diff --git a/packages/extensions-sdk/src/cli/commands/helpers/load-config.ts b/packages/extensions-sdk/src/cli/commands/helpers/load-config.ts
index 6c3593faf8..82977815d7 100644
--- a/packages/extensions-sdk/src/cli/commands/helpers/load-config.ts
+++ b/packages/extensions-sdk/src/cli/commands/helpers/load-config.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import { pathToRelativeUrl } from '@directus/utils/node';
 import fse from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import type { Config } from '../../types.js';
 
 const CONFIG_FILE_NAMES = ['extension.config.js', 'extension.config.mjs', 'extension.config.cjs'];
 
 // This is needed to work around Typescript always transpiling import() to require() for CommonJS targets.
 const _import = new Function('url', 'return import(url)');
+const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 
 export default async function loadConfig(): Promise<Config> {
 	for (const fileName of CONFIG_FILE_NAMES) {