diff --git a/apps/test-app/package.json b/apps/test-app/package.json
index 10c33840..08f55a35 100644
--- a/apps/test-app/package.json
+++ b/apps/test-app/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "android": "react-native run-android --no-packager --active-arch-only",
     "ios": "react-native run-ios --no-packager",
     "pod-install": "cd ios && pod install",
+    "mocha-and-metro": "mocha-remote --exit-on-error -- node --run metro",
     "test:android": "mocha-remote --exit-on-error -- concurrently --kill-others-on-fail --passthrough-arguments npm:metro 'npm:android -- {@}' --",
     "test:android:allTests": "MOCHA_REMOTE_CONTEXT=allTests node --run test:android -- ",
     "test:android:nodeAddonExamples": "MOCHA_REMOTE_CONTEXT=nodeAddonExamples node --run test:android -- ",
diff --git a/packages/node-tests/rolldown.config.mts b/packages/node-tests/rolldown.config.mts
index c1b7f327..884b18c7 100644
--- a/packages/node-tests/rolldown.config.mts
+++ b/packages/node-tests/rolldown.config.mts
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ function testSuiteConfig(suitePath: string): RolldownOptions[] {
           delimiters: ["", ""],
         },
       ),
+      replacePlugin(
+        {
+          // Replace the default export to return a function instead of initializing the addon immediately
+          // This allows the test runner to intercept any errors which would normally be thrown when importing
+          // to work around Metro's `guardedLoadModule` swallowing errors during module initialization
+          // See https://github.com/facebook/metro/blob/34bb8913ec4b5b02690b39d2246599faf094f721/packages/metro-runtime/src/polyfills/require.js#L348-L353
+          "export default require_test();": "export default require_test;",
+        },
+        {
+          delimiters: ["", ""],
+        },
+      ),
       aliasPlugin({
         entries: [
           {
diff --git a/packages/node-tests/scripts/generate-entrypoint.mts b/packages/node-tests/scripts/generate-entrypoint.mts
index a0cf8c8d..49e6478a 100644
--- a/packages/node-tests/scripts/generate-entrypoint.mts
+++ b/packages/node-tests/scripts/generate-entrypoint.mts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function suiteToString(suite: TestSuite, indent = 1): string {
   return Object.entries(suite)
     .map(([key, value]) => {
       if (typeof value === "string") {
-        return `${padding}"${key}": () => require("./${value}")`;
+        return `${padding}"${key}": require("./${value}")`;
       } else {
         return `${padding}"${key}": {\n${suiteToString(
           value,