diff --git a/cli/tests/unit_node/perf_hooks_test.ts b/cli/tests/unit_node/perf_hooks_test.ts
index 78375d54dc..2249e62f82 100644
--- a/cli/tests/unit_node/perf_hooks_test.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/unit_node/perf_hooks_test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2023 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 import * as perfHooks from "node:perf_hooks";
 import { performance } from "node:perf_hooks";
-import { assertEquals } from "../../../test_util/std/testing/asserts.ts";
+import {
+  assertEquals,
+  assertThrows,
+} from "../../../test_util/std/testing/asserts.ts";
 
 Deno.test({
   name: "[perf_hooks] performance",
@@ -39,3 +42,14 @@ Deno.test({
     assertEquals<unknown>(perfHooks.PerformanceEntry, PerformanceEntry);
   },
 });
+
+Deno.test({
+  name: "[perf_hooks] performance.timeOrigin",
+  fn() {
+    assertEquals(typeof performance.timeOrigin, "number");
+    assertThrows(() => {
+      // @ts-expect-error: Cannot assign to 'timeOrigin' because it is a read-only property
+      performance.timeOrigin = 1;
+    });
+  },
+});
diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/perf_hooks.ts b/ext/node/polyfills/perf_hooks.ts
index 059677c9bc..64c2c3e062 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/perf_hooks.ts
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/perf_hooks.ts
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ const performance:
     nodeTiming: {},
     now: () => shimPerformance.now(),
     timerify: () => notImplemented("timerify from performance"),
-    // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
-    timeOrigin: (shimPerformance as any).timeOrigin,
+    get timeOrigin() {
+      // deno-lint-ignore no-explicit-any
+      return (shimPerformance as any).timeOrigin;
+    },
     markResourceTiming: () => {},
     // @ts-ignore waiting on update in `deno`, but currently this is
     // a circular dependency