diff --git a/tools/esm-loader/BUILD.bazel b/tools/esm-interop/BUILD.bazel
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/esm-loader/BUILD.bazel
rename to tools/esm-interop/BUILD.bazel
diff --git a/tools/esm-interop/esm-node-module-loader.mjs b/tools/esm-interop/esm-node-module-loader.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dba5ab49421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/esm-interop/esm-node-module-loader.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+import {pathToFileURL} from 'url';
+import {resolve as resolveExports} from '../../third_party/github.com/lukeed/resolve.exports/index.mjs';
+
+/*
+  Custom module loader (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#--experimental-loadermodule) to support
+  loading third-party packages in esm modules when the rules_nodejs linker is disabled. Resolves
+  third-party imports from the node_modules folder in the bazel workspace defined by
+  process.env.NODE_MODULES_WORKSPACE_NAME, and uses default resolution for all other imports.
+
+  This is required because rules_nodejs only patches requires in cjs modules when the linker
+  is disabled, not imports in mjs modules.
+*/
+export async function resolve(specifier, context, defaultResolve) {
+  if (!isNodeOrNpmPackageImport(specifier)) {
+    return defaultResolve(specifier, context, defaultResolve);
+  }
+
+  const runfilesRoot = path.resolve(process.env.RUNFILES);
+  const nodeModules = path.join(
+    runfilesRoot,
+    process.env.NODE_MODULES_WORKSPACE_NAME,
+    'node_modules'
+  );
+  const packageImport = parsePackageImport(specifier);
+  const pathToNodeModule = path.join(nodeModules, packageImport.packageName);
+
+  const isInternalNodePackage = !fs.existsSync(pathToNodeModule);
+  if (isInternalNodePackage) {
+    return defaultResolve(specifier, context, defaultResolve);
+  }
+
+  const packageJson = JSON.parse(
+    fs.readFileSync(path.join(pathToNodeModule, 'package.json'), 'utf-8')
+  );
+
+  const localPackagePath = resolvePackageLocalFilepath(packageImport, packageJson);
+  const resolvedFilePath = path.join(pathToNodeModule, localPackagePath);
+
+  return {url: pathToFileURL(resolvedFilePath).href};
+}
+
+function isNodeOrNpmPackageImport(specifier) {
+  return (
+    !specifier.startsWith('./') &&
+    !specifier.startsWith('../') &&
+    !specifier.startsWith('node:') &&
+    !specifier.startsWith('file:')
+  );
+}
+
+function parsePackageImport(specifier) {
+  const [, packageName, pathInPackage = ''] =
+    /^((?:@[^/]+\/)?[^/]+)(?:\/(.+))?$/.exec(specifier) ?? [];
+  if (!packageName) {
+    throw new Error(`Could not parse package name import statement '${specifier}'`);
+  }
+  return {packageName, pathInPackage, specifier};
+}
+
+function resolvePackageLocalFilepath(packageImport, packageJson) {
+  if (packageJson.exports) {
+    return resolveExports(packageJson, packageImport.specifier);
+  }
+
+  return packageImport.pathInPackage || packageJson.module || packageJson.main || 'index.js';
+}
diff --git a/tools/esm-loader/esm-loader.mjs b/tools/esm-loader/esm-loader.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index ddae64de05a..00000000000
--- a/tools/esm-loader/esm-loader.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
- *
- * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
- * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
- */
-
-import fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
-import {pathToFileURL} from 'url';
-import {resolve as resolveExports} from '../../third_party/github.com/lukeed/resolve.exports/index.mjs';
-
-/*
-  Custom module loader (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#--experimental-loadermodule) to support
-  loading third-party packages in esm modules when the rules_nodejs linker is disabled. Resolves
-  third-party imports from the node_modules folder in the bazel workspace defined by 
-  process.env.NODE_MODULES_WORKSPACE_NAME, and uses default resolution for all other imports.
-
-  This is required because rules_nodejs only patches requires in cjs modules when the linker
-  is disabled, not imports in mjs modules.
-*/ 
-export async function resolve(specifier, context, defaultResolve) {
-    if (!isNodeOrNpmPackageImport(specifier)) {
-      return defaultResolve(specifier, context, defaultResolve);
-    }
-
-    const runfilesRoot = path.resolve(process.env.RUNFILES);
-    const nodeModules = path.join(runfilesRoot, process.env.NODE_MODULES_WORKSPACE_NAME, 'node_modules');
-    const packageImport = parsePackageImport(specifier);
-    const pathToNodeModule = path.join(nodeModules, packageImport.packageName);
-
-    const isInternalNodePackage = !fs.existsSync(pathToNodeModule);
-    if (isInternalNodePackage) {
-      return defaultResolve(specifier, context, defaultResolve);
-    }
-
-    const packageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(pathToNodeModule, 'package.json'), 'utf-8'));
-
-    const localPackagePath = resolvePackageLocalFilepath(packageImport, packageJson);
-    const resolvedFilePath = path.join(pathToNodeModule, localPackagePath);
-
-    return {url: pathToFileURL(resolvedFilePath).href};
-}
-
-function isNodeOrNpmPackageImport(specifier) {
-  return !specifier.startsWith('./') && !specifier.startsWith('../') && !specifier.startsWith('node:') && !specifier.startsWith('file:');
-}
-
-function parsePackageImport(specifier) {
-  const [, packageName, pathInPackage = ''] = /^((?:@[^/]+\/)?[^/]+)(?:\/(.+))?$/.exec(specifier) ?? [];
-  if (!packageName) {
-    throw new Error(`Could not parse package name import statement '${specifier}'`);
-  }
-  return {packageName, pathInPackage, specifier};
-}
-
-function resolvePackageLocalFilepath(packageImport, packageJson) {
-    if (packageJson.exports) {
-        return resolveExports(packageJson, packageImport.specifier);
-    }
-
-    return packageImport.pathInPackage || packageJson.module || packageJson.main || 'index.js';
-}