diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index a9941ea5d9a80a..56c4ea941ca65b 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ Node options that are allowed are:
 - `--zero-fill-buffers`
 
 V8 options that are allowed are:
+- `--abort-on-uncaught-exception`
 - `--max_old_space_size`
 
 
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index dd49482dd442a2..882c72a67eb330 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -3811,6 +3811,7 @@ static void CheckIfAllowedInEnv(const char* exe, bool is_env,
     "--icu-data-dir",
 
     // V8 options
+    "--abort-on-uncaught-exception",
     "--max_old_space_size",
   };
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
index eb53fa8f3db285..104473bfa69e34 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ function disallow(opt) {
 
 const printA = require.resolve('../fixtures/printA.js');
 
-expect('-r ' + printA, 'A\nB\n');
+expect(`-r ${printA}`, 'A\nB\n');
+expect('--abort-on-uncaught-exception', 'B\n');
 expect('--no-deprecation', 'B\n');
 expect('--no-warnings', 'B\n');
 expect('--trace-warnings', 'B\n');
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ if (common.hasCrypto) {
 }
 expect('--icu-data-dir=_d', 'B\n');
 
-    // V8 options
+// V8 options
 expect('--max_old_space_size=0', 'B\n');
 
 function expect(opt, want) {