diff --git a/src/configuration.ts b/src/configuration.ts
index fb1591b92..8acff0503 100644
--- a/src/configuration.ts
+++ b/src/configuration.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ export function readConfig(
     readFile = ts.sys.readFile,
     skipProject = DEFAULTS.skipProject,
     project = DEFAULTS.project,
+    tsTrace = DEFAULTS.tsTrace,
   } = rawApiOptions;
 
   // Read project configuration when available.
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ export function readConfig(
             readDirectory: ts.sys.readDirectory,
             readFile,
             useCaseSensitiveFileNames: ts.sys.useCaseSensitiveFileNames,
-            trace: rawApiOptions.trace,
+            trace: tsTrace,
           },
           bp,
           errors,
@@ -276,7 +277,6 @@ function filterRecognizedTsConfigTsNodeOptions(
     scopeDir,
     moduleTypes,
     experimentalReplAwait,
-    trace,
     swc,
     ...unrecognized
   } = jsonObject as TsConfigOptions;
@@ -300,7 +300,6 @@ function filterRecognizedTsConfigTsNodeOptions(
     scope,
     scopeDir,
     moduleTypes,
-    trace,
     swc,
   };
   // Use the typechecker to make sure this implementation has the correct set of properties
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index ec2122337..b3506a4cd 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -354,11 +354,11 @@ export interface CreateOptions {
    */
   optionBasePaths?: OptionBasePaths;
   /**
-   * A function to collect trace messages, for example when `traceResolution` is enabled.
+   * A function to collect trace messages from the TypeScript compiler, for example when `traceResolution` is enabled.
    *
-   * @default console.log.bind(console)
+   * @default console.log
    */
-  trace?: (str: string) => void;
+  tsTrace?: (str: string) => void;
 }
 
 /** @internal */
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ export interface TsConfigOptions
     | 'cwd'
     | 'projectSearchDir'
     | 'optionBasePaths'
+    | 'tsTrace'
   > {}
 
 /**
@@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ export const DEFAULTS: RegisterOptions = {
   compilerHost: yn(env.TS_NODE_COMPILER_HOST),
   logError: yn(env.TS_NODE_LOG_ERROR),
   experimentalReplAwait: yn(env.TS_NODE_EXPERIMENTAL_REPL_AWAIT) ?? undefined,
-  trace: console.log.bind(console),
+  tsTrace: console.log.bind(console),
 };
 
 /**
@@ -890,7 +891,7 @@ export function create(rawOptions: CreateOptions = {}): Service {
         getCompilationSettings: () => config.options,
         getDefaultLibFileName: () => ts.getDefaultLibFilePath(config.options),
         getCustomTransformers: getCustomTransformers,
-        trace: options.trace,
+        trace: options.tsTrace,
       };
       const {
         resolveModuleNames,
@@ -899,7 +900,7 @@ export function create(rawOptions: CreateOptions = {}): Service {
         isFileKnownToBeInternal,
         markBucketOfFilenameInternal,
       } = createResolverFunctions({
-        serviceHost,
+        host: serviceHost,
         getCanonicalFileName,
         ts,
         cwd,
@@ -1044,13 +1045,14 @@ export function create(rawOptions: CreateOptions = {}): Service {
               ),
             useCaseSensitiveFileNames: () => sys.useCaseSensitiveFileNames,
           };
+      host.trace = options.tsTrace;
       const {
         resolveModuleNames,
         resolveTypeReferenceDirectives,
         isFileKnownToBeInternal,
         markBucketOfFilenameInternal,
       } = createResolverFunctions({
-        serviceHost: host,
+        host,
         cwd,
         configFilePath,
         config,
@@ -1065,7 +1067,7 @@ export function create(rawOptions: CreateOptions = {}): Service {
         ? ts.createIncrementalProgram({
             rootNames: Array.from(rootFileNames),
             options: config.options,
-            host: host,
+            host,
             configFileParsingDiagnostics: config.errors,
             projectReferences: config.projectReferences,
           })
diff --git a/src/resolver-functions.ts b/src/resolver-functions.ts
index e76528155..df7db9aab 100644
--- a/src/resolver-functions.ts
+++ b/src/resolver-functions.ts
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ import type * as _ts from 'typescript';
  */
 export function createResolverFunctions(kwargs: {
   ts: typeof _ts;
-  serviceHost: _ts.ModuleResolutionHost;
+  host: _ts.ModuleResolutionHost;
   cwd: string;
   getCanonicalFileName: (filename: string) => string;
   config: _ts.ParsedCommandLine;
   configFilePath: string | undefined;
 }) {
   const {
-    serviceHost,
+    host,
     ts,
     config,
     cwd,
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export function createResolverFunctions(kwargs: {
         moduleName,
         containingFile,
         config.options,
-        serviceHost,
+        host,
         moduleResolutionCache,
         redirectedReference
       );
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export function createResolverFunctions(kwargs: {
         typeDirectiveName,
         containingFile,
         config.options,
-        serviceHost,
+        host,
         redirectedReference
       );
       if (typeDirectiveName === 'node' && !resolvedTypeReferenceDirective) {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export function createResolverFunctions(kwargs: {
               ...config.options,
               typeRoots,
             },
-            serviceHost,
+            host,
             redirectedReference
           ));
         }
diff --git a/src/test/repl/helpers.ts b/src/test/repl/helpers.ts
index a75159fcd..310b8e221 100644
--- a/src/test/repl/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/test/repl/helpers.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export async function contextReplHelpers(
       ...replService.evalAwarePartialHost,
       project: `${TEST_DIR}/tsconfig.json`,
       ...createServiceOpts,
-      trace: replService.console.log.bind(replService.console),
+      tsTrace: replService.console.log.bind(replService.console),
     });
     replService.setService(service);
     t.teardown(async () => {