diff --git a/lib/internal/assert.js b/lib/internal/assert.js
index 829f6663191dff..29769fc5617b95 100644
--- a/lib/internal/assert.js
+++ b/lib/internal/assert.js
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ function inspectValue(val) {
       breakLength: Infinity,
       // Assert does not detect proxies currently.
       showProxy: false,
-      sorted: true
+      sorted: true,
+      // Inspect getters as we also check them when comparing entries.
+      getters: true
     }
   );
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-assert-deep.js b/test/parallel/test-assert-deep.js
index c1e8c2f246663b..ceb17bdf56364d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-assert-deep.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-assert-deep.js
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ function re(literals, ...values) {
       customInspect: false,
       maxArrayLength: Infinity,
       breakLength: Infinity,
-      sorted: true
+      sorted: true,
+      getters: true
     });
     // Need to escape special characters.
     result += str;
@@ -1049,3 +1050,24 @@ assert.throws(
   });
   assertDeepAndStrictEqual(a, b);
 }
+
+// Check getters.
+{
+  const a = {
+    get a() { return 5; }
+  };
+  const b = {
+    get a() { return 6; }
+  };
+  assert.throws(
+    () => assert.deepStrictEqual(a, b),
+    {
+      code: 'ERR_ASSERTION',
+      name: 'AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]',
+      message: /a: \[Getter: 5]\n-   a: \[Getter: 6]\n  /
+    }
+  );
+
+  // The descriptor is not compared.
+  assertDeepAndStrictEqual(a, { a: 5 });
+}