diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 4835038134..d94125310c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -234,8 +234,12 @@ module.exports.node = (scriptPath, args, options = {}) => {
 	}
 
 	const stdio = normalizeStdio.node(options);
+	const defaultExecArgv = process.execArgv.filter(arg => !arg.startsWith('--inspect'));
 
-	const {nodePath = process.execPath, nodeOptions = process.execArgv} = options;
+	const {
+		nodePath = process.execPath,
+		nodeOptions = defaultExecArgv
+	} = options;
 
 	return execa(
 		nodePath,
diff --git a/test/node.js b/test/node.js
index 838ab5dbe4..51ca5576e3 100644
--- a/test/node.js
+++ b/test/node.js
@@ -5,6 +5,23 @@ import execa from '..';
 
 process.env.PATH = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures') + path.delimiter + process.env.PATH;
 
+async function inspectMacro(t, input) {
+	const originalArgv = process.execArgv;
+	process.execArgv = [input, '-e'];
+	try {
+		const subprocess = execa.node('console.log("foo")', {
+			reject: false
+		});
+
+		const {stdout, stderr} = await subprocess;
+
+		t.is(stdout, 'foo');
+		t.is(stderr, '');
+	} finally {
+		process.execArgv = originalArgv;
+	}
+}
+
 test('node()', async t => {
 	const {exitCode} = await execa.node('test/fixtures/noop');
 	t.is(exitCode, 0);
@@ -37,6 +54,43 @@ test('node pass on nodeOptions', async t => {
 	t.is(stdout, 'foo');
 });
 
+test.serial(
+	'node removes --inspect from nodeOptions when defined by parent process',
+	inspectMacro,
+	'--inspect'
+);
+
+test.serial(
+	'node removes --inspect=9222 from nodeOptions when defined by parent process',
+	inspectMacro,
+	'--inspect=9222'
+);
+
+test.serial(
+	'node removes --inspect-brk from nodeOptions when defined by parent process',
+	inspectMacro,
+	'--inspect-brk'
+);
+
+test.serial(
+	'node removes --inspect-brk=9222 from nodeOptions when defined by parent process',
+	inspectMacro,
+	'--inspect-brk=9222'
+);
+
+test.serial(
+	'node should not remove --inspect when passed through nodeOptions',
+	async t => {
+		const {stdout, stderr} = await execa.node('console.log("foo")', {
+			reject: false,
+			nodeOptions: ['--inspect', '-e']
+		});
+
+		t.is(stdout, 'foo');
+		t.true(stderr.includes('Debugger listening'));
+	}
+);
+
 test('node\'s forked script has a communication channel', async t => {
 	const subprocess = execa.node('test/fixtures/send');
 	subprocess.send('ping');