diff --git a/scripts/test/validate-build.ts b/scripts/test/validate-build.ts
index dbb689ceece2..0605a0608886 100644
--- a/scripts/test/validate-build.ts
+++ b/scripts/test/validate-build.ts
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ async function validateCompiler(opts: BuildOptions): Promise<void> {
   const cli = await import(cliPath);
   const sysNodeApi = await import(sysNodePath);
 
-  const nodeLogger = sysNodeApi.createNodeLogger({ process });
+  const nodeLogger = sysNodeApi.createNodeLogger();
   const nodeSys = sysNodeApi.createNodeSys({ process });
 
   if (!nodeSys || nodeSys.name !== 'node' || nodeSys.version.length < 4) {
diff --git a/src/sys/node/public.ts b/src/sys/node/public.ts
index 069ef6621b04..fbb5b5b95a7d 100644
--- a/src/sys/node/public.ts
+++ b/src/sys/node/public.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,18 @@ import type { CompilerSystem, Logger } from '@stencil/core/internal';
 /**
  * Creates a "logger", based off of NodeJS APIs, that will be used by the compiler and dev-server.
  * The NodeJS "process" object must be provided as a property in the first argument's object.
- * @param c an object containing a `Process` for Stencil to use
  * @returns a {@link Logger} object
  */
+export declare function createNodeLogger(): Logger;
+
+// TODO(STENCIL-1196): Remove in Stencil v5, use `createNodeLogger` without parameters instead
+/**
+ * Creates a "logger", based off of NodeJS APIs, that will be used by the compiler and dev-server.
+ * The NodeJS "process" object must be provided as a property in the first argument's object.
+ * @param c an object containing a `Process` for Stencil to use and a logger instanced created by {@link createNodeLogger}
+ * @returns a {@link Logger} object
+ * @deprecated Use {@link createNodeLogger} without parameters instead
+ */
 export declare function createNodeLogger(c: { process: any }): Logger;
 
 /**
@@ -13,9 +22,16 @@ export declare function createNodeLogger(c: { process: any }): Logger;
  * all file system reads and writes using NodeJS. The compiler itself is unaware of Node's
  * `fs` module. Other system APIs include any use of `crypto` to hash content. The NodeJS
  * "process" object must be provided as a property in the first argument's object.
- * @param c an object containing a `Process` for Stencil to use
+ * @param c an object containing a `Process` for Stencil to use and a logger instanced created by {@link createNodeLogger}
  * @returns a {@link CompilerSystem} object
  */
-export declare function createNodeSys(c: { process: any }): CompilerSystem;
+export declare function createNodeSys(c: { process?: any; logger?: any }): CompilerSystem;
+
+/**
+ * Sets up the NodeJS process to be used by Stencil. This includes setting up the process's
+ * `exit` and `uncaughtException` events to be handled by Stencil's logger.
+ * @param c an object containing a `Process` for Stencil to use and a logger instanced created by {@link createNodeLogger}
+ */
+export declare function setupNodeProcess(c: { process: any; logger: Logger }): void;
 
 export { CompilerSystem, Logger };