diff --git a/packages/core/src/child-proxy/child-process-proxy.ts b/packages/core/src/child-proxy/child-process-proxy.ts
index 3f40c85f60..e5d141d708 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/child-proxy/child-process-proxy.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/child-proxy/child-process-proxy.ts
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ export default class ChildProcessProxy<T> implements Disposable {
     this.reportError(this.currentError);
 
     function processOutOfMemory() {
-      return output.includes('JavaScript heap out of memory');
+      return output.includes('JavaScript heap out of memory') || output.includes('FatalProcessOutOfMemory');
     }
 
     function stdoutAndStderr() {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/integration/child-proxy/child-process-proxy.it.spec.ts b/packages/core/test/integration/child-proxy/child-process-proxy.it.spec.ts
index 4e0c195a58..2d1b62f178 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/integration/child-proxy/child-process-proxy.it.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/integration/child-proxy/child-process-proxy.it.spec.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ describe(ChildProcessProxy.name, () => {
     log = currentLogMock();
     sut = ChildProcessProxy.create(require.resolve('./echo'), { port, level: LogLevel.Debug }, options, { name: echoName }, workingDir, Echo, [
       '--no-warnings', // test if node args are forwarded with this setting, see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_no_warnings
+      '--max-old-space-size=32', // reduce the amount of time we have to wait on the OOM test
     ]);
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/unit/child-proxy/child-process-proxy.spec.ts b/packages/core/test/unit/child-proxy/child-process-proxy.spec.ts
index 5eeec4bffa..86d93aa79b 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/unit/child-proxy/child-process-proxy.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/unit/child-proxy/child-process-proxy.spec.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
 import { LoggingClientContext } from '../../../src/logging';
 import { serialize } from '../../../src/utils/object-utils';
 import * as objectUtils from '../../../src/utils/object-utils';
+import OutOfMemoryError from '../../../src/child-proxy/out-of-memory-error';
 import currentLogMock from '../../helpers/log-mock';
 import { Mock } from '../../helpers/producers';
 
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ describe(ChildProcessProxy.name, () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('on close', () => {
+  describe('on unexpected close', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       sut = createSut();
     });
@@ -164,6 +165,34 @@ describe(ChildProcessProxy.name, () => {
       return expect(sut.proxy.say('')).rejected;
     });
 
+    it('should handle "JavaScript heap out of memory" as an OOM error', async () => {
+      // Arrange
+      childProcessMock.stderr.emit('data', 'some other output');
+      childProcessMock.stderr.emit('data', ' JavaScript ');
+      childProcessMock.stderr.emit('data', 'heap out of memory');
+      childProcessMock.stderr.emit('data', ' some more data"');
+
+      // Act
+      actClose(123);
+
+      // Assert
+      await expect(sut.proxy.say('')).rejectedWith(OutOfMemoryError);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle "FatalProcessOutOfMemory" as an OOM error', async () => {
+      // Arrange
+      childProcessMock.stderr.emit(
+        'data',
+        '3: 0xb797be v8::Utils::ReportOOMFailure(v8::internal::Isolate*, char const*, bool) [/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/14.15.4/x64/bin/node]\n\t 4: 0xb79b37 v8::internal::V8::FatalProcessOutOfMemory(v8::internal::Isolate*, char const*, bool) [/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/14.15.4/x64/bin/node]\n\t 5: 0xd343c5  [/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/14.15.4/x64/bin/node]\n\t 6: 0xd34f4f  [/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/14.15.4/x64/bin/node]\n\t 7: 0xd42fdb v8::internal::Heap::CollectGarbage(v8::internal::AllocationSpace, v8::internal::GarbageCollectionReason, v8::GCCallbackFlags) [/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/14.15.4/x64/bin/node]\n\t 8: 0xd457ae v8::internal::Heap::CollectAllAvailableGarbage(v8::internal::GarbageCollectionReason) [/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/14.15.4/x64/bin/node]\n\t 9: 0xd46beb v8::internal::Heap::AllocateRawWithRetryOrFailSlowPath(int, v8::internal::AllocationType, v8::internal::AllocationOrigin, v8::internal::AllocationAlignment) [/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/14.15.4/x64/bin/node]\n\t10: 0xd0c4a2 v8::internal::Factory::AllocateRaw(int, v8::internal::AllocationType, v8::internal::AllocationAlignment) [/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/14.15.4/x64/bin/node]\n\t11: 0xd086f2 v8::internal::FactoryBase<v8::internal::Factory>::AllocateRawArray(int, v8::internal::AllocationType) [/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/14.15.4/x64/bin/node]\n\t12: 0xd087a4 v8::internal::FactoryBase<v8::internal::Factory>::NewFixedArrayWithFiller(v8::internal::Handle<v8::internal::Map>, int, v8::internal::Handle<v8::internal::Oddball>, v8::internal::AllocationType) [/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/14.15.4/x64/bin/node]\n\t13: 0xe9568e  [/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/14.15.4/x64/bin/node]\n\t14: 0xe957da  [/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/14.15.4/x64/bin/node]\n\t15: 0x1032b83 v8::internal::Runtime_GrowArrayElements(int, unsigned long*, v8::internal::Isolate*) [/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/14.15.4/x64/bin/node]\n\t16: 0x14011f9  [/opt/hostedtoolcache/node/14.15.4/x64/bin/node]\n\t'
+      );
+
+      // Act
+      actClose(123);
+
+      // Assert
+      await expect(sut.proxy.say('')).rejectedWith(OutOfMemoryError);
+    });
+
     function actClose(code = 1, signal = 'SIGINT') {
       childProcessMock.emit('close', code, signal);
     }