diff --git a/lib/jiti-cli.mjs b/lib/jiti-cli.mjs
index b9c89d4a..3bb3b9e9 100755
--- a/lib/jiti-cli.mjs
+++ b/lib/jiti-cli.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
 import { resolve } from "node:path";
-import { createJiti } from "./jiti.cjs";
+import nodeModule from "node:module";
 
 const script = process.argv.splice(2, 1)[0];
 
@@ -10,8 +10,25 @@ if (!script) {
   process.exit(1);
 }
 
+// https://nodejs.org/api/module.html#moduleenablecompilecachecachedir
+// https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/54501
+if (nodeModule.enableCompileCache && !process.env.NODE_DISABLE_COMPILE_CACHE) {
+  try {
+    nodeModule.enableCompileCache();
+  } catch {
+    // Ignore errors
+  }
+}
+
 const pwd = process.cwd();
+
+const { createJiti } = await import("./jiti.cjs");
+
 const jiti = createJiti(pwd);
+
 const resolved = (process.argv[1] = jiti.resolve(resolve(pwd, script)));
 
-jiti.import(resolved).catch(console.error);
+await jiti.import(resolved).catch((error) => {
+  console.error(error);
+  process.exit(1);
+});
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/fixtures.test.ts.snap b/test/__snapshots__/fixtures.test.ts.snap
index f9ccafd9..cacd2844 100644
--- a/test/__snapshots__/fixtures.test.ts.snap
+++ b/test/__snapshots__/fixtures.test.ts.snap
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ exports[`fixtures > esm > stdout 1`] = `
     'at getStack (<cwd>/test)',
     'at test (<cwd>/test)',
     'at async <cwd>/index.js',
-    'at async Function.import (<root>/dist/jiti.cjs)'
+    'at async Function.import (<root>/dist/jiti.cjs)',
+    'at async file://<root>/lib/jiti-cli.mjs'
   ]
 }"
 `;