diff --git a/src/net/NodeHttpClient.ts b/src/net/NodeHttpClient.ts
index 48b5642cb8..e6f94f3a4b 100644
--- a/src/net/NodeHttpClient.ts
+++ b/src/net/NodeHttpClient.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import * as http from 'http';
-import * as https from 'https';
+import * as http_ from 'http';
+import * as https_ from 'https';
 import {RequestHeaders, RequestData} from '../Types.js';
 import {
   HttpClient,
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ import {
   HttpClientResponseInterface,
 } from './HttpClient.js';
 
+// `import * as http_ from 'http'` creates a "Module Namespace Exotic Object"
+// which is immune to monkey-patching, whereas http_.default (in an ES Module context)
+// will resolve to the same thing as require('http'), which is
+// monkey-patchable. We care about this because users in their test
+// suites might be using a library like "nock" which relies on the ability
+// to monkey-patch and intercept calls to http.request.
+const http = ((http_ as unknown) as {default: typeof http_}).default || http_;
+const https =
+  ((https_ as unknown) as {default: typeof https_}).default || https_;
+
 const defaultHttpAgent = new http.Agent({keepAlive: true});
 const defaultHttpsAgent = new https.Agent({keepAlive: true});
 
@@ -15,9 +25,9 @@ const defaultHttpsAgent = new https.Agent({keepAlive: true});
  * requests.`
  */
 export class NodeHttpClient extends HttpClient {
-  _agent?: http.Agent | https.Agent | undefined;
+  _agent?: http_.Agent | https_.Agent | undefined;
 
-  constructor(agent?: http.Agent | https.Agent) {
+  constructor(agent?: http_.Agent | https_.Agent) {
     super();
     this._agent = agent;
   }
@@ -93,19 +103,19 @@ export class NodeHttpClient extends HttpClient {
 
 export class NodeHttpClientResponse extends HttpClientResponse
   implements HttpClientResponseInterface {
-  _res: http.IncomingMessage;
+  _res: http_.IncomingMessage;
 
-  constructor(res: http.IncomingMessage) {
+  constructor(res: http_.IncomingMessage) {
     // @ts-ignore
     super(res.statusCode, res.headers || {});
     this._res = res;
   }
 
-  getRawResponse(): http.IncomingMessage {
+  getRawResponse(): http_.IncomingMessage {
     return this._res;
   }
 
-  toStream(streamCompleteCallback: () => void): http.IncomingMessage {
+  toStream(streamCompleteCallback: () => void): http_.IncomingMessage {
     // The raw response is itself the stream, so we just return that. To be
     // backwards compatible, we should invoke the streamCompleteCallback only
     // once the stream has been fully consumed.
diff --git a/testProjects/mjs/index.js b/testProjects/mjs/index.js
index a944ba7fd1..d5bc505f23 100644
--- a/testProjects/mjs/index.js
+++ b/testProjects/mjs/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import DefaultStripe, {Stripe} from 'stripe';
 import assert from 'assert';
+import * as http from 'http';
 
 assert(Stripe.PACKAGE_VERSION);
 assert(Stripe.USER_AGENT);
@@ -90,9 +91,43 @@ async function exampleFunction(args) {
   }
 }
 
+
+// Test that http is monkey-patchable (motivation: https://github.com/stripe/stripe-node/issues/1844)
+async function exampleMonkeyPatchFunction() {
+  http.default.request = () => {
+    throw new Error('foo');
+  };
+
+  try {
+    await stripe.paymentIntents.create({
+      currency: 'usd',
+      amount: 2000,
+      confirm: true,
+      payment_method: 'pm_card_visa',
+    });
+  } catch (e) {
+    assert (e instanceof stripe.errors.StripeConnectionError);
+    if (e.detail.message === 'foo') {
+      return;
+    } else {
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
+
+  throw new Error('Expected an error');
+}
+
 exampleFunction({
   // The required parameter currency is missing
   amount: 2000,
   confirm: true,
   payment_method: 'pm_card_visa',
-});
+}).then(() => {
+  return exampleMonkeyPatchFunction()
+}).then(() => {
+  process.exit(0);
+}).catch((e) => {
+  console.error(e);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+);
diff --git a/tsconfig.cjs.json b/tsconfig.cjs.json
index 521c16b4d9..3347244c68 100644
--- a/tsconfig.cjs.json
+++ b/tsconfig.cjs.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
     "noImplicitThis": true,
     "strict": true,
     "strictFunctionTypes": true,
-    "types": [ "node" ]
+    "types": [ "node" ],
+    "esModuleInterop": false // This is a viral option, do not enable https://www.semver-ts.org/#module-interop
   },
   "include": ["./src/**/*"],
   "exclude": ["./src/stripe.esm.node.ts", "./src/stripe.esm.worker.ts"],