diff --git a/src/node_util.cc b/src/node_util.cc
index f2c008c797d61b..6d20f636f0d25e 100644
--- a/src/node_util.cc
+++ b/src/node_util.cc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace util {
 
 using v8::ALL_PROPERTIES;
 using v8::Array;
+using v8::ArrayBufferView;
 using v8::Boolean;
 using v8::Context;
 using v8::Function;
@@ -174,6 +175,11 @@ void WatchdogHasPendingSigint(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   args.GetReturnValue().Set(ret);
 }
 
+void ArrayBufferViewHasBuffer(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
+  CHECK(args[0]->IsArrayBufferView());
+  args.GetReturnValue().Set(args[0].As<ArrayBufferView>()->HasBuffer());
+}
+
 void EnqueueMicrotask(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(args);
   Isolate* isolate = env->isolate();
@@ -254,6 +260,7 @@ void Initialize(Local<Object> target,
   env->SetMethodNoSideEffect(target, "watchdogHasPendingSigint",
                              WatchdogHasPendingSigint);
 
+  env->SetMethod(target, "arrayBufferViewHasBuffer", ArrayBufferViewHasBuffer);
   env->SetMethod(target, "enqueueMicrotask", EnqueueMicrotask);
   env->SetMethod(target, "triggerFatalException", FatalException);
   Local<Object> constants = Object::New(env->isolate());
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-buffer-backing-arraybuffer.js b/test/parallel/test-buffer-backing-arraybuffer.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e7e15c079e6332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-buffer-backing-arraybuffer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Flags: --expose-internals
+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { internalBinding } = require('internal/test/binding');
+const { arrayBufferViewHasBuffer } = internalBinding('util');
+
+const tests = [
+  { length: 0, expectOnHeap: true },
+  { length: 48, expectOnHeap: true },
+  { length: 96, expectOnHeap: false },
+  { length: 1024, expectOnHeap: false },
+];
+
+for (const { length, expectOnHeap } of tests) {
+  const arrays = [
+    new Uint8Array(length),
+    new Uint16Array(length / 2),
+    new Uint32Array(length / 4),
+    new Float32Array(length / 4),
+    new Float64Array(length / 8),
+    Buffer.alloc(length),
+    Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow(length)
+    // Buffer.allocUnsafe() is missing because it may use pooled allocations.
+  ];
+
+  for (const array of arrays) {
+    const isOnHeap = !arrayBufferViewHasBuffer(array);
+    assert.strictEqual(isOnHeap, expectOnHeap,
+                       `mismatch: ${isOnHeap} vs ${expectOnHeap} ` +
+                       `for ${array.constructor.name}, length = ${length}`);
+
+    // Consistency check: Accessing .buffer should create it.
+    array.buffer;
+    assert(arrayBufferViewHasBuffer(array));
+  }
+}