diff --git a/packages/php-wasm/cli/project.json b/packages/php-wasm/cli/project.json
index fa3cb6339f..4fb1bfe173 100644
--- a/packages/php-wasm/cli/project.json
+++ b/packages/php-wasm/cli/project.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 		"dev": {
 			"executor": "nx:run-commands",
 			"options": {
-				"command": "bun --watch ./packages/php-wasm/cli/src/main.ts",
+				"command": "node --no-warnings --experimental-wasm-stack-switching --experimental-wasm-jspi --loader=./packages/meta/src/node-es-module-loader/loader.mts ./packages/php-wasm/cli/src/main.ts",
 				"tty": true
 			}
 		},
diff --git a/packages/php-wasm/cli/src/main.ts b/packages/php-wasm/cli/src/main.ts
index 018def9d97..4babb1fcb4 100644
--- a/packages/php-wasm/cli/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/php-wasm/cli/src/main.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import type { SupportedPHPVersion } from '@php-wasm/universal';
 import { FileLockManagerForNode } from '@php-wasm/node';
 import { PHP } from '@php-wasm/universal';
 import { loadNodeRuntime, useHostFilesystem } from '@php-wasm/node';
+import { startBridge } from '@php-wasm/xdebug-bridge';
 import path from 'path';
 
 let args = process.argv.slice(2);
@@ -43,6 +44,13 @@ async function run() {
 		args = args.filter((arg) => arg !== '--xdebug');
 	}
 
+	const hasDevtoolsOption = args.some((arg) =>
+		arg.startsWith('--experimental-devtools')
+	);
+	if (hasDevtoolsOption) {
+		args = args.filter((arg) => arg !== '--experimental-devtools');
+	}
+
 	// npm scripts set the TMPDIR env variable
 	// PHP accepts a TMPDIR env variable and expects it to
 	// be a writable directory within the PHP filesystem.
@@ -97,6 +105,12 @@ ${process.argv[0]} ${process.execArgv.join(' ')} ${process.argv[1]}
 
 	useHostFilesystem(php);
 
+	if (hasDevtoolsOption && hasXdebugOption) {
+		const bridge = await startBridge({});
+
+		bridge.start();
+	}
+
 	const hasMinusCOption = args.some((arg) => arg.startsWith('-c'));
 	if (!hasMinusCOption) {
 		args.unshift('-c', defaultPhpIniPath);
diff --git a/packages/php-wasm/cli/vite.config.ts b/packages/php-wasm/cli/vite.config.ts
index 186d695b04..cc8dbd5fd6 100644
--- a/packages/php-wasm/cli/vite.config.ts
+++ b/packages/php-wasm/cli/vite.config.ts
@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ export default defineConfig({
 			external: [
 				'@php-wasm/node',
 				'@php-wasm/universal',
+				'assert',
 				'net',
 				'fs',
 				'path',
 				'child_process',
 				'http',
+				'stream',
+				'timers',
 				'tls',
+				'url',
 				'util',
 				'dns',
 				'ws',