diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
index f9442be8ed164b..a4441ea31a9dc9 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ function getRunArgs(path, { forceExit,
   const nodeOptionsSet = new SafeSet(processNodeOptions);
   const unknownProcessExecArgv = ArrayPrototypeFilter(
     process.execArgv,
-    (arg) => !nodeOptionsSet.has(arg),
+    (arg, i, arr) => !nodeOptionsSet.has(arg) && filterExecArgv(arg, i, arr),
   );
   ArrayPrototypePushApply(runArgs, unknownProcessExecArgv);