diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index 0a63f325c67098..036b561f9c2a94 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -40,8 +40,16 @@ function hasOwnProperty(obj, prop) {
 }
 
 
-// hack for require.resolve("./relative") to work properly.
-module.filename = path.resolve('repl');
+try {
+  // hack for require.resolve("./relative") to work properly.
+  module.filename = path.resolve('repl');
+} catch (e) {
+  // path.resolve('repl') fails when the current working directory has been
+  // deleted.  Fall back to the directory name of the (absolute) executable
+  // path.  It's not really correct but what are the alternatives?
+  const dirname = path.dirname(process.execPath);
+  module.filename = path.resolve(dirname, 'repl');
+}
 
 // hack for repl require to work properly with node_modules folders
 module.paths = require('module')._nodeModulePaths(module.filename);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cwd-enoent-repl.js b/test/parallel/test-cwd-enoent-repl.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..64538f80b963df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cwd-enoent-repl.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+var common = require('../common');
+var assert = require('assert');
+var fs = require('fs');
+var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+
+// Fails with EINVAL on SmartOS, EBUSY on Windows.
+if (process.platform === 'sunos' || process.platform === 'win32') {
+  console.log('1..0 # Skipped: cannot rmdir current working directory');
+  return;
+}
+
+var dirname = common.tmpDir + '/cwd-does-not-exist-' + process.pid;
+fs.mkdirSync(dirname);
+process.chdir(dirname);
+fs.rmdirSync(dirname);
+
+var proc = spawn(process.execPath, ['--interactive']);
+proc.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
+proc.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
+proc.stdin.write('require("path");\n');
+proc.stdin.write('process.exit(42);\n');
+
+proc.once('exit', common.mustCall(function(exitCode, signalCode) {
+  assert.equal(exitCode, 42);
+  assert.equal(signalCode, null);
+}));