diff --git a/test/parallel/test-debug-brk.js b/test/parallel/test-debug-brk.js
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+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const spawnSync = require('child_process').spawnSync;
+
+const args = [`--debug-brk=${common.PORT}`, `-e`, `0`];
+const proc = spawnSync(process.execPath, args, {encoding: 'utf8'});
+assert(/Debugger listening on/.test(proc.stderr));