diff --git a/cli/js/globals.ts b/cli/js/globals.ts
index 5a04ec4434..be327722cf 100644
--- a/cli/js/globals.ts
+++ b/cli/js/globals.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import * as abortController from "./web/abort_controller.ts";
 import * as abortSignal from "./web/abort_signal.ts";
 import * as blob from "./web/blob.ts";
 import * as consoleTypes from "./web/console.ts";
+import * as csprng from "./ops/get_random_values.ts";
 import * as promiseTypes from "./web/promise.ts";
 import * as customEvent from "./web/custom_event.ts";
 import * as domException from "./web/dom_exception.ts";
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ export const windowOrWorkerGlobalScopeProperties = {
     queuingStrategy.ByteLengthQueuingStrategyImpl
   ),
   CountQueuingStrategy: nonEnumerable(queuingStrategy.CountQueuingStrategyImpl),
+  crypto: readOnly(csprng),
   File: nonEnumerable(domFile.DomFileImpl),
   CustomEvent: nonEnumerable(customEvent.CustomEventImpl),
   DOMException: nonEnumerable(domException.DOMExceptionImpl),
diff --git a/cli/js/lib.deno.shared_globals.d.ts b/cli/js/lib.deno.shared_globals.d.ts
index d962304473..617a75feac 100644
--- a/cli/js/lib.deno.shared_globals.d.ts
+++ b/cli/js/lib.deno.shared_globals.d.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ declare function clearInterval(id?: number): void;
 declare function queueMicrotask(func: Function): void;
 
 declare var console: Console;
+declare var crypto: Crypto;
 
 declare function addEventListener(
   type: string,
@@ -578,6 +579,26 @@ declare class Console {
   static [Symbol.hasInstance](instance: Console): boolean;
 }
 
+declare interface Crypto {
+  readonly subtle: null;
+  getRandomValues<
+    T extends
+      | Int8Array
+      | Int16Array
+      | Int32Array
+      | Uint8Array
+      | Uint16Array
+      | Uint32Array
+      | Uint8ClampedArray
+      | Float32Array
+      | Float64Array
+      | DataView
+      | null
+  >(
+    array: T
+  ): T;
+}
+
 type FormDataEntryValue = File | string;
 
 /** Provides a way to easily construct a set of key/value pairs representing
diff --git a/cli/js/lib.deno.window.d.ts b/cli/js/lib.deno.window.d.ts
index 21619af4db..61c5abf8ad 100644
--- a/cli/js/lib.deno.window.d.ts
+++ b/cli/js/lib.deno.window.d.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ declare interface Window extends EventTarget {
   readonly self: Window & typeof globalThis;
   onload: ((this: Window, ev: Event) => any) | null;
   onunload: ((this: Window, ev: Event) => any) | null;
-  crypto: Crypto;
   close: () => void;
   readonly closed: boolean;
   Deno: typeof Deno;
@@ -22,26 +21,5 @@ declare const window: Window & typeof globalThis;
 declare const self: Window & typeof globalThis;
 declare const onload: ((this: Window, ev: Event) => any) | null;
 declare const onunload: ((this: Window, ev: Event) => any) | null;
-declare const crypto: Crypto;
-
-declare interface Crypto {
-  readonly subtle: null;
-  getRandomValues<
-    T extends
-      | Int8Array
-      | Int16Array
-      | Int32Array
-      | Uint8Array
-      | Uint16Array
-      | Uint32Array
-      | Uint8ClampedArray
-      | Float32Array
-      | Float64Array
-      | DataView
-      | null
-  >(
-    array: T
-  ): T;
-}
 
 /* eslint-enable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
diff --git a/cli/js/runtime_main.ts b/cli/js/runtime_main.ts
index a9787d7cb1..3e81fc6801 100644
--- a/cli/js/runtime_main.ts
+++ b/cli/js/runtime_main.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 import * as denoNs from "./deno.ts";
 import * as denoUnstableNs from "./deno_unstable.ts";
-import * as csprng from "./ops/get_random_values.ts";
 import { exit } from "./ops/os.ts";
 import {
   readOnly,
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ function windowClose(): void {
 export const mainRuntimeGlobalProperties = {
   window: readOnly(globalThis),
   self: readOnly(globalThis),
-  crypto: readOnly(csprng),
   // TODO(bartlomieju): from MDN docs (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WorkerGlobalScope)
   // it seems those two properties should be available to workers as well
   onload: writable(null),
diff --git a/cli/tests/subdir/worker_crypto.js b/cli/tests/subdir/worker_crypto.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a86340005b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/subdir/worker_crypto.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+onmessage = function () {
+  postMessage(!!self.crypto);
+};
diff --git a/cli/tests/workers_test.ts b/cli/tests/workers_test.ts
index c4b93db3c5..df2cdf2aa7 100644
--- a/cli/tests/workers_test.ts
+++ b/cli/tests/workers_test.ts
@@ -290,3 +290,20 @@ Deno.test({
     await promise2;
   },
 });
+
+Deno.test({
+  name: "worker with crypto in scope",
+  fn: async function (): Promise<void> {
+    const promise = createResolvable();
+    const w = new Worker("../tests/subdir/worker_crypto.js", {
+      type: "module",
+    });
+    w.onmessage = (e): void => {
+      assertEquals(e.data, true);
+      promise.resolve();
+    };
+    w.postMessage(null);
+    await promise;
+    w.terminate();
+  },
+});