diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bc986b3c4c0659..85168ea6cefcd9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ _UpgradeReport_Files/
 tools/*/*.i
 tools/*/*.i.tmp
 
+test/common/knownGlobals.json
+
 # === Rules for release artifacts ===
 /*.tar.*
 /*.pkg
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4aace77c7c8c63..4e45fa369dad6b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ coverage-report-js:
 
 .PHONY: cctest
 # Runs the C++ tests using the built `cctest` executable.
-cctest: all
+# knownGlobals.json is listed as order-only prerequisit to make it work from the tarball.
+cctest: all | test/common/knownGlobals.json
 	@out/$(BUILDTYPE)/$@ --gtest_filter=$(GTEST_FILTER)
 	@out/$(BUILDTYPE)/embedtest "require('./test/embedding/test-embedding.js')"
 
@@ -325,8 +326,8 @@ test-cov: all
 	$(MAKE) build-addons
 	$(MAKE) build-js-native-api-tests
 	$(MAKE) build-node-api-tests
-	$(MAKE) cctest
 	CI_SKIP_TESTS=$(COV_SKIP_TESTS) $(MAKE) jstest
+	$(MAKE) cctest
 
 .PHONY: test-parallel
 test-parallel: all
@@ -1136,11 +1137,15 @@ pkg-upload: pkg
 	scp -p $(TARNAME).pkg $(STAGINGSERVER):nodejs/$(DISTTYPEDIR)/$(FULLVERSION)/$(TARNAME).pkg
 	ssh $(STAGINGSERVER) "touch nodejs/$(DISTTYPEDIR)/$(FULLVERSION)/$(TARNAME).pkg.done"
 
-$(TARBALL): release-only doc-only
+test/common/knownGlobals.json: lib/.eslintrc.yaml
+	$(PYTHON) tools/test.py --create-knownGlobals-json
+
+$(TARBALL): test/common/knownGlobals.json release-only doc-only
 	git checkout-index -a -f --prefix=$(TARNAME)/
 	mkdir -p $(TARNAME)/doc/api
 	cp doc/node.1 $(TARNAME)/doc/node.1
 	cp -r out/doc/api/* $(TARNAME)/doc/api/
+	cp $< $(TARNAME)/$<
 	$(RM) -r $(TARNAME)/.editorconfig
 	$(RM) -r $(TARNAME)/.git*
 	$(RM) -r $(TARNAME)/.mailmap
diff --git a/test/common/index.js b/test/common/index.js
index b69d726e8ef323..c5aaa43a55dc1d 100644
--- a/test/common/index.js
+++ b/test/common/index.js
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ const bits = ['arm64', 'mips', 'mipsel', 'ppc64', 'riscv64', 's390x', 'x64']
   .includes(process.arch) ? 64 : 32;
 const hasIntl = !!process.config.variables.v8_enable_i18n_support;
 
-const {
-  atob,
-  btoa
-} = require('buffer');
-
 // Some tests assume a umask of 0o022 so set that up front. Tests that need a
 // different umask will set it themselves.
 //
@@ -257,61 +252,16 @@ function platformTimeout(ms) {
   return ms; // ARMv8+
 }
 
-let knownGlobals = [
-  atob,
-  btoa,
-  clearImmediate,
-  clearInterval,
-  clearTimeout,
-  global,
-  setImmediate,
-  setInterval,
-  setTimeout,
-  queueMicrotask,
-];
-
-// TODO(@jasnell): This check can be temporary. AbortController is
-// not currently supported in either Node.js 12 or 10, making it
-// difficult to run tests comparatively on those versions. Once
-// all supported versions have AbortController as a global, this
-// check can be removed and AbortController can be added to the
-// knownGlobals list above.
-if (global.AbortController)
-  knownGlobals.push(global.AbortController);
-
-if (global.gc) {
-  knownGlobals.push(global.gc);
-}
-
-if (global.performance) {
-  knownGlobals.push(global.performance);
-}
-if (global.PerformanceMark) {
-  knownGlobals.push(global.PerformanceMark);
-}
-if (global.PerformanceMeasure) {
-  knownGlobals.push(global.PerformanceMeasure);
-}
-
-// TODO(@ethan-arrowood): Similar to previous checks, this can be temporary
-// until v16.x is EOL. Once all supported versions have structuredClone we
-// can add this to the list above instead.
-if (global.structuredClone) {
-  knownGlobals.push(global.structuredClone);
-}
-
-if (global.fetch) {
-  knownGlobals.push(fetch);
-}
-if (hasCrypto && global.crypto) {
-  knownGlobals.push(global.crypto);
-  knownGlobals.push(global.Crypto);
-  knownGlobals.push(global.CryptoKey);
-  knownGlobals.push(global.SubtleCrypto);
+let knownGlobals;
+try {
+  knownGlobals = require('./knownGlobals.json');
+} catch (err) {
+  console.info('You may need to run `make test/common/knownGlobals.json`.');
+  throw err;
 }
 
 function allowGlobals(...allowlist) {
-  knownGlobals = knownGlobals.concat(allowlist);
+  knownGlobals.push(...allowlist);
 }
 
 if (process.env.NODE_TEST_KNOWN_GLOBALS !== '0') {
@@ -323,9 +273,10 @@ if (process.env.NODE_TEST_KNOWN_GLOBALS !== '0') {
   function leakedGlobals() {
     const leaked = [];
 
-    for (const val in global) {
-      if (!knownGlobals.includes(global[val])) {
-        leaked.push(val);
+    const globals = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptors(global);
+    for (const val in globals) {
+      if (globals[val].configurable && !knownGlobals.includes(val) && !knownGlobals.includes(global[val])) {
+        leaked.push(val.toString());
       }
     }
 
@@ -335,7 +286,7 @@ if (process.env.NODE_TEST_KNOWN_GLOBALS !== '0') {
   process.on('exit', function() {
     const leaked = leakedGlobals();
     if (leaked.length > 0) {
-      assert.fail(`Unexpected global(s) found: ${leaked.join(', ')}`);
+      assert.fail(`Unexpected global(s) found: ${leaked.join(', ')}. Add it to lib/.eslint.yaml or call common.allowGlobals().`);
     }
   });
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-autocomplete.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-autocomplete.js
index b107053183080a..25a744b1543995 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-autocomplete.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-autocomplete.js
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ common.skipIfDumbTerminal();
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 tmpdir.refresh();
 
+common.allowGlobals('require', '_', '_error', ...require('module').builtinModules);
+
 process.throwDeprecation = true;
 
 const defaultHistoryPath = path.join(tmpdir.path, '.node_repl_history');
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-autolibs.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-autolibs.js
index 5cf3b1497221d0..ff118e4da511cc 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-autolibs.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-autolibs.js
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const util = require('util');
 const repl = require('repl');
 
+common.allowGlobals('require', '_', '_error', ...require('module').builtinModules);
+
 const putIn = new ArrayStream();
 repl.start('', putIn, null, true);
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-envvars.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-envvars.js
index b9216bc4aa0303..5c69828e830d33 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-envvars.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-envvars.js
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 
 // Flags: --expose-internals
 
-require('../common');
+const common = require('../common');
 const stream = require('stream');
 const REPL = require('internal/repl');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const inspect = require('util').inspect;
 const { REPL_MODE_SLOPPY, REPL_MODE_STRICT } = require('repl');
 
+common.allowGlobals('require', '_', '_error', ...require('module').builtinModules);
+
 const tests = [
   {
     env: {},
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-history-navigation.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-history-navigation.js
index 29cb7816f0feb0..37d4d7415eb635 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-history-navigation.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-history-navigation.js
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ tmpdir.refresh();
 process.throwDeprecation = true;
 process.on('warning', common.mustNotCall());
 
+common.allowGlobals('require', '_', '_error', ...require('module').builtinModules);
+
 const defaultHistoryPath = path.join(tmpdir.path, '.node_repl_history');
 
 // Create an input stream specialized for testing an array of actions
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-history-perm.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-history-perm.js
index aeca832d430978..a105ddbebd7c22 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-history-perm.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-history-perm.js
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ const Duplex = require('stream').Duplex;
 // Invoking the REPL should create a repl history file at the specified path
 // and mode 600.
 
+common.allowGlobals('require', '_', '_error', ...require('module').builtinModules);
+
 const stream = new Duplex();
 stream.pause = stream.resume = () => {};
 // ends immediately
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-let-process.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-let-process.js
index d0524953d74650..a16c11482458b9 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-let-process.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-let-process.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
-require('../common');
+const common = require('../common');
 const ArrayStream = require('../common/arraystream');
 const repl = require('repl');
 
+common.allowGlobals('require', '_', '_error', ...require('module').builtinModules);
+
 // Regression test for https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/6802
 const input = new ArrayStream();
 repl.start({ input, output: process.stdout, useGlobal: true });
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-options.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-options.js
index 953255319cf9eb..d2dfa4010e3b2d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-options.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-options.js
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const repl = require('repl');
 const cp = require('child_process');
 
+common.allowGlobals('require', '_', '_error', ...require('module').builtinModules);
+
 assert.strictEqual(repl.repl, undefined);
 repl._builtinLibs; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-expressions
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-persistent-history.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-persistent-history.js
index b0cddf0a2bd020..2a24fa8d5c2b1a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-persistent-history.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-persistent-history.js
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ common.skipIfDumbTerminal();
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 tmpdir.refresh();
 
+common.allowGlobals('require', '_', '_error', ...require('module').builtinModules);
+
 // Mock os.homedir()
 os.homedir = function() {
   return tmpdir.path;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-reset-event.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-reset-event.js
index 1f1347547e95f8..69844b14d7452e 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-reset-event.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-reset-event.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const repl = require('repl');
 const util = require('util');
 
-common.allowGlobals(42);
+common.allowGlobals(42, 'require', '_', '_error', ...require('module').builtinModules);
 
 // Create a dummy stream that does nothing
 const dummy = new ArrayStream();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-reverse-search.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-reverse-search.js
index 5165dc2820d2d6..68747e5d5511db 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-reverse-search.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-reverse-search.js
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ common.allowGlobals('aaaa');
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 tmpdir.refresh();
 
+common.allowGlobals('require', '_', '_error', ...require('module').builtinModules);
+
 const defaultHistoryPath = path.join(tmpdir.path, '.node_repl_history');
 
 // Create an input stream specialized for testing an array of actions
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-underscore.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-underscore.js
index 3abd01ba9d0cbc..130dbba9ad241e 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-underscore.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-underscore.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 
-require('../common');
+const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const repl = require('repl');
 const stream = require('stream');
 
+common.allowGlobals('require', '_', '_error', ...require('module').builtinModules);
+
 testSloppyMode();
 testStrictMode();
 testResetContext();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl-use-global.js b/test/parallel/test-repl-use-global.js
index 3457d0c5ba7210..af2373b1aa06e9 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl-use-global.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl-use-global.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const stream = require('stream');
 const repl = require('internal/repl');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
+common.allowGlobals('require', '_', '_error', ...require('module').builtinModules);
+
 // Array of [useGlobal, expectedResult] pairs
 const globalTestCases = [
   [false, 'undefined'],
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl.js b/test/parallel/test-repl.js
index b70fce93ba7c49..7c74b7a39ebe4c 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ const moduleFilename = fixtures.path('a');
 global.invoke_me = function(arg) {
   return `invoked ${arg}`;
 };
+common.allowGlobals('invoke_me', 'require', 'a', '_', '_error', 'message', ...require('module').builtinModules);
 
 // Helpers for describing the expected output:
 const kArrow = /^ *\^+ *$/;  // Arrow of ^ pointing to syntax error location
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js b/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
index ebbbcbb6c937ef..4e6dc01d80deba 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-module-loading.js
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ assert.throws(
 
   assert.deepStrictEqual(children, {
     'common/index.js': {
+      'common/knownGlobals.json': {},
       'common/tmpdir.js': {}
     },
     'fixtures/not-main-module.js': {},
diff --git a/tools/test.py b/tools/test.py
index f204004c7a63f1..cb86c5a30a7a37 100755
--- a/tools/test.py
+++ b/tools/test.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import multiprocessing
 import errno
 import copy
+import json
 
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 5):
@@ -89,6 +90,49 @@ def get_module(name, path):
 os.umask(0o022)
 os.environ['NODE_OPTIONS'] = ''
 
+
+def createKnowGlobalsJSON(workspace, test_root):
+  eslintConfigFile = join(workspace, 'lib', '.eslintrc.yaml')
+  outputFile = join(test_root, 'common', 'knownGlobals.json')
+  searchLines = [
+    '  no-restricted-globals:',
+    '  node-core/prefer-primordials:',
+  ]
+  isReadingGlobals = False
+  restrictedGlobalDeclaration = re.compile(r"^\s{4}- name:\s?([^#\s]+)")
+  closingSectionLine = re.compile(r"^\s{0,3}[^#\s]")
+  with open(eslintConfigFile, 'r') as eslintConfig, open(outputFile, 'w') as output:
+    output.write(u'["process"')
+    for line in eslintConfig.readlines():
+      if isReadingGlobals:
+        match = restrictedGlobalDeclaration.match(line)
+        if match is not None:
+          output.write(u',{}'.format(json.dumps(match.group(1))))
+        elif closingSectionLine.match(line) is not None:
+          isReadingGlobals = False
+      elif searchLines and line.rstrip() == searchLines[0]:
+        searchLines = searchLines[1:]
+        isReadingGlobals = True
+    output.write(u']')
+
+def createKnowGlobalsJSONIfPossible(workspace, test_root):
+  try:
+      # Python 3
+      FileNotFoundError # noqa: F823
+  except NameError:
+      # Python 2
+      FileNotFoundError = IOError
+  try:
+    createKnowGlobalsJSON(workspace, test_root)
+  except FileNotFoundError:
+    # In the tarball, the .eslintrc.yaml file doesn't exist, and we cannot
+    # create the JSON file. However, in the tarball the JSON file has already
+    # been generated, so we can ignore this error.
+    # If the JSON file is not present, JavaScript will raise an error, so we can
+    # also ignore.
+    pass
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------
 # --- P r o g r e s s   I n d i c a t o r s ---
 # ---------------------------------------------
@@ -1395,6 +1439,9 @@ def BuildOptions():
   result.add_option("--type",
       help="Type of build (simple, fips, coverage)",
       default=None)
+  result.add_option('--create-knownGlobals-json',
+      help='Generates the knownGlobal.json file. No tests will be run when using this flag.',
+      default=False, action='store_true', dest='create_knownGlobal_json')
   return result
 
 
@@ -1581,6 +1628,10 @@ def Main():
   repositories = [TestRepository(join(test_root, name)) for name in suites]
   repositories += [TestRepository(a) for a in options.suite]
 
+  if options.create_knownGlobal_json:
+    createKnowGlobalsJSON(workspace, test_root)
+    return 0
+
   root = LiteralTestSuite(repositories, test_root)
   paths = ArgsToTestPaths(test_root, args, suites)
 
@@ -1668,6 +1719,8 @@ def Main():
   if has_crypto.stdout.rstrip() == 'undefined':
     context.node_has_crypto = False
 
+  createKnowGlobalsJSONIfPossible(workspace, test_root)
+
   if options.cat:
     visited = set()
     for test in unclassified_tests:
diff --git a/vcbuild.bat b/vcbuild.bat
index d1a9e592551593..f2a943ee063095 100644
--- a/vcbuild.bat
+++ b/vcbuild.bat
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ if %errorlevel% neq 0 exit /b %errorlevel%
 :: building addons
 setlocal
 set npm_config_nodedir=%~dp0
+python "%~dp0tools\test.py" --create-knownGlobals-json
 "%node_exe%" "%~dp0tools\build-addons.js" "%~dp0deps\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" "%~dp0test\addons"
 if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
 endlocal
@@ -614,6 +615,7 @@ for /d %%F in (test\js-native-api\??_*) do (
 :: building js-native-api
 setlocal
 set npm_config_nodedir=%~dp0
+python "%~dp0tools\test.py" --create-knownGlobals-json
 "%node_exe%" "%~dp0tools\build-addons.js" "%~dp0deps\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" "%~dp0test\js-native-api"
 if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
 endlocal
@@ -633,6 +635,7 @@ for /d %%F in (test\node-api\??_*) do (
 :: building node-api
 setlocal
 set npm_config_nodedir=%~dp0
+python "%~dp0tools\test.py" --create-knownGlobals-json
 "%node_exe%" "%~dp0tools\build-addons.js" "%~dp0deps\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" "%~dp0test\node-api"
 if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
 endlocal