diff --git a/cli/ops/runtime_compiler.rs b/cli/ops/runtime_compiler.rs
index 666e243dc2..4c4110e1e8 100644
--- a/cli/ops/runtime_compiler.rs
+++ b/cli/ops/runtime_compiler.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ fn op_compile(
   args: Value,
   _zero_copy: Option<ZeroCopyBuf>,
 ) -> Result<JsonOp, OpError> {
+  state.check_unstable("Deno.compile");
   let args: CompileArgs = serde_json::from_value(args)?;
   Ok(JsonOp::Async(runtime_compile(
     state.borrow().global_state.clone(),
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ fn op_transpile(
   args: Value,
   _zero_copy: Option<ZeroCopyBuf>,
 ) -> Result<JsonOp, OpError> {
+  state.check_unstable("Deno.transpile");
   let args: TranspileArgs = serde_json::from_value(args)?;
   Ok(JsonOp::Async(runtime_transpile(
     state.borrow().global_state.clone(),
diff --git a/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
index ae905840de..7ba2969445 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ itest!(workers {
 });
 
 itest!(compiler_api {
-  args: "test --reload compiler_api_test.ts",
+  args: "test --unstable --reload compiler_api_test.ts",
   output: "compiler_api_test.out",
 });
 
@@ -1468,12 +1468,12 @@ itest!(import_meta {
 });
 
 itest!(lib_ref {
-  args: "run --reload lib_ref.ts",
+  args: "run --unstable --reload lib_ref.ts",
   output: "lib_ref.ts.out",
 });
 
 itest!(lib_runtime_api {
-  args: "run --reload lib_runtime_api.ts",
+  args: "run --unstable --reload lib_runtime_api.ts",
   output: "lib_runtime_api.ts.out",
 });