diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index bb32e27fbf2..7c5c3677868 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -4237,7 +4237,7 @@ this API: [`fs.writev()`][].
 
 The `fs.promises` API provides an alternative set of asynchronous file system
 methods that return `Promise` objects rather than using callbacks. The
-API is accessible via `require('fs').promises`.
+API is accessible via `require('fs').promises` or `require('fs/promises')`.
 
 ### class: `FileHandle`
 <!-- YAML
diff --git a/lib/fs/promises.js b/lib/fs/promises.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1fa3a185dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fs/promises.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = require('internal/fs/promises').exports;
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 8c7911732b9..ab3953b9bdf 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
       'lib/domain.js',
       'lib/events.js',
       'lib/fs.js',
+      'lib/fs/promises.js',
       'lib/http.js',
       'lib/http2.js',
       'lib/_http_agent.js',
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-fs-promises.mjs b/test/es-module/test-esm-fs-promises.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76901f4fc16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-fs-promises.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import '../common/index.mjs';
+import { stat } from 'fs/promises';
+
+// Should not reject.
+stat(new URL(import.meta.url));
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-exists.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-exists.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d56308257e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-exists.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+'use strict';
+
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+assert.strictEqual(require('fs/promises'), require('fs').promises);