diff --git a/src/node_main.cc b/src/node_main.cc
index dce72aff22f317..02082ba0169c83 100644
--- a/src/node_main.cc
+++ b/src/node_main.cc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ int wmain(int argc, wchar_t *wargv[]) {
   }
 
   // Convert argv to to UTF8
-  char** argv = new char*[argc];
+  char** argv = new char*[argc + 1];
   for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
     // Compute the size of the required buffer
     DWORD size = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8,
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ int wmain(int argc, wchar_t *wargv[]) {
       exit(1);
     }
   }
+  argv[argc] = nullptr;
   // Now that conversion is done, we can finally start.
   return node::Start(argc, argv);
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cli-eval.js b/test/parallel/test-cli-eval.js
index a58c023eb6d835..f22084bc690395 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cli-eval.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cli-eval.js
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ child.exec(nodejs + ' --eval "console.error(42)"',
         assert.equal(stderr, '');
       });
 
-  child.exec(cmd + "'[]'",
+  child.exec(cmd + "'[]'", common.mustCall(
       function(err, stdout, stderr) {
         assert.equal(stdout, '[]\n');
         assert.equal(stderr, '');
-      });
+      }));
 });
 
 // assert that module loading works
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ child.exec(nodejs + ' --eval "require(\'./test/parallel/test-cli-eval.js\')"',
       assert.equal(status.code, 42);
     });
 
+// Missing argument should not crash
+child.exec(nodejs + ' -e', common.mustCall(function(status, stdout, stderr) {
+  assert.notStrictEqual(status, null);
+  assert.strictEqual(status.code, 9);
+}));
+
 // empty program should do nothing
 child.exec(nodejs + ' -e ""', function(status, stdout, stderr) {
   assert.equal(stdout, '');