diff --git a/doc/api/process.md b/doc/api/process.md
index 04ca0eff9c55d4..934b33a5aa024f 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.md
+++ b/doc/api/process.md
@@ -2858,6 +2858,35 @@ console.log(memoryUsage.rss());
 // 35655680
 ```
 
+## `process.moduleLoadList`
+
+<!-- YAML
+added: v0.5.3
+changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/61287
+    description: Now a copy instead of the internal list itself.
+-->
+
+* Returns: {string\[]}
+
+The `process.moduleLoadList` property returns an array of internal bindings and core modules that
+were loaded during the current Node.js process execution.
+
+```mjs
+import { moduleLoadList } from 'node:process';
+
+console.log(moduleLoadList);
+// ['Internal Binding builtins', 'Internal Binding module_wrap', 'Internal Binding errors', ...]
+```
+
+```cjs
+const { moduleLoadList } = require('node:process');
+
+console.log(moduleLoadList);
+// ['Internal Binding builtins', 'Internal Binding module_wrap', 'Internal Binding errors', ...]
+```
+
 ## `process.nextTick(callback[, ...args])`
 
 <!-- YAML
diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/realm.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/realm.js
index f49f0814bbc687..a7bc800ff1aa92 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/realm.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/realm.js
@@ -74,10 +74,9 @@ const {
 const moduleLoadList = [];
 ObjectDefineProperty(process, 'moduleLoadList', {
   __proto__: null,
-  value: moduleLoadList,
-  configurable: true,
+  get() { return ArrayPrototypeSlice(moduleLoadList); },
   enumerable: true,
-  writable: false,
+  configurable: true,
 });
 
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-moduleloadlist.js b/test/parallel/test-process-moduleloadlist.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0dd456cc047323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-moduleloadlist.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+'use strict';
+
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+assert.ok(Array.isArray(process.moduleLoadList));
+assert.throws(() => process.moduleLoadList = 'foo', /^TypeError: Cannot set property moduleLoadList of #<process> which has only a getter$/);