diff --git a/src/js/node/child_process.ts b/src/js/node/child_process.ts
index ba167f5fe96f..dd34134ae42a 100644
--- a/src/js/node/child_process.ts
+++ b/src/js/node/child_process.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,23 @@ var Uint8ArrayPrototypeIncludes = Uint8Array.prototype.includes;
 const MAX_BUFFER = 1024 * 1024;
 const kFromNode = Symbol("kFromNode");
 
+// Lazily-initialized diagnostics_channel handles for child_process events.
+// Mirrors Node.js: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/lib/internal/child_process.js
+let childProcessChannel;
+let childProcessSpawnTracingChannel;
+function getChildProcessChannel() {
+  if (!childProcessChannel) {
+    childProcessChannel = require("node:diagnostics_channel").channel("child_process");
+  }
+  return childProcessChannel;
+}
+function getChildProcessSpawnTracingChannel() {
+  if (!childProcessSpawnTracingChannel) {
+    childProcessSpawnTracingChannel = require("node:diagnostics_channel").tracingChannel("child_process.spawn");
+  }
+  return childProcessSpawnTracingChannel;
+}
+
 // Pass DEBUG_CHILD_PROCESS=1 to enable debug output
 if ($debug) {
   $debug("child_process: debug mode on");
@@ -1362,6 +1379,21 @@ class ChildProcess extends EventEmitter {
     // Bun.spawn() expects cmd[0] to be the command to run, and argv0 to replace the first arg when running the command,
     // so we have to set argv0 to spawnargs[0] and cmd[0] to file
 
+    // Publish to the 'child_process' diagnostics channel. Node fires this in
+    // the ChildProcess constructor, before the native spawn call — Bun's
+    // equivalent is at the top of .spawn(), before Bun.spawn().
+    const cpChannel = getChildProcessChannel();
+    if (cpChannel.hasSubscribers) {
+      cpChannel.publish({ process: this });
+    }
+
+    // 'child_process.spawn' tracing channel: publish start before Bun.spawn(),
+    // and either end (on success) or error (on failure).
+    const cpSpawn = getChildProcessSpawnTracingChannel();
+    if (cpSpawn.start.hasSubscribers) {
+      cpSpawn.start.publish({ process: this, options });
+    }
+
     try {
       this.#handle = Bun.spawn({
         cmd: [file, ...Array.prototype.slice.$call(spawnargs, 1)],
@@ -1424,6 +1456,10 @@ class ChildProcess extends EventEmitter {
           item?.ref?.();
         }
       }
+
+      if (cpSpawn.end.hasSubscribers) {
+        cpSpawn.end.publish({ process: this });
+      }
     } catch (ex) {
       if (
         ex != null &&
@@ -1449,7 +1485,13 @@ class ChildProcess extends EventEmitter {
           this.#stdioOptions[1] = "undefined";
           this.#stdioOptions[2] = "undefined";
         }
+        if (cpSpawn.error.hasSubscribers) {
+          cpSpawn.error.publish({ process: this, error: ex });
+        }
       } else {
+        if (cpSpawn.error.hasSubscribers) {
+          cpSpawn.error.publish({ process: this, error: ex });
+        }
         throw ex;
       }
     }
diff --git a/test/js/node/child_process/child_process.test.ts b/test/js/node/child_process/child_process.test.ts
index 478edff178b0..42f0b83fdceb 100644
--- a/test/js/node/child_process/child_process.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/node/child_process/child_process.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { semver, write } from "bun";
 import { afterAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "bun:test";
 import fs from "fs";
-import { bunEnv, bunExe, isLinux, isWindows, nodeExe, runBunInstall, shellExe, tmpdirSync } from "harness";
-import { ChildProcess, exec, execFile, execFileSync, execSync, spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { bunEnv, bunExe, isLinux, isWindows, nodeExe, runBunInstall, shellExe, tempDir, tmpdirSync } from "harness";
+import { ChildProcess, exec, execFile, execFileSync, execSync, fork, spawn, spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import * as dc from "node:diagnostics_channel";
 import { promisify } from "node:util";
 import path from "path";
 const debug = process.env.DEBUG ? console.log : () => {};
@@ -566,3 +567,137 @@ it.if(isLinux)("spawn still works with more than 10240 fds open", async () => {
   });
   expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
 });
+
+describe("diagnostics_channel 'child_process'", () => {
+  it("publishes { process } when spawn() creates a ChildProcess", async () => {
+    const received: any[] = [];
+    const onMessage = (msg: any) => received.push(msg);
+    dc.subscribe("child_process", onMessage);
+    try {
+      const child = spawn(bunExe(), ["-e", "process.exit(0)"], { env: bunEnv });
+      const exitCode = await new Promise<number | null>(resolve => child.on("close", resolve));
+      expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+      expect(received).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(received[0]).toHaveProperty("process");
+      expect(received[0].process).toBe(child);
+      expect(received[0].process).toBeInstanceOf(ChildProcess);
+    } finally {
+      dc.unsubscribe("child_process", onMessage);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("publishes for fork()", async () => {
+    const received: any[] = [];
+    const onMessage = (msg: any) => received.push(msg);
+    dc.subscribe("child_process", onMessage);
+    using dir = tempDir("cp-diag-fork", {
+      "child.js": "process.disconnect(); process.exit(0);",
+    });
+    try {
+      const child = fork(`${String(dir)}/child.js`, [], { env: bunEnv, silent: true });
+      // The channel publishes synchronously during fork()/spawn(), so we can assert
+      // immediately. Then wait for exit for cleanup.
+      expect(received).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(received[0].process).toBe(child);
+      expect(received[0].process).toBeInstanceOf(ChildProcess);
+      await new Promise<void>(resolve => child.on("exit", () => resolve()));
+    } finally {
+      dc.unsubscribe("child_process", onMessage);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("publishes for execFile()", async () => {
+    const received: any[] = [];
+    const onMessage = (msg: any) => received.push(msg);
+    dc.subscribe("child_process", onMessage);
+    try {
+      const child = execFile(bunExe(), ["-e", "process.exit(0)"], { env: bunEnv });
+      const exitCode = await new Promise<number | null>(resolve => child.on("close", resolve));
+      expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+      expect(received).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(received[0].process).toBe(child);
+      expect(received[0].process).toBeInstanceOf(ChildProcess);
+    } finally {
+      dc.unsubscribe("child_process", onMessage);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("publishes for exec()", async () => {
+    const received: any[] = [];
+    const onMessage = (msg: any) => received.push(msg);
+    dc.subscribe("child_process", onMessage);
+    try {
+      const child = exec(`${JSON.stringify(bunExe())} -e "process.exit(0)"`, { env: bunEnv });
+      const exitCode = await new Promise<number | null>(resolve => child.on("close", resolve));
+      expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+      expect(received).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(received[0].process).toBe(child);
+      expect(received[0].process).toBeInstanceOf(ChildProcess);
+    } finally {
+      dc.unsubscribe("child_process", onMessage);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("does not publish for spawnSync (matches Node)", () => {
+    const received: any[] = [];
+    const onMessage = (msg: any) => received.push(msg);
+    dc.subscribe("child_process", onMessage);
+    try {
+      spawnSync(bunExe(), ["-e", "process.exit(0)"], { env: bunEnv });
+      expect(received).toHaveLength(0);
+    } finally {
+      dc.unsubscribe("child_process", onMessage);
+    }
+  });
+});
+
+describe("diagnostics_channel 'child_process.spawn' tracing", () => {
+  it("publishes start + end on successful spawn", async () => {
+    const events: Array<{ kind: string; msg: any }> = [];
+    const handlers = {
+      start: (msg: any) => events.push({ kind: "start", msg }),
+      end: (msg: any) => events.push({ kind: "end", msg }),
+      error: (msg: any) => events.push({ kind: "error", msg }),
+    };
+    const tc = dc.tracingChannel("child_process.spawn");
+    tc.subscribe(handlers);
+    try {
+      const child = spawn(bunExe(), ["-e", "process.exit(0)"], { env: bunEnv });
+      const exitCode = await new Promise<number | null>(resolve => child.on("close", resolve));
+      expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+      const kinds = events.map(e => e.kind);
+      expect(kinds).toEqual(["start", "end"]);
+      expect(events[0].msg.process).toBe(child);
+      expect(events[0].msg.process).toBeInstanceOf(ChildProcess);
+      // Node's start payload carries an options object with a `file` field.
+      expect(events[0].msg.options?.file).toBe(bunExe());
+      expect(events[1].msg.process).toBe(child);
+    } finally {
+      tc.unsubscribe(handlers);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("publishes start + error on ENOENT", async () => {
+    const events: Array<{ kind: string; msg: any }> = [];
+    const handlers = {
+      start: (msg: any) => events.push({ kind: "start", msg }),
+      end: (msg: any) => events.push({ kind: "end", msg }),
+      error: (msg: any) => events.push({ kind: "error", msg }),
+    };
+    const tc = dc.tracingChannel("child_process.spawn");
+    tc.subscribe(handlers);
+    try {
+      const child = spawn("does-not-exist-bun-test");
+      child.on("error", () => {}); // suppress unhandled 'error'
+      await new Promise<void>(resolve => child.on("close", () => resolve()));
+      const kinds = events.map(e => e.kind);
+      expect(kinds).toEqual(["start", "error"]);
+      expect(events[0].msg.process).toBeInstanceOf(ChildProcess);
+      expect(events[0].msg.options?.file).toBe("does-not-exist-bun-test");
+      expect(events[1].msg.process).toBeInstanceOf(ChildProcess);
+      expect(events[1].msg.error?.code).toBe("ENOENT");
+    } finally {
+      tc.unsubscribe(handlers);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/js/node/test/parallel/test-diagnostics-channel-child-process.js b/test/js/node/test/parallel/test-diagnostics-channel-child-process.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d16fd429877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/node/test/parallel/test-diagnostics-channel-child-process.js
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { spawn, ChildProcess } = require('child_process');
+const dc = require('diagnostics_channel');
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+
+const isChildProcess = (process) => process instanceof ChildProcess;
+
+function testDiagnosticChannel(subscribers, test, after) {
+  dc.tracingChannel('child_process.spawn').subscribe(subscribers);
+
+  test(common.mustCall(() => {
+    dc.tracingChannel('child_process.spawn').unsubscribe(subscribers);
+    after?.();
+  }));
+}
+
+const testSuccessfulSpawn = common.mustCall(() => {
+  let cb;
+
+  testDiagnosticChannel(
+    {
+      start: common.mustCall(({ process: childProcess, options }) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(isChildProcess(childProcess), true);
+        assert.strictEqual(options.file, process.execPath);
+      }),
+      end: common.mustCall(({ process: childProcess }) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(isChildProcess(childProcess), true);
+      }),
+      error: common.mustNotCall(),
+    },
+    common.mustCall((callback) => {
+      cb = callback;
+      const child = spawn(process.execPath, ['-e', 'process.exit(0)']);
+      child.on('close', () => {
+        cb();
+      });
+    }),
+    testFailingSpawnENOENT
+  );
+});
+
+const testFailingSpawnENOENT = common.mustCall(() => {
+  testDiagnosticChannel(
+    {
+      start: common.mustCall(({ process: childProcess, options }) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(isChildProcess(childProcess), true);
+        assert.strictEqual(options.file, 'does-not-exist');
+      }),
+      end: common.mustNotCall(),
+      error: common.mustCall(({ process: childProcess, error }) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(isChildProcess(childProcess), true);
+        assert.strictEqual(error.code, 'ENOENT');
+      }),
+    },
+    common.mustCall((callback) => {
+      const child = spawn('does-not-exist');
+      child.on('error', () => {});
+      callback();
+    }),
+    common.isWindows ? undefined : testFailingSpawnEACCES,
+  );
+});
+
+const testFailingSpawnEACCES = !common.isWindows ? common.mustCall(() => {
+  tmpdir.refresh();
+  const noExecFile = path.join(tmpdir.path, 'no-exec');
+  fs.writeFileSync(noExecFile, '');
+  fs.chmodSync(noExecFile, 0o644);
+
+  testDiagnosticChannel(
+    {
+      start: common.mustCall(({ process: childProcess, options }) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(isChildProcess(childProcess), true);
+        assert.strictEqual(options.file, noExecFile);
+      }),
+      end: common.mustNotCall(),
+      error: common.mustCall(({ process: childProcess, error }) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(isChildProcess(childProcess), true);
+        assert.strictEqual(error.code, 'EACCES');
+      }),
+    },
+    common.mustCall((callback) => {
+      const child = spawn(noExecFile);
+      child.on('error', () => {});
+      callback();
+    }),
+  );
+}) : undefined;
+
+testSuccessfulSpawn();