diff --git a/spec/node-spec.js b/spec/node-spec.js
index 678b8e9490f..886ad3d35bf 100644
--- a/spec/node-spec.js
+++ b/spec/node-spec.js
@@ -104,8 +104,16 @@ describe('node feature', function () {
     })
 
     describe('child_process.spawn', function () {
+      let child
+
+      afterEach(function () {
+        if (child != null) {
+          child.kill()
+        }
+      })
+
       it('supports spawning Electron as a node process via the ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE env var', function (done) {
-        const child = ChildProcess.spawn(process.execPath, [path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'module', 'run-as-node.js')], {
+        child = ChildProcess.spawn(process.execPath, [path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'module', 'run-as-node.js')], {
           env: {
             ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE: true
           }
@@ -124,6 +132,27 @@ describe('node feature', function () {
           done()
         })
       })
+
+      it('supports starting the v8 inspector with --inspect/--inspect-brk', function (done) {
+        child = ChildProcess.spawn(process.execPath, ['--inspect-brk', path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'module', 'run-as-node.js')], {
+          env: {
+            ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE: true
+          }
+        })
+
+        let output = ''
+        child.stderr.on('data', function (data) {
+          output += data
+
+          if (output.trim().startsWith('Debugger listening on port')) {
+            done()
+          }
+        })
+
+        child.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
+          done(new Error(`Unexpected output: ${data.toString()}`))
+        })
+      })
     })
   })