
+default-package:
+  enabled: false
+command: npx ts-node-esm square.test.ts
+appmap_dir: .
+appmap_file: square
+hooks:
+  cjs: true
+  esm: true
+  apply: true
+  eval: false
+  http: false
+  mysql: false
+  pg: false
+  sqlite3: false
diff --git a/test/cases/ts-node-esm/square.test.ts b/test/cases/ts-node-esm/square.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb33ed55a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/ts-node-esm/square.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { square } from "./square";
+
+if (square(3) !== 9) {
+  throw new Error("expected 3 * 3 to be 9");
+}
diff --git a/test/cases/ts-node-esm/square.ts b/test/cases/ts-node-esm/square.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae7cd51f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/ts-node-esm/square.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const square = (x: number): number => x * x;