diff --git a/cli/src/templates/index.js b/cli/src/templates/index.js
index 6657bcf4..a269e6da 100644
--- a/cli/src/templates/index.js
+++ b/cli/src/templates/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 const root = require("path").join(__dirname, "..", "..");
 
-module.exports = require("node-gyp-build")(root);
+module.exports =
+  typeof process.versions.bun === "string"
+    // Support `bun build --compile` by being statically analyzable enough to find the .node file at build-time
+    ? require(`../../prebuilds/${process.platform}-${process.arch}/tree-sitter-typescript.node`)
+    : require("node-gyp-build")(root);
 
 try {
   module.exports.nodeTypeInfo = require("../../src/node-types.json");