diff --git a/packages/test-helpers/src/bundler.ts b/packages/test-helpers/src/bundler.ts
index 928b696d15..b31c7b0265 100644
--- a/packages/test-helpers/src/bundler.ts
+++ b/packages/test-helpers/src/bundler.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export const baseBundlerIgnoreModules = [
   '@temporalio/nexus',
   '@temporalio/worker',
   'ava',
+  'process',
   'crypto',
   'module',
   'path',
diff --git a/packages/test/src/mocks/workflows-with-process-global.ts b/packages/test/src/mocks/workflows-with-process-global.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0f288fec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/test/src/mocks/workflows-with-process-global.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export async function processGlobalWorkflow(): Promise<number> {
+  return process.pid;
+}
diff --git a/packages/test/src/test-bundler.ts b/packages/test/src/test-bundler.ts
index 4b523b5bc6..18524d5093 100644
--- a/packages/test/src/test-bundler.ts
+++ b/packages/test/src/test-bundler.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
 import type { ExecutionContext } from 'ava';
 import test from 'ava';
 import { moduleMatches } from '@temporalio/worker/lib/workflow/bundler';
+import { baseBundlerIgnoreModules } from '@temporalio/test-helpers';
 import type { LogEntry, WorkerOptions } from '@temporalio/worker';
 import { bundleWorkflowCode, DefaultLogger } from '@temporalio/worker';
 import { WorkflowClient } from '@temporalio/client';
@@ -23,6 +24,27 @@ test('moduleMatches works', (t) => {
   t.false(moduleMatches('fs', ['foo']));
 });
 
+test('An error is thrown when workflow references the process global', async (t) => {
+  await t.throwsAsync(
+    bundleWorkflowCode({
+      workflowsPath: require.resolve('./mocks/workflows-with-process-global'),
+    }),
+    {
+      instanceOf: Error,
+      message: /is importing the following disallowed modules.*process/s,
+    }
+  );
+});
+
+test('Workflow bundle can be created from code using process global with test helper ignoreModules', async (t) => {
+  await t.notThrowsAsync(
+    bundleWorkflowCode({
+      workflowsPath: require.resolve('./mocks/workflows-with-process-global'),
+      ignoreModules: baseBundlerIgnoreModules,
+    })
+  );
+});
+
 async function runPreloadSharedCounter(
   t: ExecutionContext,
   workerOptions: Pick<WorkerOptions, 'bundlerOptions' | 'workflowBundle' | 'workflowsPath'>
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/workflow/bundler.ts b/packages/worker/src/workflow/bundler.ts
index ae70695e4c..8997f888ad 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/workflow/bundler.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/workflow/bundler.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import util from 'node:util';
 import * as unionfs from 'unionfs';
 import * as memfs from 'memfs';
-import type { Configuration } from 'webpack';
+import type { Configuration, javascript } from 'webpack';
 import { webpack, NormalModuleReplacementPlugin } from 'webpack';
 import type { Logger } from '../logger';
 import { DefaultLogger, hasColorSupport } from '../logger';
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ export class WorkflowCodeBundler {
   protected readonly webpackConfigHook: (config: Configuration) => Configuration;
   protected readonly plugins: BundlerPlugin[];
 
+  protected isIgnoredModule(module: string): boolean {
+    return moduleMatches(module, this.ignoreModules);
+  }
+
   constructor(options: BundleOptions) {
     this.plugins = options.plugins ?? [];
     for (const plugin of this.plugins) {
@@ -218,7 +222,7 @@ exports.importInterceptors = function importInterceptors() {
         ? data.request.slice('node:'.length)
         : data.request ?? '';
 
-      if (moduleMatches(module, disallowedModules) && !moduleMatches(module, this.ignoreModules)) {
+      if (moduleMatches(module, disallowedModules) && !this.isIgnoredModule(module)) {
         this.foundProblematicModules.add(module);
       }
 
@@ -238,6 +242,23 @@ exports.importInterceptors = function importInterceptors() {
         },
       },
       plugins: [
+        {
+          apply: (compiler) => {
+            compiler.hooks.normalModuleFactory.tap('WorkflowCodeBundler', (normalModuleFactory) => {
+              for (const moduleType of ['javascript/auto', 'javascript/dynamic', 'javascript/esm'] as const) {
+                normalModuleFactory.hooks.parser
+                  .for(moduleType)
+                  .tap('WorkflowCodeBundler', (javascriptParser: javascript.JavascriptParser) => {
+                    javascriptParser.hooks.expression.for('process').tap('WorkflowCodeBundler', () => {
+                      if (!javascriptParser.isVariableDefined('process') && !this.isIgnoredModule('process')) {
+                        this.foundProblematicModules.add('process');
+                      }
+                    });
+                  });
+              }
+            });
+          },
+        },
         // `@temporalio/interceptors-opentelemetry` only requires `@temporalio/workflow` for interceptors that run in workflow context.
         // In order to keep `@temporalio/workflow` as an optional peer dependency for `@temporalio/interceptors-opentelemetry`
         // we use `workflow-imports` to reexport all required imports from `@temporalio/workflow`.