diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e142d4f..3e3856f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ const foo = require('foo').bar
 // ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
 import * as __CJS_import__0__ from 'foo'; const { bar: foo } = __CJS_import__0__
 
+require('foo')
+// ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
+import 'foo'
+
 // Non top-level scope
 const foo = [{ bar: require('foo').bar }]
 ↓
diff --git a/README.zh-CN.md b/README.zh-CN.md
index 1039892..16e64a3 100644
--- a/README.zh-CN.md
+++ b/README.zh-CN.md
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ const foo = require('foo').bar
 // ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
 import * as __CJS_import__0__ from 'foo'; const { bar: foo } = __CJS_import__0__
 
+require('foo')
+// ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
+import 'foo'
+
 // 非顶级作用域
 const foo = [{ bar: require('foo').bar }]
 ↓
diff --git a/src/analyze.ts b/src/analyze.ts
index bf54472..2197e5d 100644
--- a/src/analyze.ts
+++ b/src/analyze.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export interface RequireStatement {
   /** CallExpression */
   node: AcornNode
   ancestors: AcornNode[]
+  sideEffect: boolean
   /**
    * If require statement located top-level scope ant it is convertible, this will have a value(🎯-①)  
    * 如果 require 在顶级作用于，并且是可转换 import 的，那么 topScopeNode 将会被赋值  
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ export function analyzer(ast: AcornNode, code: string, id: string): Analyzed {
       analyzed.require.push({
         node,
         ancestors,
+        sideEffect: ancestors.at(-2)?.type === 'ExpressionStatement',
         topScopeNode: dynamic === 'dynamic'
           ? undefined
           : findTopLevelScope(ancestors) as RequireStatement['topScopeNode'],
diff --git a/src/generate-import.ts b/src/generate-import.ts
index 59894a6..0993f46 100644
--- a/src/generate-import.ts
+++ b/src/generate-import.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export function generateImport(analyzed: Analyzed, id: string, options: Commonjs
   const imports: ImportRecord[] = []
   let count = 0
 
-  for (const { node, dynamic } of analyzed.require) {
+  for (const { node, dynamic, sideEffect, ancestors } of analyzed.require) {
 
     // Handled in `dynamic-require.ts`
     if (dynamic === 'dynamic') continue
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ export function generateImport(analyzed: Analyzed, id: string, options: Commonjs
       -> ${codeSnippets}
          ${'^'.repeat(codeSnippets.length)}`)
     }
+    
+    if (sideEffect) {
+      impt.node = ancestors.at(-2)! // Replace the whole ExpressionStatement
+      impt.importExpression = `import "${requireId}"`
+      imports.push(impt)
+      continue
+    }
 
     // This is probably less accurate, but is much cheaper than a full AST parse.
     let importInterop: ImportInteropType | string = 'defaultFirst'
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 5a4d4c1..45d071c 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -168,11 +168,11 @@ async function transformCommonjs({
       importExpression,
       importInterop,
     } = impt
-    if (importExpression != null && importInterop != null) {
+    if (importExpression != null) {
       // TODO: Merge duplicated require id
       hoistImports.push(importExpression + ';')
       // `importInterop` with brackets see #54
-      ms.overwrite(node.start, node.end, `(${importInterop})`)
+      ms.overwrite(node.start, node.end, importInterop != null ? `(${importInterop})` : '')
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/__snapshots__/main.ts b/test/fixtures/__snapshots__/main.ts
index 09504e3..00e4b66 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/__snapshots__/main.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures/__snapshots__/main.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-/* [vite-plugin-commonjs] import-hoist-S */ import * as __CJS__import__0__ from "./exports"; /* [vite-plugin-commonjs] import-hoist-E */const { msg: message } = (__CJS__import__0__.default || __CJS__import__0__);
+/* [vite-plugin-commonjs] import-hoist-S */ import * as __CJS__import__0__ from "./exports"; import "./side-effect.cjs"; /* [vite-plugin-commonjs] import-hoist-E */const { msg: message } = (__CJS__import__0__.default || __CJS__import__0__);
+
 import cjs from "./cjs";
 document.querySelector("#app").innerHTML = `
   <pre>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/__snapshots__/side-effect.cjs b/test/fixtures/__snapshots__/side-effect.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0060935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/__snapshots__/side-effect.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+globalThis.baz = 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/src/main.ts b/test/fixtures/src/main.ts
index b9e2f33..800672b 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/src/main.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures/src/main.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 const { msg: message } = require('./exports')
+require('./side-effect.cjs')
 
 // import { cjs } from './cjs'
 import cjs from './cjs'
-
 document.querySelector('#app')!.innerHTML = `
   <pre>
     ${message}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/src/side-effect.cjs b/test/fixtures/src/side-effect.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0060935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/src/side-effect.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+globalThis.baz = 1
\ No newline at end of file