diff --git a/changelog.d/9689-aliased-native-class-heritage.md b/changelog.d/9689-aliased-native-class-heritage.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fe49bd370
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/9689-aliased-native-class-heritage.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+**Native stream subclasses keep their derived methods when constructor imports
+are aliased or minified.** Class heritage now resolves native import bindings to
+their original exports before selecting the subclass initializer. This keeps
+readdirp's `_read` implementation and the complete EventEmitter method surface
+intact, allowing Claude Code's chokidar watcher to initialize without the
+`once is not a function` startup errors reported in #9680.
diff --git a/crates/perry-hir/src/lower/tests.rs b/crates/perry-hir/src/lower/tests.rs
index 7c755d7702..2561f9fedd 100644
--- a/crates/perry-hir/src/lower/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-hir/src/lower/tests.rs
@@ -1884,6 +1884,50 @@ fn bun_transpiler_and_build_lower_to_native_dispatch() {
     );
 }
 
+/// #9680: native constructors retain their exported identity when a bundler
+/// minifies the local import name used by a class declaration or expression.
+#[test]
+fn aliased_native_imports_canonicalize_class_heritage() {
+    let source = r#"
+        import { Readable as ut } from "node:stream";
+        import { EventEmitter as jt } from "node:events";
+
+        class ReaddirpStream extends ut {
+            _read() {}
+        }
+        const Watcher = class extends jt {};
+    "#;
+    let module = perry_parser::parse_typescript(source, "watcher.js").expect("source parses");
+    let hir = super::lower_module(&module, "watcher", "watcher.js").expect("source lowers");
+
+    let stream = hir
+        .classes
+        .iter()
+        .find(|class| class.name == "ReaddirpStream")
+        .expect("stream class is lowered");
+    assert_eq!(stream.extends_name.as_deref(), Some("Readable"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        stream.native_extends,
+        Some(("node_stream".to_string(), "Readable".to_string()))
+    );
+    assert!(
+        stream.extends_expr.is_none(),
+        "aliased native heritage must not use replacement-object construction"
+    );
+
+    let watcher = hir
+        .classes
+        .iter()
+        .find(|class| class.name == "Watcher")
+        .expect("inferred-name class expression is lowered");
+    assert_eq!(watcher.extends_name.as_deref(), Some("EventEmitter"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        watcher.native_extends,
+        Some(("events".to_string(), "EventEmitter".to_string()))
+    );
+    assert!(watcher.extends_expr.is_none());
+}
+
 /// #8882: a module-level class constructing a sibling class that is declared
 /// inside a function body lowered LATER. This is the shape the CJS wrap
 /// produces for Next's `server/lib/lru-cache.js`: `LRUCache` is hoisted out of
diff --git a/crates/perry-hir/src/lower_decl/class_decl.rs b/crates/perry-hir/src/lower_decl/class_decl.rs
index d7d0080aa8..e824e5ee00 100644
--- a/crates/perry-hir/src/lower_decl/class_decl.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-hir/src/lower_decl/class_decl.rs
@@ -7,37 +7,35 @@ use crate::lower::{lower_expr, LoweringContext};
 use crate::lower_patterns::*;
 use crate::lower_types::*;
 
-/// The four classic node:stream base-class names (`Readable`/`Writable`/
-/// `Duplex`/`Transform`). When a class extends a parent with one of these
-/// textual names, perry routes `super()` to the native `js_node_stream_*`
-/// shim (which installs the native stream surface but never sets the
-/// `_readableState`/`_writableState`/`_transformState` objects). That is only
-/// correct when the name actually resolves to the `node:stream` builtin —
-/// i.e. it was imported from `stream`/`node:stream`, in which case the import
-/// machinery registered it as the `stream` native module
-/// (`register_native_module(binding, "stream", Some(name))`, see
-/// `var_decl_sources::register_destructured_stream_ctors` and the import
-/// arms in `lower/module_decl.rs`).
-///
-/// The same textual name can instead be a userland binding from a
-/// stream-shim npm package — `const { Transform } =
-/// require('readable-stream')` in winston's `logger.js`, where
-/// `class Logger extends Transform` then reads `this._readableState.pipes`
-/// directly. Such a binding never registers as the `stream` native module
-/// (readable-stream is not a node builtin), so the package's real constructor
-/// must run instead. Returning `false` here lets the unknown-Ident arm
-/// capture the parent as `extends_expr` and route `super()` through the
-/// dynamic-parent path (`js_register_class_parent_dynamic` + the
-/// `js_fetch_or_value_super` dispatch), which runs the real `Transform`
-/// function body on the subclass instance.
+/// Recover the exported constructor name behind a minified native import used
+/// as class heritage (`import { Readable as ut }; class R extends ut`). Native
+/// imports are registered under the local binding while preserving this export.
+fn canonical_native_parent_name<'a>(ctx: &'a LoweringContext, name: &str) -> Option<&'a str> {
+    match ctx.lookup_native_module(name) {
+        Some(("stream", Some(class @ ("Readable" | "Writable" | "Duplex" | "Transform"))))
+        | Some(("events", Some(class @ ("EventEmitter" | "EventEmitterAsyncResource"))))
+        | Some(("async_hooks", Some(class @ ("AsyncLocalStorage" | "AsyncResource"))))
+        | Some(("ws", Some(class @ "WebSocketServer")))
+        | Some((
+            "stream/web" | "node:stream/web",
+            Some(class @ ("ReadableStream" | "WritableStream" | "TransformStream")),
+        )) => Some(class),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Only genuine `node:stream` bindings use Perry's native subclass shims. A
+/// userland binding from `readable-stream` must keep the dynamic parent path so
+/// its real constructor runs. Inspecting the preserved export also supports a
+/// minified local binding such as `Readable as ut`.
 fn is_genuine_node_stream_parent(ctx: &LoweringContext, name: &str) -> bool {
-    if !matches!(name, "Readable" | "Writable" | "Duplex" | "Transform") {
-        return false;
+    match ctx.lookup_native_module(name) {
+        Some(("stream", Some("Readable" | "Writable" | "Duplex" | "Transform"))) => true,
+        // Preserve the historical name-based treatment of a namespace/default
+        // binding whose local name itself is a classic stream constructor.
+        Some(("stream", None)) => matches!(name, "Readable" | "Writable" | "Duplex" | "Transform"),
+        _ => false,
     }
-    // Only the genuine `node:stream` builtin import registers these names as
-    // the `stream` native module. Anything else (a userland require/import of
-    // a stream-shim package, or an unbound reference) is not the builtin.
-    matches!(ctx.lookup_native_module(name), Some(("stream", _)))
 }
 
 mod class_heritage;
@@ -331,8 +329,11 @@ pub fn lower_class_decl(
             )
         } else if let ast::Expr::Ident(ident) = super_class.as_ref() {
             let parent_name = ident.sym.to_string();
+            let canonical_parent_name = canonical_native_parent_name(ctx, &parent_name)
+                .unwrap_or(&parent_name)
+                .to_string();
             // First check if it's a native module class
-            let native_parent = match parent_name.as_str() {
+            let native_parent = match canonical_parent_name.as_str() {
                 "EventEmitter" => Some(("events".to_string(), "EventEmitter".to_string())),
                 "EventEmitterAsyncResource" => Some((
                     "events".to_string(),
@@ -379,7 +380,7 @@ pub fn lower_class_decl(
                 "Readable" | "Writable" | "Duplex" | "Transform"
                     if is_genuine_node_stream_parent(ctx, &parent_name) =>
                 {
-                    Some(("node_stream".to_string(), parent_name.clone()))
+                    Some(("node_stream".to_string(), canonical_parent_name.clone()))
                 }
                 _ => None,
             };
@@ -399,7 +400,7 @@ pub fn lower_class_decl(
                 // dispatch resolves through the existing extends_name
                 // path while the native_extends carries the (module,
                 // class) tag for the runtime shim).
-                (None, Some(parent_name), native_parent, None)
+                (None, Some(canonical_parent_name), native_parent, None)
             } else if locally_shadowed {
                 // Lexical local shadow → dynamic parent via `extends_expr` (the
                 // in-scope local value), invoked by `super()` through
@@ -1385,7 +1386,10 @@ pub fn lower_class_from_ast(
             )
         } else if let ast::Expr::Ident(ident) = super_class.as_ref() {
             let parent_name = ident.sym.to_string();
-            let native_parent = match parent_name.as_str() {
+            let canonical_parent_name = canonical_native_parent_name(ctx, &parent_name)
+                .unwrap_or(&parent_name)
+                .to_string();
+            let native_parent = match canonical_parent_name.as_str() {
                 "EventEmitter" => Some(("events".to_string(), "EventEmitter".to_string())),
                 "EventEmitterAsyncResource" => Some((
                     "events".to_string(),
@@ -1416,7 +1420,7 @@ pub fn lower_class_from_ast(
                 "Readable" | "Writable" | "Duplex" | "Transform"
                     if is_genuine_node_stream_parent(ctx, &parent_name) =>
                 {
-                    Some(("node_stream".to_string(), parent_name.clone()))
+                    Some(("node_stream".to_string(), canonical_parent_name.clone()))
                 }
                 _ => None,
             };
@@ -1430,7 +1434,7 @@ pub fn lower_class_from_ast(
             let locally_shadowed = !ctx.class_renames.contains_key(&parent_name)
                 && ctx.locals.lookup(&parent_name).is_some();
             if native_parent.is_some() && !locally_shadowed {
-                (None, Some(parent_name), native_parent, None)
+                (None, Some(canonical_parent_name), native_parent, None)
             } else if locally_shadowed {
                 // #5437 (Next.js p-queue `PQueue` inside a minified bundle): a
                 // class EXPRESSION whose parent Ident is an IN-SCOPE LOCAL
diff --git a/test-files/test_issue_9680_readdirp_stream_emitter_surface.ts b/test-files/test_issue_9680_readdirp_stream_emitter_surface.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..585f41ffdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-files/test_issue_9680_readdirp_stream_emitter_surface.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// Regression for #9680: the bundled readdirp source aliases its node:stream
+// import, subclasses it, and hands the instance to chokidar. Chokidar chains
+// on(...).on(...).once(...), so the stream must retain the complete inherited
+// EventEmitter surface even though the native base's local name was minified.
+
+import { EventEmitter as jt } from "node:events";
+import { Readable as ut } from "node:stream";
+
+class ReaddirpStyleStream extends ut {
+  readCalls = 0;
+
+  constructor() {
+    super({ objectMode: true, autoDestroy: true, highWaterMark: 4096 });
+  }
+
+  _read(): void {
+    this.readCalls++;
+  }
+}
+
+const Watcher = class extends jt {
+  marker(): string {
+    return "watcher-subclass";
+  }
+};
+
+function readdirpStyle(): any {
+  return new ReaddirpStyleStream();
+}
+
+const stream = readdirpStyle();
+const emitterMethods = [
+  "on",
+  "once",
+  "off",
+  "removeListener",
+  "emit",
+  "prependListener",
+  "prependOnceListener",
+  "listenerCount",
+  "eventNames",
+];
+
+const expectedNames = new Set(emitterMethods);
+const surfaceNames = new Set<string>();
+let prototypeCursor: any = stream;
+while (prototypeCursor !== null) {
+  for (const name of Object.getOwnPropertyNames(prototypeCursor)) {
+    if (expectedNames.has(name)) surfaceNames.add(name);
+  }
+  prototypeCursor = Object.getPrototypeOf(prototypeCursor);
+}
+
+stream._read();
+console.log("read-calls:" + stream.readCalls);
+console.log("surface:" + Array.from(surfaceNames).sort().join(","));
+console.log(emitterMethods.map((name) => `${name}:${typeof stream[name]}`).join(","));
+
+const calls: string[] = [];
+const watcher: any = new Watcher();
+watcher.once("ready", (): void => calls.push("watcher-ready"));
+watcher.emit("ready");
+console.log("watcher:" + watcher.marker());
+
+const persistent = (value: string): void => calls.push(`on:${value}`);
+stream
+  .on("entry", persistent)
+  .on("unused", (): void => calls.push("unused"))
+  .once("entry", (value: string): void => calls.push(`once:${value}`));
+stream.prependListener("entry", (value: string): void => calls.push(`prepend:${value}`));
+stream.prependOnceListener("entry", (value: string): void => calls.push(`prepend-once:${value}`));
+
+console.log("events-before:" + stream.eventNames().join(","));
+console.log("listeners-before:" + stream.listenerCount("entry"));
+console.log("emit-1:" + stream.emit("entry", "a"));
+console.log("emit-2:" + stream.emit("entry", "b"));
+stream.off("entry", persistent);
+console.log("listeners-after:" + stream.listenerCount("entry"));
+console.log("calls:" + calls.join(","));