diff --git a/.aspect/rules/external_repository_action_cache/npm_translate_lock_LTE4Nzc1MDcwNjU= b/.aspect/rules/external_repository_action_cache/npm_translate_lock_LTE4Nzc1MDcwNjU=
index 5c041728c..5287958c2 100755
--- a/.aspect/rules/external_repository_action_cache/npm_translate_lock_LTE4Nzc1MDcwNjU=
+++ b/.aspect/rules/external_repository_action_cache/npm_translate_lock_LTE4Nzc1MDcwNjU=
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ examples/npm_package/packages/pkg_b/package.json=1041247977
 examples/npm_package/packages/pkg_d/package.json=1110895851
 examples/npm_package/packages/pkg_e/package.json=-2145239245
 examples/runfiles/package.json=-1545884645
+examples/stack_traces/package.json=2011229626
 examples/webpack_cli/package.json=1911342006
 js/private/coverage/bundle/package.json=-24783848
 js/private/image/package.json=-789619063
@@ -31,5 +32,5 @@ npm/private/test/vendored/is-odd/package.json=1041695223
 npm/private/test/vendored/lodash-4.17.21.tgz=-1206623349
 npm/private/test/vendored/semver-max/package.json=578664053
 package.json=1510979981
-pnpm-lock.yaml=1372779172
+pnpm-lock.yaml=-101429861
 pnpm-workspace.yaml=-1123429050
diff --git a/.bazelignore b/.bazelignore
index 4336544ed..1acf2063f 100644
--- a/.bazelignore
+++ b/.bazelignore
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ examples/npm_package/packages/pkg_c/node_modules/
 examples/npm_package/packages/pkg_d/node_modules/
 examples/npm_package/packages/pkg_e/node_modules/
 examples/runfiles/node_modules
+examples/stack_traces/node_modules
 examples/webpack_cli/node_modules/
 js/private/coverage/bundle/node_modules
 js/private/image/node_modules
diff --git a/docs/troubleshooting.md b/docs/troubleshooting.md
index 735efd098..6e43cdba5 100644
--- a/docs/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/troubleshooting.md
@@ -138,6 +138,15 @@ eslint_bin.eslint_test(
 > NB: We plan to add support for the `.npmrc` `public-hoist-pattern` setting to `rules_js` in a future release.
 > For now, you must emulate public-hoist-pattern in `rules_js` using the `public_hoist_packages` attribute shown above.
 
+## Ugly stack traces
+
+Bazel's sandboxing and runfiles directory layouts can make stack traces and logs hard to read. This issue is common in many
+languages when used within bazel, not only JavaScript.
+
+One solution involving `Error.prepareStackTrace` was [suggested on bazelbuild slack](https://bazelbuild.slack.com/archives/CA31HN1T3/p1733518986229749?thread_ts=1733516180.969159&cid=CA31HN1T3) by [John Firebaugh](https://github.com/jfirebaugh). This overrides `Error.prepareStackTrace` to strip the bazel sandbox and runfiles paths from error stack traces. This also uses [`source-map-support`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/source-map-support) to also apply source maps to the stack traces.
+
+See [examples/stack_traces](../examples/stack_traces) for a working example.
+
 ## Performance
 
 For general bazel performance tips see the [Aspect bazelrc guide](https://docs.aspect.build/guides/bazelrc/#performance-options).
diff --git a/examples/stack_traces/BUILD.bazel b/examples/stack_traces/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c27efe379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/stack_traces/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+load("@aspect_rules_js//js:defs.bzl", "js_library", "js_test")
+load("@npm//:defs.bzl", "npm_link_all_packages")
+
+npm_link_all_packages(name = "node_modules")
+
+js_test(
+    name = "stack_traces",
+    data = [
+        ":library",
+
+        # Include the stack-traces library - this could be wrapped in a `js_test` macro
+        ":stack-traces",
+    ],
+    entry_point = "main.js",
+    node_options = [
+        # Load the stack-traces library at node startup time - this could be wrapped in a `js_test` macro
+        "--require",
+        "$$RUNFILES/_main/examples/stack_traces/stacks.cjs",
+    ],
+)
+
+js_library(
+    name = "library",
+    srcs = glob(["lib/**/*.js"]),
+)
+
+# Put the stacks.cjs in a `js_library` that can also declare any dependencies that
+# the --require script may have such as the source-map-support package.
+js_library(
+    name = "stack-traces",
+    srcs = ["stacks.cjs"],
+    deps = [":node_modules/source-map-support"],
+)
diff --git a/examples/stack_traces/lib/a.js b/examples/stack_traces/lib/a.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb7114338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/stack_traces/lib/a.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module.exports.a = function a() {
+    return b()
+}
+
+function b() {
+    throw new Error('the error')
+}
diff --git a/examples/stack_traces/main.js b/examples/stack_traces/main.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..417b448bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/stack_traces/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const { a } = require('./lib/a')
+
+try {
+    a()
+    throw new Error('a() should throw for this test')
+} catch (e) {
+    if (e.stack.indexOf('.runfiles/') !== -1) {
+        throw new Error(
+            'stacks.cjs should have stripped runfiles directories from the stack trace'
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/stack_traces/package.json b/examples/stack_traces/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65fe30e65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/stack_traces/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "devDependencies": {
+        "source-map-support": "^0.5.21"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/stack_traces/stacks.cjs b/examples/stack_traces/stacks.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df934dc47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/stack_traces/stacks.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// Register source-map-support for source maps to be applied on stack traces.
+require('source-map-support/register')
+
+let basePath = process.env.RUNFILES
+    ? `${process.env.RUNFILES}/${process.env.JS_BINARY__WORKSPACE}`
+    : process.cwd()
+
+if (!basePath.endsWith('/')) {
+    basePath = basePath + '/'
+}
+
+/*
+Before:
+    Error: test
+        at foo (/private/var/tmp/_bazel_username/67beefda950d56283b98d96980e6e332/execroot/aspect_rules_js/bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/examples/stack_traces/stack_trace_support.sh.runfiles/aspect_rules_js/examples/stack_traces/b.js:2:11)
+        at Object.<anonymous> (/private/var/tmp/_bazel_username/67beefda950d56283b98d96980e6e332/execroot/aspect_rules_js/bazel-out/darwin_arm64-fastbuild/bin/examples/stack_traces/stack_trace_support.sh.runfiles/aspect_rules_js/examples/stack_traces/a.js:4:1)
+        ...
+
+After:
+    Error: test
+        at foo (examples/stack_traces/b.ts:2:9)
+        at Object.<anonymous> (examples/stack_traces/a.ts:5:1)
+        ...
+*/
+
+const basePathRegex = new RegExp(
+    `(at | \\()${basePath
+        .replace(/\\/g, '/')
+        // Escape regex meta-characters.
+        .replace(/[|\\{}()[\]^$+*?.]/g, '\\$&')
+        .replace(/-/g, '\\x2d')}`,
+    'g'
+)
+
+const prepareStackTrace = Error.prepareStackTrace
+Error.prepareStackTrace = function (error, stack) {
+    return prepareStackTrace(error, stack)
+        .split('\n')
+        .map((line) => line.replace(basePathRegex, '$1'))
+        .join('\n')
+}
diff --git a/npm/private/test/snapshots/bzlmod/npm_defs.bzl b/npm/private/test/snapshots/bzlmod/npm_defs.bzl
index 27541e506..77a49b330 100644
--- a/npm/private/test/snapshots/bzlmod/npm_defs.bzl
+++ b/npm/private/test/snapshots/bzlmod/npm_defs.bzl
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ load("@@_main~npm~npm__smob__1.5.0__links//:defs.bzl", store_872 = "npm_imported
 load("@@_main~npm~npm__socks-proxy-agent__7.0.0__links//:defs.bzl", store_873 = "npm_imported_package_store")
 load("@@_main~npm~npm__socks__2.7.1__links//:defs.bzl", store_874 = "npm_imported_package_store")
 load("@@_main~npm~npm__source-map-js__1.0.2__links//:defs.bzl", store_875 = "npm_imported_package_store")
-load("@@_main~npm~npm__source-map-support__0.5.21__links//:defs.bzl", store_876 = "npm_imported_package_store")
+load("@@_main~npm~npm__source-map-support__0.5.21__links//:defs.bzl", link_876 = "npm_link_imported_package_store", store_876 = "npm_imported_package_store")
 load("@@_main~npm~npm__source-map__0.6.1__links//:defs.bzl", store_877 = "npm_imported_package_store")
 load("@@_main~npm~npm__sourcemap-codec__1.4.8__links//:defs.bzl", store_878 = "npm_imported_package_store")
 load("@@_main~npm~npm__sshpk__1.17.0__links//:defs.bzl", store_879 = "npm_imported_package_store")
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ load("@aspect_rules_js//npm/private:npm_link_package_store.bzl", _npm_link_packa
 # buildifier: disable=bzl-visibility
 load("@aspect_rules_js//npm/private:npm_package_store.bzl", _npm_package_store = "npm_package_store")
 
-_LINK_PACKAGES = ["", "examples/js_binary", "examples/js_lib_pkg/a", "examples/js_lib_pkg/b", "examples/linked_consumer", "examples/linked_empty_node_modules", "examples/linked_lib", "examples/linked_pkg", "examples/macro", "examples/npm_deps", "examples/npm_package/libs/lib_a", "examples/npm_package/packages/pkg_a", "examples/npm_package/packages/pkg_b", "examples/npm_package/packages/pkg_d", "examples/npm_package/packages/pkg_e", "examples/runfiles", "examples/webpack_cli", "js/private/coverage/bundle", "js/private/image", "js/private/test/image", "js/private/test/js_run_devserver", "js/private/worker/src", "npm/private/test", "npm/private/test/npm_package", "npm/private/test/npm_package_publish"]
+_LINK_PACKAGES = ["", "examples/js_binary", "examples/js_lib_pkg/a", "examples/js_lib_pkg/b", "examples/linked_consumer", "examples/linked_empty_node_modules", "examples/linked_lib", "examples/linked_pkg", "examples/macro", "examples/npm_deps", "examples/npm_package/libs/lib_a", "examples/npm_package/packages/pkg_a", "examples/npm_package/packages/pkg_b", "examples/npm_package/packages/pkg_d", "examples/npm_package/packages/pkg_e", "examples/runfiles", "examples/stack_traces", "examples/webpack_cli", "js/private/coverage/bundle", "js/private/image", "js/private/test/image", "js/private/test/js_run_devserver", "js/private/worker/src", "npm/private/test", "npm/private/test/npm_package", "npm/private/test/npm_package_publish"]
 
 # buildifier: disable=function-docstring
 def npm_link_all_packages(name = "node_modules", imported_links = []):
@@ -2439,6 +2439,9 @@ def npm_link_all_packages(name = "node_modules", imported_links = []):
             link_targets.append(":{}/mocha-multi-reporters".format(name))
             link_682(name = "{}/mocha".format(name))
             link_targets.append(":{}/mocha".format(name))
+        elif bazel_package == "examples/stack_traces":
+            link_876(name = "{}/source-map-support".format(name))
+            link_targets.append(":{}/source-map-support".format(name))
 
     if is_root:
         _npm_package_store(
@@ -2859,6 +2862,8 @@ def npm_link_targets(name = "node_modules", package = None):
             link_targets.append(":{}/mocha-junit-reporter".format(name))
             link_targets.append(":{}/mocha-multi-reporters".format(name))
             link_targets.append(":{}/mocha".format(name))
+        elif bazel_package == "examples/stack_traces":
+            link_targets.append(":{}/source-map-support".format(name))
 
     if bazel_package in ["examples/js_binary", "examples/npm_deps", "js/private/test/image"]:
         link_targets.append(":{}/@mycorp/pkg-a".format(name))
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 736ed6258..07108d13d 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -206,6 +206,12 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^6.3.0
         version: 6.3.0
 
+  examples/stack_traces:
+    devDependencies:
+      source-map-support:
+        specifier: ^0.5.21
+        version: 0.5.21
+
   examples/webpack_cli:
     dependencies:
       '@vanilla-extract/css':