diff --git a/lib/internal/cluster/master.js b/lib/internal/cluster/master.js
index af421a04183ae8..839d6c4c313e9b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/cluster/master.js
+++ b/lib/internal/cluster/master.js
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function createWorkerProcess(id, env) {
 
   for (var i = 0; i < execArgv.length; i++) {
     const match = execArgv[i].match(
-      /^(--inspect|--inspect-(brk|port)|--debug|--debug-(brk|port))(=\d+)?$/
+      /^(--inspect|--inspect-(brk|port)|--debug|--debug-(brk|port))(=.*)?$/
     );
 
     if (match) {
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function createWorkerProcess(id, env) {
         ++debugPortOffset;
       }
 
-      execArgv[i] = match[1] + '=' + debugPort;
+      execArgv[i] = match[1] + '=' + process._debugHostname + ':' + debugPort;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index c241f734b28901..010ae36251d93c 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -3361,6 +3361,11 @@ void SetupProcessObject(Environment* env,
                              DebugPortSetter,
                              env->as_external()).FromJust());
 
+  READONLY_PROPERTY(process,
+                    "_debugHostname",
+                    OneByteString(env->isolate(),
+                    debug_options.host_name().c_str()));
+
   // define various internal methods
   env->SetMethod(process,
                  "_startProfilerIdleNotifier",
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cluster-inspector-debug-port.js b/test/parallel/test-cluster-inspector-debug-port.js
index 2b214c4ad26bd8..2c913ce140f286 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cluster-inspector-debug-port.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cluster-inspector-debug-port.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ if (cluster.isMaster) {
   fork(4, ['--inspect', `--debug-port=${debuggerPort}`]);
   fork(5, [`--inspect-port=${debuggerPort}`]);
   fork(6, ['--inspect', `--inspect-port=${debuggerPort}`]);
+  fork(7, [`--inspect=${common.localhostIPv4}:${debuggerPort}`]);
 } else {
   const hasDebugArg = process.execArgv.some(function(arg) {
     return /inspect/.test(arg);