diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
index e6c4da25b00d9b..32a62171da98ed 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
     // that are whitelisted for access via process.binding()... this is used
     // to provide a transition path for modules that are being moved over to
     // internalBinding.
-    const internalBindingWhitelist = new SafeSet(['uv', 'http_parser']);
+    const internalBindingWhitelist = new SafeSet(['uv', 'http_parser', 'v8']);
     process.binding = function binding(name) {
       return internalBindingWhitelist.has(name) ?
         internalBinding(name) :
diff --git a/lib/v8.js b/lib/v8.js
index bca70996209d95..c6ac8b362fba96 100644
--- a/lib/v8.js
+++ b/lib/v8.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ const {
   kSpaceUsedSizeIndex,
   kSpaceAvailableSizeIndex,
   kPhysicalSpaceSizeIndex
-} = process.binding('v8');
+} = internalBinding('v8');
 
 const kNumberOfHeapSpaces = kHeapSpaces.length;
 
diff --git a/src/node_v8.cc b/src/node_v8.cc
index fb0a9fea1e5d27..2a661d95497a85 100644
--- a/src/node_v8.cc
+++ b/src/node_v8.cc
@@ -200,4 +200,4 @@ void Initialize(Local<Object> target,
 
 }  // namespace node
 
-NODE_BUILTIN_MODULE_CONTEXT_AWARE(v8, node::Initialize)
+NODE_MODULE_CONTEXT_AWARE_INTERNAL(v8, node::Initialize)
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-binding-internalbinding-whitelist.js b/test/parallel/test-process-binding-internalbinding-whitelist.js
index bfb265a2994952..e8c3b76214fa7a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-binding-internalbinding-whitelist.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-binding-internalbinding-whitelist.js
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 // process.binding().
 assert(process.binding('uv'));
 assert(process.binding('http_parser'));
+assert(process.binding('v8'));