diff --git a/cli/tsc/diagnostics.rs b/cli/tsc/diagnostics.rs
index 1e9819309e..15aadff814 100644
--- a/cli/tsc/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/cli/tsc/diagnostics.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ const UNSTABLE_DENO_PROPS: &[&str] = &[
   "listen",
   "listenDatagram",
   "dlopen",
-  "ppid",
   "removeSignalListener",
   "shutdown",
   "umask",
diff --git a/runtime/js/99_main.js b/runtime/js/99_main.js
index 854a0029ec..f0c63df744 100644
--- a/runtime/js/99_main.js
+++ b/runtime/js/99_main.js
@@ -427,12 +427,11 @@ function bootstrapMainRuntime(runtimeOptions) {
     8: tsVersion,
     9: unstableFlag,
     10: pid,
-    11: ppid,
-    12: target,
-    13: v8Version,
-    14: userAgent,
-    15: inspectFlag,
-    // 16: enableTestingFeaturesFlag
+    11: target,
+    12: v8Version,
+    13: userAgent,
+    14: inspectFlag,
+    // 15: enableTestingFeaturesFlag
   } = runtimeOptions;
 
   performance.setTimeOrigin(DateNow());
@@ -495,9 +494,16 @@ function bootstrapMainRuntime(runtimeOptions) {
   setUserAgent(userAgent);
   setLanguage(locale);
 
+  let ppid = undefined;
   ObjectDefineProperties(finalDenoNs, {
     pid: util.readOnly(pid),
-    ppid: util.readOnly(ppid),
+    ppid: util.getterOnly(() => {
+      // lazy because it's expensive
+      if (ppid === undefined) {
+        ppid = ops.op_ppid();
+      }
+      return ppid;
+    }),
     noColor: util.readOnly(noColor),
     args: util.readOnly(ObjectFreeze(args)),
     mainModule: util.getterOnly(opMainModule),
@@ -535,12 +541,11 @@ function bootstrapWorkerRuntime(
     8: tsVersion,
     9: unstableFlag,
     10: pid,
-    // 11: ppid,
-    12: target,
-    13: v8Version,
-    // 14: userAgent,
-    // 15: inspectFlag,
-    16: enableTestingFeaturesFlag,
+    11: target,
+    12: v8Version,
+    // 13: userAgent,
+    // 14: inspectFlag,
+    15: enableTestingFeaturesFlag,
   } = runtimeOptions;
 
   performance.setTimeOrigin(DateNow());
diff --git a/runtime/ops/runtime.rs b/runtime/ops/runtime.rs
index 8802f9cd6c..9f2e48d7aa 100644
--- a/runtime/ops/runtime.rs
+++ b/runtime/ops/runtime.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use deno_core::OpState;
 
 deno_core::extension!(
   deno_runtime,
-  ops = [op_main_module],
+  ops = [op_main_module, op_ppid],
   options = { main_module: ModuleSpecifier },
   state = |state, options| {
     state.put::<ModuleSpecifier>(options.main_module);
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ fn op_main_module(state: &mut OpState) -> Result<String, AnyError> {
   Ok(main_path)
 }
 
-pub fn ppid() -> i64 {
+/// This is an op instead of being done at initialization time because
+/// it's expensive to retreive the ppid on Windows.
+#[op]
+pub fn op_ppid() -> i64 {
   #[cfg(windows)]
   {
     // Adopted from rustup:
diff --git a/runtime/worker_bootstrap.rs b/runtime/worker_bootstrap.rs
index 09725122cf..ba894f52b3 100644
--- a/runtime/worker_bootstrap.rs
+++ b/runtime/worker_bootstrap.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use deno_core::ModuleSpecifier;
 use std::thread;
 
 use crate::colors;
-use crate::ops::runtime::ppid;
 
 /// Common bootstrap options for MainWorker & WebWorker
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ impl BootstrapOptions {
     &self,
     scope: &mut v8::HandleScope<'s>,
   ) -> v8::Local<'s, v8::Array> {
-    let array = v8::Array::new(scope, 17);
+    let array = v8::Array::new(scope, 16);
 
     {
       let args = v8::Array::new(scope, self.args.len() as i32);
@@ -142,18 +141,13 @@ impl BootstrapOptions {
       array.set_index(scope, 10, val.into());
     }
 
-    {
-      let val = v8::Integer::new(scope, ppid() as i32);
-      array.set_index(scope, 11, val.into());
-    }
-
     {
       let val = v8::String::new_external_onebyte_static(
         scope,
         env!("TARGET").as_bytes(),
       )
       .unwrap();
-      array.set_index(scope, 12, val.into());
+      array.set_index(scope, 11, val.into());
     }
 
     {
@@ -163,7 +157,7 @@ impl BootstrapOptions {
         v8::NewStringType::Normal,
       )
       .unwrap();
-      array.set_index(scope, 13, val.into());
+      array.set_index(scope, 12, val.into());
     }
 
     {
@@ -173,17 +167,17 @@ impl BootstrapOptions {
         v8::NewStringType::Normal,
       )
       .unwrap();
-      array.set_index(scope, 14, val.into());
+      array.set_index(scope, 13, val.into());
     }
 
     {
       let val = v8::Boolean::new(scope, self.inspect);
-      array.set_index(scope, 15, val.into());
+      array.set_index(scope, 14, val.into());
     }
 
     {
       let val = v8::Boolean::new(scope, self.enable_testing_features);
-      array.set_index(scope, 16, val.into());
+      array.set_index(scope, 15, val.into());
     }
 
     array