diff --git a/lib/console.js b/lib/console.js
index 665218c7b4d906..8783047bbbc0a2 100644
--- a/lib/console.js
+++ b/lib/console.js
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ function Console(stdout, stderr, ignoreErrors = true) {
   Object.defineProperty(this, '_stderrErrorHandler', prop);
 
   this[kCounts] = new Map();
+
+  Object.defineProperty(this, kGroupIndent, { writable: true });
   this[kGroupIndent] = '';
 
   // bind the prototype functions to this Console instance
@@ -85,7 +87,15 @@ function createWriteErrorHandler(stream) {
   };
 }
 
-function write(ignoreErrors, stream, string, errorhandler) {
+function write(ignoreErrors, stream, string, errorhandler, groupIndent) {
+  if (groupIndent.length !== 0) {
+    if (string.indexOf('\n') !== -1) {
+      string = string.replace(/\n/g, `\n${groupIndent}`);
+    }
+    string = groupIndent + string;
+  }
+  string += '\n';
+
   if (!ignoreErrors) return stream.write(string);
 
   // There may be an error occurring synchronously (e.g. for files or TTYs
@@ -114,8 +124,9 @@ function write(ignoreErrors, stream, string, errorhandler) {
 Console.prototype.log = function log(...args) {
   write(this._ignoreErrors,
         this._stdout,
-        `${this[kGroupIndent]}${util.format.apply(null, args)}\n`,
-        this._stdoutErrorHandler);
+        util.format.apply(null, args),
+        this._stdoutErrorHandler,
+        this[kGroupIndent]);
 };
 
 
@@ -125,8 +136,9 @@ Console.prototype.info = Console.prototype.log;
 Console.prototype.warn = function warn(...args) {
   write(this._ignoreErrors,
         this._stderr,
-        `${this[kGroupIndent]}${util.format.apply(null, args)}\n`,
-        this._stderrErrorHandler);
+        util.format.apply(null, args),
+        this._stderrErrorHandler,
+        this[kGroupIndent]);
 };
 
 
@@ -137,8 +149,9 @@ Console.prototype.dir = function dir(object, options) {
   options = Object.assign({customInspect: false}, options);
   write(this._ignoreErrors,
         this._stdout,
-        `${this[kGroupIndent]}${util.inspect(object, options)}\n`,
-        this._stdoutErrorHandler);
+        util.inspect(object, options),
+        this._stdoutErrorHandler,
+        this[kGroupIndent]);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-console-group.js b/test/parallel/test-console-group.js
index 8f7d84f2f17e99..8486d1a7ace367 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-console-group.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-console-group.js
@@ -109,3 +109,39 @@ function teardown() {
   assert.strictEqual(stderr, expectedErr);
   teardown();
 }
+
+// Check that multiline strings and object output are indented properly.
+{
+  setup();
+  const expectedOut = 'not indented\n' +
+                      '  indented\n' +
+                      '  also indented\n' +
+                      "  { also: 'a',\n" +
+                      "    multiline: 'object',\n" +
+                      "    should: 'be',\n" +
+                      "    indented: 'properly',\n" +
+                      "    kthx: 'bai' }\n";
+  const expectedErr = '';
+
+  c.log('not indented');
+  c.group();
+  c.log('indented\nalso indented');
+  c.log({ also: 'a',
+          multiline: 'object',
+          should: 'be',
+          indented: 'properly',
+          kthx: 'bai' });
+
+  assert.strictEqual(stdout, expectedOut);
+  assert.strictEqual(stderr, expectedErr);
+  teardown();
+}
+
+// Check that the kGroupIndent symbol property is not enumerable
+{
+  const keys = Reflect.ownKeys(console)
+                      .filter((val) => console.propertyIsEnumerable(val))
+                      .map((val) => val.toString());
+  assert(!keys.includes('Symbol(groupIndent)'),
+         'groupIndent should not be enumerable');
+}