diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index 27e518d0f1f2d8..c8586ec64e3bb1 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace options_parser {
 // TODO(addaleax): Make that unnecessary.
 
 DebugOptionsParser::DebugOptionsParser() {
+#if HAVE_INSPECTOR
   AddOption("--inspect-port",
             "set host:port for inspector",
             &DebugOptions::host_port,
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ DebugOptionsParser::DebugOptionsParser() {
   AddOption("--debug-brk", "", &DebugOptions::break_first_line);
   Implies("--debug-brk", "--debug");
   AddAlias("--debug-brk=", { "--inspect-port", "--debug-brk" });
+#endif
 }
 
 DebugOptionsParser DebugOptionsParser::instance;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cli-bad-options.js b/test/parallel/test-cli-bad-options.js
index ebc434670ed4a7..7abd330aa4726d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cli-bad-options.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cli-bad-options.js
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const spawn = require('child_process').spawnSync;
 
-requiresArgument('--inspect-port');
-requiresArgument('--inspect-port=');
-requiresArgument('--debug-port');
-requiresArgument('--debug-port=');
+if (process.config.variables.v8_enable_inspector === 1) {
+  requiresArgument('--inspect-port');
+  requiresArgument('--inspect-port=');
+  requiresArgument('--debug-port');
+  requiresArgument('--debug-port=');
+}
 requiresArgument('--eval');
 
 function requiresArgument(option) {