diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 1f1605e45faa93..d16372937de3ff 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -3989,7 +3989,7 @@ static void CheckIfAllowedInEnv(const char* exe, bool is_env,
     "--trace-sync-io",
     "--force-async-hooks-checks",
     "--trace-events-enabled",
-    "--trace-events-categories",
+    "--trace-event-categories",
     "--track-heap-objects",
     "--zero-fill-buffers",
     "--v8-pool-size",
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
index 94cf6ca5fbcdab..d95ea98ca698a6 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ expect('--track-heap-objects', 'B\n');
 expect('--throw-deprecation', 'B\n');
 expect('--zero-fill-buffers', 'B\n');
 expect('--v8-pool-size=10', 'B\n');
+expect('--trace-event-categories node', 'B\n');
 
 if (common.hasCrypto) {
   expect('--use-openssl-ca', 'B\n');