diff --git a/lib/internal/async_hooks.js b/lib/internal/async_hooks.js
index 165d44b7022289..eeec0e6f82f36c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/async_hooks.js
+++ b/lib/internal/async_hooks.js
@@ -93,16 +93,6 @@ const emitDestroyNative = emitHookFactory(destroy_symbol, 'emitDestroyNative');
 const emitPromiseResolveNative =
     emitHookFactory(promise_resolve_symbol, 'emitPromiseResolveNative');
 
-// Setup the callbacks that node::AsyncWrap will call when there are hooks to
-// process. They use the same functions as the JS embedder API. These callbacks
-// are setup immediately to prevent async_wrap.setupHooks() from being hijacked
-// and the cost of doing so is negligible.
-async_wrap.setupHooks({ init: emitInitNative,
-                        before: emitBeforeNative,
-                        after: emitAfterNative,
-                        destroy: emitDestroyNative,
-                        promise_resolve: emitPromiseResolveNative });
-
 // Used to fatally abort the process if a callback throws.
 function fatalError(e) {
   if (typeof e.stack === 'string') {
@@ -462,4 +452,11 @@ module.exports = {
   emitAfter: emitAfterScript,
   emitDestroy: emitDestroyScript,
   registerDestroyHook,
+  nativeHooks: {
+    init: emitInitNative,
+    before: emitBeforeNative,
+    after: emitAfterNative,
+    destroy: emitDestroyNative,
+    promise_resolve: emitPromiseResolveNative
+  }
 };
diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
index aff746f9716032..bb076ba9694330 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
@@ -169,6 +169,16 @@ if (isMainThread) {
   setupProcessStdio(getStdout, getStdin, getStderr);
 }
 
+// Setup the callbacks that node::AsyncWrap will call when there are hooks to
+// process. They use the same functions as the JS embedder API. These callbacks
+// are setup immediately to prevent async_wrap.setupHooks() from being hijacked
+// and the cost of doing so is negligible.
+const { nativeHooks } = NativeModule.require('internal/async_hooks');
+internalBinding('async_wrap').setupHooks(nativeHooks);
+
+// XXX(joyeecheung): this has to be done after the initial load of
+// `internal/async_hooks` otherwise `async_hooks` cannot require
+// `internal/async_hooks`. Investigate why.
 if (config.hasInspector) {
   const {
     enable,