diff --git a/lib/internal/webstorage.js b/lib/internal/webstorage.js
index cf8820bda0c..10ecef7db69 100644
--- a/lib/internal/webstorage.js
+++ b/lib/internal/webstorage.js
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ const { hasInspector } = internalBinding('config');
 const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
 const { kConstructorKey, Storage } = internalBinding('webstorage');
 const { getValidatedPath } = require('internal/fs/utils');
+const {
+  addAfterUserSerializeCallback,
+  namespace: { isBuildingSnapshot },
+  throwIfBuildingSnapshot,
+} = require('internal/v8/startup_snapshot');
 const kInMemoryPath = ':memory:';
 
 module.exports = { Storage };
@@ -14,12 +19,19 @@ let lazyLocalStorage;
 let lazySessionStorage;
 let lazyInspectorStorage;
 let localStorageWarned = false;
+if (isBuildingSnapshot()) {
+  // User serialize callbacks can still read localStorage.
+  addAfterUserSerializeCallback(() => {
+    localStorageWarned = false;
+  });
+}
 
-// Check at load time if localStorage file is provided to determine enumerability.
-// If not provided, localStorage is non-enumerable to avoid breaking {...globalThis}.
-const localStorageLocation = getOptionValue('--localstorage-file');
-const experimentalStorageInspection =
-  hasInspector && getOptionValue('--experimental-storage-inspection');
+// This module can be loaded while building a startup snapshot and then run
+// with different options, so the getters read the options when they are
+// called instead of at load time.
+function isStorageInspectionEnabled() {
+  return hasInspector && getOptionValue('--experimental-storage-inspection');
+}
 
 function getInspectorStorage() {
   if (lazyInspectorStorage === undefined) {
@@ -33,9 +45,11 @@ ObjectDefineProperties(module.exports, {
   localStorage: {
     __proto__: null,
     configurable: true,
-    enumerable: localStorageLocation !== '',
+    // If no file is provided, localStorage is non-enumerable to avoid breaking {...globalThis}.
+    enumerable: getOptionValue('--localstorage-file') !== '',
     get() {
       if (lazyLocalStorage === undefined) {
+        const localStorageLocation = getOptionValue('--localstorage-file');
         if (localStorageLocation === '') {
           if (!localStorageWarned) {
             localStorageWarned = true;
@@ -47,7 +61,8 @@ ObjectDefineProperties(module.exports, {
           return undefined;
         }
 
-        if (experimentalStorageInspection) {
+        throwIfBuildingSnapshot('localStorage');
+        if (isStorageInspectionEnabled()) {
           const { InspectorLocalStorage } = getInspectorStorage();
           lazyLocalStorage = new InspectorLocalStorage(kConstructorKey, getValidatedPath(localStorageLocation), true);
         } else {
@@ -63,7 +78,8 @@ ObjectDefineProperties(module.exports, {
     enumerable: true,
     get() {
       if (lazySessionStorage === undefined) {
-        if (experimentalStorageInspection) {
+        throwIfBuildingSnapshot('sessionStorage');
+        if (isStorageInspectionEnabled()) {
           const { InspectorSessionStorage } = getInspectorStorage();
           lazySessionStorage = new InspectorSessionStorage(kConstructorKey, kInMemoryPath, false);
         } else {
diff --git a/src/node_external_reference.h b/src/node_external_reference.h
index abdf6a36cbc..1be7bab3ebf 100644
--- a/src/node_external_reference.h
+++ b/src/node_external_reference.h
@@ -145,12 +145,19 @@ class ExternalReferenceRegistry {
 #define EXTERNAL_REFERENCE_BINDING_LIST_QUIC(V)
 #endif
 
+#if HAVE_SQLITE
+#define EXTERNAL_REFERENCE_BINDING_LIST_SQLITE(V) V(webstorage)
+#else
+#define EXTERNAL_REFERENCE_BINDING_LIST_SQLITE(V)
+#endif  // HAVE_SQLITE
+
 #define EXTERNAL_REFERENCE_BINDING_LIST(V)                                     \
   EXTERNAL_REFERENCE_BINDING_LIST_BASE(V)                                      \
   EXTERNAL_REFERENCE_BINDING_LIST_INSPECTOR(V)                                 \
   EXTERNAL_REFERENCE_BINDING_LIST_I18N(V)                                      \
   EXTERNAL_REFERENCE_BINDING_LIST_CRYPTO(V)                                    \
-  EXTERNAL_REFERENCE_BINDING_LIST_QUIC(V)
+  EXTERNAL_REFERENCE_BINDING_LIST_QUIC(V)                                      \
+  EXTERNAL_REFERENCE_BINDING_LIST_SQLITE(V)
 
 }  // namespace node
 
diff --git a/src/node_webstorage.cc b/src/node_webstorage.cc
index 204fd463126..ccfcaf7db6c 100644
--- a/src/node_webstorage.cc
+++ b/src/node_webstorage.cc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "memory_tracker-inl.h"
 #include "node.h"
 #include "node_errors.h"
+#include "node_external_reference.h"
 #include "node_mem-inl.h"
 #include "path.h"
 #include "simdutf.h"
@@ -813,7 +814,30 @@ static void Initialize(Local<Object> target,
       .Check();
 }
 
+static void RegisterExternalReferences(ExternalReferenceRegistry* registry) {
+  registry->Register(Storage::New);
+  registry->Register(StorageGetter);
+  registry->Register(StorageSetter);
+  registry->Register(StorageQuery);
+  registry->Register(StorageDeleter);
+  registry->Register(StorageEnumerator);
+  registry->Register(StorageDefiner);
+  registry->Register(IndexedGetter);
+  registry->Register(IndexedSetter);
+  registry->Register(IndexedQuery);
+  registry->Register(IndexedDeleter);
+  registry->Register(IndexedDefiner);
+  registry->Register(StorageLengthGetter);
+  registry->Register(Clear);
+  registry->Register(GetItem);
+  registry->Register(Key);
+  registry->Register(RemoveItem);
+  registry->Register(SetItem);
+}
+
 }  // namespace webstorage
 }  // namespace node
 
 NODE_BINDING_CONTEXT_AWARE_INTERNAL(webstorage, node::webstorage::Initialize)
+NODE_BINDING_EXTERNAL_REFERENCE(webstorage,
+                                node::webstorage::RegisterExternalReferences)
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-snapshot-webstorage.js b/test/parallel/test-snapshot-webstorage.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14ab41cfc71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-snapshot-webstorage.js
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// Tests that web storage can be touched by a snapshot builder script: the
+// binding can be serialized, creating a Storage is rejected with an error, and
+// the options passed after deserialization are honored.
+
+const common = require('../common');
+common.skipIfSQLiteMissing();
+const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+const {
+  spawnSyncAndAssert,
+  spawnSyncAndExitWithoutError,
+} = require('../common/child_process');
+
+tmpdir.refresh();
+const blobPath = tmpdir.resolve('snapshot.blob');
+
+for (const [name, args] of [
+  ['localStorage', [`--localstorage-file=${tmpdir.resolve('build.db')}`]],
+  ['sessionStorage', []],
+]) {
+  const entry = tmpdir.resolve(`${name}.js`);
+  fs.writeFileSync(entry, `globalThis.${name};\n`);
+  spawnSyncAndAssert(process.execPath, [
+    ...args,
+    '--snapshot-blob',
+    blobPath,
+    '--build-snapshot',
+    entry,
+  ], {
+    cwd: tmpdir.path,
+  }, {
+    status: 1,
+    stderr: new RegExp(
+      `ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED_IN_SNAPSHOT.*${name} is not supported in startup snapshot`, 's'),
+  });
+  assert(!fs.existsSync(blobPath));
+}
+
+{
+  const entry = tmpdir.resolve('no-file.js');
+  fs.writeFileSync(entry, `
+    const { startupSnapshot } = require('v8');
+    if (globalThis.localStorage !== undefined) throw new Error('unexpected');
+    // Registered after the web storage module has registered its own.
+    startupSnapshot.addSerializeCallback(() => globalThis.localStorage);
+    startupSnapshot.setDeserializeMainFunction(() => {
+      localStorage?.setItem('local', 'a');
+      sessionStorage.setItem('session', 'b');
+      console.log(localStorage?.getItem('local'), sessionStorage.getItem('session'));
+    });
+  `);
+  spawnSyncAndExitWithoutError(process.execPath, [
+    '--snapshot-blob',
+    blobPath,
+    '--build-snapshot',
+    entry,
+  ], {
+    cwd: tmpdir.path,
+  });
+
+  spawnSyncAndAssert(process.execPath, [
+    `--localstorage-file=${tmpdir.resolve('run.db')}`,
+    '--snapshot-blob',
+    blobPath,
+  ], {
+    cwd: tmpdir.path,
+  }, {
+    stdout: 'a b',
+    trim: true,
+  });
+
+  // The warning from the build is not carried over into the snapshot.
+  spawnSyncAndAssert(process.execPath, [
+    '--snapshot-blob',
+    blobPath,
+  ], {
+    cwd: tmpdir.path,
+  }, {
+    stdout: 'undefined b',
+    stderr: /localStorage is not available because --localstorage-file was not provided/,
+    trim: true,
+  });
+}