diff --git a/dist/node.js b/dist/node.js
index 513168c89e387668a79b6beb109587b3eb41a7d0..2ff3562c29b15af62c1ed26ce29bcfbf3b610238 100644
--- a/dist/node.js
+++ b/dist/node.js
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
 let converter;
 {
     try {
-        converter = require('bindings')('bigint_buffer');
+        // Bun's NAPI loader HARD-CRASHES the process when it loads this package's
+        // prebuilt native binary (it aborts instead of throwing), so the catch
+        // below never runs and the whole agent dies on import. Skip the native
+        // module under Bun and use the pure-JS implementation; native is still
+        // used on Node, where it loads fine.
+        if (typeof Bun === 'undefined') {
+            converter = require('bindings')('bigint_buffer');
+        }
     }
     catch (e) {
         console.warn('bigint: Failed to load bindings, pure JS will be used (try npm run rebuild?)');