diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index 77973a543f0732..0c88eeca175358 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ Node options that are allowed are:
 - `--zero-fill-buffers`
 
 V8 options that are allowed are:
+- `--abort-on-uncaught-exception`
 - `--max_old_space_size`
 
 ### `NODE_PENDING_DEPRECATION=1`
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 70f5bbb3032115..944ba6deddd729 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -3766,6 +3766,7 @@ static void CheckIfAllowedInEnv(const char* exe, bool is_env,
     "--icu-data-dir",
 
     // V8 options
+    "--abort-on-uncaught-exception",
     "--max_old_space_size",
   };
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
index 8622dafbe10af3..558aae44ef3775 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ function disallow(opt) {
 
 const printA = require.resolve('../fixtures/printA.js');
 
+expect('--abort-on-uncaught-exception', 'B\n');
 expect(`-r ${printA}`, 'A\nB\n');
 expect('--no-deprecation', 'B\n');
 expect('--no-warnings', 'B\n');