diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
index d2b5335706e6e50..c6ef609fc967751 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@ function getRunArgs({ path, inspectPort }) {
   return argv;
 }
 
+function getNodeOptions(options) {
+  if (!options) {
+    return options;
+  }
+  return ArrayPrototypeFilter(options.split(' '), filterExecArgv).join(' ');
+}
+
 class FileTest extends Test {
   #buffer = [];
   #checkNestedComment({ comment }) {
@@ -231,6 +238,7 @@ function runTestFile(path, root, inspectPort, filesWatcher) {
     const args = getRunArgs({ path, inspectPort });
     const stdio = ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'];
     const env = { ...process.env };
+    env.NODE_OPTIONS = getNodeOptions(process.env.NODE_OPTIONS);
     if (filesWatcher) {
       stdio.push('ipc');
       env.WATCH_REPORT_DEPENDENCIES = '1';
diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index c1f97a5d9207eb8..37ff1a2239ddbe7 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -564,10 +564,12 @@ EnvironmentOptionsParser::EnvironmentOptionsParser() {
             &EnvironmentOptions::test_name_pattern);
   AddOption("--test-reporter",
             "report test output using the given reporter",
-            &EnvironmentOptions::test_reporter);
+            &EnvironmentOptions::test_reporter,
+            kAllowedInEnvvar);
   AddOption("--test-reporter-destination",
             "report given reporter to the given destination",
-            &EnvironmentOptions::test_reporter_destination);
+            &EnvironmentOptions::test_reporter_destination,
+            kAllowedInEnvvar);
   AddOption("--test-only",
             "run tests with 'only' option set",
             &EnvironmentOptions::test_only,