diff --git a/lib/internal/main/test_runner.js b/lib/internal/main/test_runner.js
index fda47897da9f06..9d446925c00b88 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/test_runner.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/test_runner.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ if (isUsingInspector() && options.isolation === 'process') {
 }
 
 options.globPatterns = ArrayPrototypeSlice(process.argv, 1);
+options.processExecArgv = process.execArgv;
 
 debug('test runner configuration:', options);
 run(options).on('test:summary', (data) => {
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
index d150943783e975..d018e6100602ef 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ function getRunArgs(path, { forceExit,
                             only,
                             argv: suppliedArgs,
                             execArgv,
+                            processExecArgv,
+                            globPatterns,
                             rerunFailuresFilePath,
                             randomize,
                             randomSeed,
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ function getRunArgs(path, { forceExit,
    */
   const nodeOptionsSet = new SafeSet(processNodeOptions);
   const unknownProcessExecArgv = ArrayPrototypeFilter(
-    process.execArgv,
+    processExecArgv,
     (arg) => !nodeOptionsSet.has(arg),
   );
   ArrayPrototypePushApply(runArgs, unknownProcessExecArgv);
@@ -245,7 +247,7 @@ function getRunArgs(path, { forceExit,
 
   if (path === kIsolatedProcessName) {
     ArrayPrototypePush(runArgs, '--test');
-    ArrayPrototypePushApply(runArgs, ArrayPrototypeSlice(process.argv, 1));
+    ArrayPrototypePushApply(runArgs, globPatterns);
   } else {
     ArrayPrototypePush(runArgs, path);
   }
@@ -723,6 +725,7 @@ function run(options = kEmptyObject) {
     randomSeed: suppliedRandomSeed,
     execArgv = [],
     argv = [],
+    processExecArgv = process.execArgv,
     cwd = process.cwd(),
     rerunFailuresFilePath,
     env,
@@ -981,6 +984,7 @@ function run(options = kEmptyObject) {
     isolation,
     argv,
     execArgv,
+    processExecArgv,
     rerunFailuresFilePath,
     env,
     workerIdPool: isolation === 'process' ? workerIdPool : null,
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-runner-run.mjs b/test/parallel/test-runner-run.mjs
index b6eb6b6af51877..d15f5b82ac96e1 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-runner-run.mjs
+++ b/test/parallel/test-runner-run.mjs
@@ -727,6 +727,28 @@ describe('require(\'node:test\').run', { concurrency: true }, () => {
         }));
     });
 
+    it('should accept processExecArgv option and default to process.execArgv', async () => {
+      const stream = run({
+        files: [join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior/test/random.cjs')],
+        processExecArgv: process.execArgv,
+      });
+      stream.on('test:fail', common.mustNotCall());
+      stream.on('test:pass', common.mustCall());
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+      for await (const _ of stream);
+    });
+
+    it('should accept empty processExecArgv', async () => {
+      const stream = run({
+        files: [join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior/test/random.cjs')],
+        processExecArgv: [],
+      });
+      stream.on('test:fail', common.mustNotCall());
+      stream.on('test:pass', common.mustCall());
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+      for await (const _ of stream);
+    });
+
     it('should pass instance of stream to setup', async () => {
       const stream = run({
         files: [join(testFixtures, 'default-behavior/test/random.cjs')],