diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-config.js b/test/parallel/test-process-config.js
index cd9462dd13f299..05616480e07861 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-config.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-config.js
@@ -20,21 +20,31 @@
 // USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 'use strict';
-require('../common');
+
+const common = require('../common');
+
+// Checks that the internal process.config is equivalent to the config.gypi file
+// created when we run configure.
+
 const assert = require('assert');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 
-// check for existence
+// Check for existence of `process.config`.
 assert(process.hasOwnProperty('config'));
 
-// ensure that `process.config` is an Object
+// Ensure that `process.config` is an Object.
 assert.strictEqual(Object(process.config), process.config);
 
 const configPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'config.gypi');
+
+if (!fs.existsSync(configPath)) {
+  common.skip('config.gypi does not exist.');
+}
+
 let config = fs.readFileSync(configPath, 'utf8');
 
-// clean up comment at the first line
+// Clean up comment at the first line.
 config = config.split('\n').slice(1).join('\n').replace(/'/g, '"');
 config = JSON.parse(config, function(key, value) {
   if (value === 'true') return true;
@@ -42,4 +52,13 @@ config = JSON.parse(config, function(key, value) {
   return value;
 });
 
-assert.deepStrictEqual(config, process.config);
+try {
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(config, process.config);
+} catch (e) {
+  // If the assert fails, it only shows 3 lines. We need all the output to
+  // compare.
+  console.log('config:', config);
+  console.log('process.config:', process.config);
+
+  throw e;
+}