diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/api-utils/node.ts b/packages/next/src/server/api-utils/node.ts
index fb8a87e879983..2eb8ba4e2dcf0 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/api-utils/node.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/api-utils/node.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import {
   SYMBOL_PREVIEW_DATA,
   RESPONSE_LIMIT_DEFAULT,
 } from './index'
-import { createRequestResponseMocks } from '../lib/mock-request'
 import { getTracer } from '../lib/trace/tracer'
 import { NodeSpan } from '../lib/trace/constants'
 import { RequestCookies } from '../web/spec-extension/cookies'
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ import {
   PRERENDER_REVALIDATE_HEADER,
   PRERENDER_REVALIDATE_ONLY_GENERATED_HEADER,
 } from '../../lib/constants'
+import { invokeRequest } from '../lib/server-ipc'
 
 export function tryGetPreviewData(
   req: IncomingMessage | BaseNextRequest | Request,
@@ -194,7 +194,14 @@ export async function parseBody(
 type ApiContext = __ApiPreviewProps & {
   trustHostHeader?: boolean
   allowedRevalidateHeaderKeys?: string[]
-  revalidate?: (_req: IncomingMessage, _res: ServerResponse) => Promise<any>
+  hostname?: string
+  revalidate?: (config: {
+    urlPath: string
+    revalidateHeaders: { [key: string]: string | string[] }
+    opts: { unstable_onlyGenerated?: boolean }
+  }) => Promise<any>
+
+  // (_req: IncomingMessage, _res: ServerResponse) => Promise<any>
 }
 
 function getMaxContentLength(responseLimit?: ResponseLimit) {
@@ -453,20 +460,44 @@ async function revalidate(
         throw new Error(`Invalid response ${res.status}`)
       }
     } else if (context.revalidate) {
-      const mocked = createRequestResponseMocks({
-        url: urlPath,
-        headers: revalidateHeaders,
-      })
+      // We prefer to use the IPC call if running under the workers mode.
+      const ipcPort = process.env.__NEXT_PRIVATE_ROUTER_IPC_PORT
+      if (ipcPort) {
+        const ipcKey = process.env.__NEXT_PRIVATE_ROUTER_IPC_KEY
+        const res = await invokeRequest(
+          `http://${
+            context.hostname
+          }:${ipcPort}?key=${ipcKey}&method=revalidate&args=${encodeURIComponent(
+            JSON.stringify([{ urlPath, revalidateHeaders }])
+          )}`,
+          {
+            method: 'GET',
+            headers: {},
+          }
+        )
 
-      await context.revalidate(mocked.req, mocked.res)
-      await mocked.res.hasStreamed
+        const chunks = []
 
-      if (
-        mocked.res.getHeader('x-nextjs-cache') !== 'REVALIDATED' &&
-        !(mocked.res.statusCode === 404 && opts.unstable_onlyGenerated)
-      ) {
-        throw new Error(`Invalid response ${mocked.res.statusCode}`)
+        for await (const chunk of res) {
+          if (chunk) {
+            chunks.push(chunk)
+          }
+        }
+        const body = Buffer.concat(chunks).toString()
+        const result = JSON.parse(body)
+
+        if (result.err) {
+          throw new Error(result.err.message)
+        }
+
+        return
       }
+
+      await context.revalidate({
+        urlPath,
+        revalidateHeaders,
+        opts,
+      })
     } else {
       throw new Error(
         `Invariant: required internal revalidate method not passed to api-utils`
diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/next-server.ts b/packages/next/src/server/next-server.ts
index 0ebce2758ae79..4dfa50e77b5d8 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/next-server.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/next-server.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ import { removePathPrefix } from '../shared/lib/router/utils/remove-path-prefix'
 import { addPathPrefix } from '../shared/lib/router/utils/add-path-prefix'
 import { pathHasPrefix } from '../shared/lib/router/utils/path-has-prefix'
 import { filterReqHeaders, invokeRequest } from './lib/server-ipc'
+import { createRequestResponseMocks } from './lib/mock-request'
 
 export * from './base-server'
 
@@ -906,16 +907,13 @@ export default class NextNodeServer extends BaseServer {
       pageModule,
       {
         ...this.renderOpts.previewProps,
-        revalidate: (newReq: IncomingMessage, newRes: ServerResponse) =>
-          this.getRequestHandler()(
-            new NodeNextRequest(newReq),
-            new NodeNextResponse(newRes)
-          ),
+        revalidate: this.revalidate.bind(this),
         // internal config so is not typed
         trustHostHeader: (this.nextConfig.experimental as Record<string, any>)
           .trustHostHeader,
         allowedRevalidateHeaderKeys:
           this.nextConfig.experimental.allowedRevalidateHeaderKeys,
+        hostname: this.hostname,
       },
       this.minimalMode,
       this.renderOpts.dev,
@@ -1672,6 +1670,36 @@ export default class NextNodeServer extends BaseServer {
     }
   }
 
+  public async revalidate({
+    urlPath,
+    revalidateHeaders,
+    opts,
+  }: {
+    urlPath: string
+    revalidateHeaders: { [key: string]: string | string[] }
+    opts: { unstable_onlyGenerated?: boolean }
+  }) {
+    const mocked = createRequestResponseMocks({
+      url: urlPath,
+      headers: revalidateHeaders,
+    })
+
+    const handler = this.getRequestHandler()
+    await handler(
+      new NodeNextRequest(mocked.req),
+      new NodeNextResponse(mocked.res)
+    )
+    await mocked.res.hasStreamed
+
+    if (
+      mocked.res.getHeader('x-nextjs-cache') !== 'REVALIDATED' &&
+      !(mocked.res.statusCode === 404 && opts.unstable_onlyGenerated)
+    ) {
+      throw new Error(`Invalid response ${mocked.res.statusCode}`)
+    }
+    return {}
+  }
+
   public async render(
     req: BaseNextRequest | IncomingMessage,
     res: BaseNextResponse | ServerResponse,
diff --git a/test/production/app-dir/revalidate/app/layout.js b/test/production/app-dir/revalidate/app/layout.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a3a86a5ca1e12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/production/app-dir/revalidate/app/layout.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export default function Root({ children }) {
+  return (
+    <html>
+      <body>{children}</body>
+    </html>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/production/app-dir/revalidate/app/page.js b/test/production/app-dir/revalidate/app/page.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6cc12f77ff9cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/production/app-dir/revalidate/app/page.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export default async function Page() {
+  const data = Math.random()
+  return <h1>{data}</h1>
+}
diff --git a/test/production/app-dir/revalidate/next.config.js b/test/production/app-dir/revalidate/next.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cfa3ac3d7aa94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/production/app-dir/revalidate/next.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module.exports = {
+  experimental: {
+    appDir: true,
+  },
+}
diff --git a/test/production/app-dir/revalidate/pages/api/revalidate.js b/test/production/app-dir/revalidate/pages/api/revalidate.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a3e4482a2bcbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/production/app-dir/revalidate/pages/api/revalidate.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export default async function (_req, res) {
+  try {
+    await res.revalidate('/')
+    return res.json({ revalidated: true })
+  } catch (err) {
+    return res.status(500).send('Error')
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/production/app-dir/revalidate/revalidate.test.ts b/test/production/app-dir/revalidate/revalidate.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1922eb6c3bf31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/production/app-dir/revalidate/revalidate.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { createNextDescribe } from 'e2e-utils'
+
+createNextDescribe(
+  'app-dir revalidate',
+  {
+    files: __dirname,
+    skipDeployment: true,
+  },
+  ({ next }) => {
+    it('should be able to revalidate the cache via pages/api', async () => {
+      const $ = await next.render$('/')
+      const id = $('h1').text()
+      const res = await next.fetch('/api/revalidate')
+      expect(res.status).toBe(200)
+      const $2 = await next.render$('/')
+      const id2 = $2('h1').text()
+      expect(id).not.toBe(id2)
+    })
+  }
+)