diff --git a/lib/_debugger.js b/lib/_debugger.js
index 2ccbc5e6607379..32820803071c1c 100644
--- a/lib/_debugger.js
+++ b/lib/_debugger.js
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ function Interface(stdin, stdout, args) {
   // Run script automatically
   this.pause();
 
-  setImmediate(() => { this.run(); });
+  setImmediate(() => { this.run(() => this.resume()); });
 }
 
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-debug-prompt.js b/test/parallel/test-debug-prompt.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fdc3b4c27f4d45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-debug-prompt.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const common = require('../common');
+const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+
+const proc = spawn(process.execPath, ['debug', 'foo']);
+proc.stdout.setEncoding('utf8');
+
+proc.stdout.once('data', common.mustCall((data) => {
+  assert.strictEqual(data, 'debug> ');
+  proc.kill();
+}));