diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-execve-no-args.js b/test/parallel/test-process-execve-no-args.js
index 908512622cf00f..902f250037b428 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-execve-no-args.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-execve-no-args.js
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ if (!existsSync(executable)) {
   skip(executable + ' binary is not available');
 }
 
-process.execve(executable);
+// The binary may need `LD_LIBRARY_PATH` or equivalent set to run.
+// The assumption here is that if `node` was configured to link to
+// any external libraries then the test binary was as well.
+if (process.config.target_defaults.libraries.length > 0) {
+  process.execve(executable, undefined, process.env);
+} else {
+  process.execve(executable);
+}
 // If process.execve succeeds, this should never be executed.
 fail('process.execve failed');