diff --git a/packages/node/src/index.ts b/packages/node/src/index.ts
index cea9a4554ccb..96e2383c6ec0 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/index.ts
@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ export {
 
 export { NodeClient } from './client';
 export { makeNodeTransport } from './transports';
-export { defaultIntegrations, init, lastEventId, flush, close, getSentryRelease } from './sdk';
+export { defaultIntegrations, init, defaultStackParser, lastEventId, flush, close, getSentryRelease } from './sdk';
 export { deepReadDirSync } from './utils';
-export { defaultStackParser } from './stack-parser';
 
 import { Integrations as CoreIntegrations } from '@sentry/core';
 import { getMainCarrier } from '@sentry/hub';
diff --git a/packages/node/src/module.ts b/packages/node/src/module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..15682d16d121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node/src/module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { basename, dirname } from '@sentry/utils';
+
+/** Gets the module from a filename */
+export function getModule(filename: string | undefined): string | undefined {
+  if (!filename) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // We could use optional chaining here but webpack does like that mixed with require
+  const base = `${
+    (require && require.main && require.main.filename && dirname(require.main.filename)) || global.process.cwd()
+  }/`;
+
+  // It's specifically a module
+  const file = basename(filename, '.js');
+
+  const path = dirname(filename);
+  let n = path.lastIndexOf('/node_modules/');
+  if (n > -1) {
+    // /node_modules/ is 14 chars
+    return `${path.substr(n + 14).replace(/\//g, '.')}:${file}`;
+  }
+  // Let's see if it's a part of the main module
+  // To be a part of main module, it has to share the same base
+  n = `${path}/`.lastIndexOf(base, 0);
+
+  if (n === 0) {
+    let moduleName = path.substr(base.length).replace(/\//g, '.');
+    if (moduleName) {
+      moduleName += ':';
+    }
+    moduleName += file;
+    return moduleName;
+  }
+  return file;
+}
diff --git a/packages/node/src/sdk.ts b/packages/node/src/sdk.ts
index 34ce79ef480b..e83320103cb6 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/sdk.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import { getCurrentHub, getIntegrationsToSetup, initAndBind, Integrations as CoreIntegrations } from '@sentry/core';
 import { getMainCarrier, setHubOnCarrier } from '@sentry/hub';
-import { SessionStatus } from '@sentry/types';
-import { getGlobalObject, logger, stackParserFromStackParserOptions } from '@sentry/utils';
+import { SessionStatus, StackParser } from '@sentry/types';
+import { createStackParser, getGlobalObject, logger, stackParserFromStackParserOptions } from '@sentry/utils';
 import * as domain from 'domain';
 
 import { NodeClient } from './client';
 import { IS_DEBUG_BUILD } from './flags';
 import { Console, ContextLines, Http, LinkedErrors, OnUncaughtException, OnUnhandledRejection } from './integrations';
-import { defaultStackParser } from './stack-parser';
+import { getModule } from './module';
+import { nodeStackLineParser } from './stack-parser';
 import { makeNodeTransport } from './transports';
 import { NodeClientOptions, NodeOptions } from './types';
 
@@ -232,6 +233,9 @@ export function getSentryRelease(fallback?: string): string | undefined {
   );
 }
 
+/** Node.js stack parser */
+export const defaultStackParser: StackParser = createStackParser(nodeStackLineParser(getModule));
+
 /**
  * Enable automatic Session Tracking for the node process.
  */
diff --git a/packages/node/src/stack-parser.ts b/packages/node/src/stack-parser.ts
index ea7cb1468ca1..7fd8a5ee3abd 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/stack-parser.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/stack-parser.ts
@@ -1,119 +1,89 @@
 import { StackLineParser, StackLineParserFn } from '@sentry/types';
-import { basename, createStackParser, dirname } from '@sentry/utils';
-
-/** Gets the module */
-function getModule(filename: string | undefined): string | undefined {
-  if (!filename) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // We could use optional chaining here but webpack does like that mixed with require
-  const base = `${
-    (require && require.main && require.main.filename && dirname(require.main.filename)) || global.process.cwd()
-  }/`;
-
-  // It's specifically a module
-  const file = basename(filename, '.js');
-
-  const path = dirname(filename);
-  let n = path.lastIndexOf('/node_modules/');
-  if (n > -1) {
-    // /node_modules/ is 14 chars
-    return `${path.substr(n + 14).replace(/\//g, '.')}:${file}`;
-  }
-  // Let's see if it's a part of the main module
-  // To be a part of main module, it has to share the same base
-  n = `${path}/`.lastIndexOf(base, 0);
-
-  if (n === 0) {
-    let moduleName = path.substr(base.length).replace(/\//g, '.');
-    if (moduleName) {
-      moduleName += ':';
-    }
-    moduleName += file;
-    return moduleName;
-  }
-  return file;
-}
 
 const FILENAME_MATCH = /^\s*[-]{4,}$/;
 const FULL_MATCH = /at (?:async )?(?:(.+?)\s+\()?(?:(.+?):(\d+)(?::(\d+))?|([^)]+))\)?/;
 
+type GetModuleFn = (filename: string | undefined) => string | undefined;
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line complexity
-const node: StackLineParserFn = (line: string) => {
-  if (line.match(FILENAME_MATCH)) {
-    return {
-      filename: line,
-    };
-  }
+function node(getModule?: GetModuleFn): StackLineParserFn {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line complexity
+  return (line: string) => {
+    if (line.match(FILENAME_MATCH)) {
+      return {
+        filename: line,
+      };
+    }
 
-  const lineMatch = line.match(FULL_MATCH);
-  if (!lineMatch) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
+    const lineMatch = line.match(FULL_MATCH);
+    if (!lineMatch) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
 
-  let object: string | undefined;
-  let method: string | undefined;
-  let functionName: string | undefined;
-  let typeName: string | undefined;
-  let methodName: string | undefined;
+    let object: string | undefined;
+    let method: string | undefined;
+    let functionName: string | undefined;
+    let typeName: string | undefined;
+    let methodName: string | undefined;
 
-  if (lineMatch[1]) {
-    functionName = lineMatch[1];
+    if (lineMatch[1]) {
+      functionName = lineMatch[1];
 
-    let methodStart = functionName.lastIndexOf('.');
-    if (functionName[methodStart - 1] === '.') {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-plusplus
-      methodStart--;
-    }
+      let methodStart = functionName.lastIndexOf('.');
+      if (functionName[methodStart - 1] === '.') {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-plusplus
+        methodStart--;
+      }
 
-    if (methodStart > 0) {
-      object = functionName.substr(0, methodStart);
-      method = functionName.substr(methodStart + 1);
-      const objectEnd = object.indexOf('.Module');
-      if (objectEnd > 0) {
-        functionName = functionName.substr(objectEnd + 1);
-        object = object.substr(0, objectEnd);
+      if (methodStart > 0) {
+        object = functionName.substr(0, methodStart);
+        method = functionName.substr(methodStart + 1);
+        const objectEnd = object.indexOf('.Module');
+        if (objectEnd > 0) {
+          functionName = functionName.substr(objectEnd + 1);
+          object = object.substr(0, objectEnd);
+        }
       }
+      typeName = undefined;
     }
-    typeName = undefined;
-  }
 
-  if (method) {
-    typeName = object;
-    methodName = method;
-  }
+    if (method) {
+      typeName = object;
+      methodName = method;
+    }
 
-  if (method === '<anonymous>') {
-    methodName = undefined;
-    functionName = undefined;
-  }
+    if (method === '<anonymous>') {
+      methodName = undefined;
+      functionName = undefined;
+    }
 
-  if (functionName === undefined) {
-    methodName = methodName || '<anonymous>';
-    functionName = typeName ? `${typeName}.${methodName}` : methodName;
-  }
+    if (functionName === undefined) {
+      methodName = methodName || '<anonymous>';
+      functionName = typeName ? `${typeName}.${methodName}` : methodName;
+    }
 
-  const filename = lineMatch[2]?.startsWith('file://') ? lineMatch[2].substr(7) : lineMatch[2];
-  const isNative = lineMatch[5] === 'native';
-  const isInternal =
-    isNative || (filename && !filename.startsWith('/') && !filename.startsWith('.') && filename.indexOf(':\\') !== 1);
+    const filename = lineMatch[2]?.startsWith('file://') ? lineMatch[2].substr(7) : lineMatch[2];
+    const isNative = lineMatch[5] === 'native';
+    const isInternal =
+      isNative || (filename && !filename.startsWith('/') && !filename.startsWith('.') && filename.indexOf(':\\') !== 1);
 
-  // in_app is all that's not an internal Node function or a module within node_modules
-  // note that isNative appears to return true even for node core libraries
-  // see https://github.com/getsentry/raven-node/issues/176
-  const in_app = !isInternal && filename !== undefined && !filename.includes('node_modules/');
+    // in_app is all that's not an internal Node function or a module within node_modules
+    // note that isNative appears to return true even for node core libraries
+    // see https://github.com/getsentry/raven-node/issues/176
+    const in_app = !isInternal && filename !== undefined && !filename.includes('node_modules/');
 
-  return {
-    filename,
-    module: getModule(filename),
-    function: functionName,
-    lineno: parseInt(lineMatch[3], 10) || undefined,
-    colno: parseInt(lineMatch[4], 10) || undefined,
-    in_app,
+    return {
+      filename,
+      module: getModule?.(filename),
+      function: functionName,
+      lineno: parseInt(lineMatch[3], 10) || undefined,
+      colno: parseInt(lineMatch[4], 10) || undefined,
+      in_app,
+    };
   };
-};
-
-export const nodeStackLineParser: StackLineParser = [90, node];
+}
 
-export const defaultStackParser = createStackParser(nodeStackLineParser);
+/** Node.js stack line parser */
+export function nodeStackLineParser(getModule?: GetModuleFn): StackLineParser {
+  return [90, node(getModule)];
+}
diff --git a/packages/node/test/context-lines.test.ts b/packages/node/test/context-lines.test.ts
index 446429fdff33..2b0fef8206b8 100644
--- a/packages/node/test/context-lines.test.ts
+++ b/packages/node/test/context-lines.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
 
 import { parseStackFrames } from '../src/eventbuilder';
 import { ContextLines, resetFileContentCache } from '../src/integrations/contextlines';
-import { defaultStackParser } from '../src/stack-parser';
+import { defaultStackParser } from '../src/sdk';
 import { getError } from './helper/error';
 
 describe('ContextLines', () => {
diff --git a/packages/node/test/index.test.ts b/packages/node/test/index.test.ts
index b12bd23fdd17..7b127637778c 100644
--- a/packages/node/test/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/node/test/index.test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
   Scope,
 } from '../src';
 import { ContextLines, LinkedErrors } from '../src/integrations';
-import { defaultStackParser } from '../src/stack-parser';
+import { defaultStackParser } from '../src/sdk';
 import { getDefaultNodeClientOptions } from './helper/node-client-options';
 
 jest.mock('@sentry/core', () => {
diff --git a/packages/node/test/integrations/linkederrors.test.ts b/packages/node/test/integrations/linkederrors.test.ts
index c2bba0bd97d2..96510369f4ee 100644
--- a/packages/node/test/integrations/linkederrors.test.ts
+++ b/packages/node/test/integrations/linkederrors.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { ExtendedError } from '@sentry/types';
 
 import { Event, NodeClient } from '../../src';
 import { LinkedErrors } from '../../src/integrations/linkederrors';
-import { defaultStackParser as stackParser } from '../../src/stack-parser';
+import { defaultStackParser as stackParser } from '../../src/sdk';
 import { getDefaultNodeClientOptions } from '../helper/node-client-options';
 
 let linkedErrors: any;
diff --git a/packages/node/test/stacktrace.test.ts b/packages/node/test/stacktrace.test.ts
index 227f87991c8a..e84c436364ed 100644
--- a/packages/node/test/stacktrace.test.ts
+++ b/packages/node/test/stacktrace.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  */
 
 import { parseStackFrames } from '../src/eventbuilder';
-import { defaultStackParser as stackParser } from '../src/stack-parser';
+import { defaultStackParser as stackParser } from '../src/sdk';
 
 function testBasic() {
   return new Error('something went wrong');