diff --git a/doc/api/test.md b/doc/api/test.md
index 583ef785b4194e..1dc4b9f4357ccf 100644
--- a/doc/api/test.md
+++ b/doc/api/test.md
@@ -1521,6 +1521,24 @@ Emitted when all subtests have completed for a given test.
 
 Emitted when a test starts.
 
+### Event: `'test:stderr'`
+
+* `data` {Object}
+  * `file` {string} The path of the test file.
+  * `message` {string} The message written to `stderr`.
+
+Emitted when a running test writes to `stderr`.
+This event is only emitted if `--test` flag is passed.
+
+### Event: `'test:stdout'`
+
+* `data` {Object}
+  * `file` {string} The path of the test file.
+  * `message` {string} The message written to `stdout`.
+
+Emitted when a running test writes to `stdout`.
+This event is only emitted if `--test` flag is passed.
+
 ## Class: `TestContext`
 
 <!-- YAML
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/spec.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/spec.js
index c57d84fc39343f..2410544d9736fe 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/spec.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/spec.js
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ class SpecReporter extends Transform {
       case 'test:start':
         ArrayPrototypeUnshift(this.#stack, { __proto__: null, data, type });
         break;
+      case 'test:stderr':
+      case 'test:stdout':
+        return `${data.message}\n`;
       case 'test:diagnostic':
         return `${colors[type]}${this.#indent(data.nesting)}${symbols[type]}${data.message}${white}\n`;
       case 'test:coverage':
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/tap.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/tap.js
index 01c7436c6a6b67..80289ef225788f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/tap.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/reporter/tap.js
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ async function * tapReporter(source) {
       case 'test:start':
         yield `${indent(data.nesting)}# Subtest: ${tapEscape(data.name)}\n`;
         break;
+      case 'test:stderr':
+      case 'test:stdout':
       case 'test:diagnostic':
         yield `${indent(data.nesting)}# ${tapEscape(data.message)}\n`;
         break;
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
index 056955f04566c3..f0b6d315b7c402 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/runner.js
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ class FileTest extends Test {
         const message = messages[i];
         this.addToReport({
           __proto__: null,
-          type: 'test:diagnostic',
-          data: { __proto__: null, nesting: 0, file: this.name, message },
+          type: 'test:stdout',
+          data: { __proto__: null, file: this.name, message },
         });
       }
     }
@@ -357,13 +357,12 @@ function runTestFile(path, root, inspectPort, filesWatcher, testNamePatterns) {
       }
 
       // stderr cannot be treated as TAP, per the spec. However, we want to
-      // surface stderr lines as TAP diagnostics to improve the DX. Inject
-      // each line into the test output as an unknown token as if it came
-      // from the TAP parser.
+      // surface stderr lines to improve the DX. Inject each line into the
+      // test output as an unknown token as if it came from the TAP parser.
       subtest.addToReport({
         __proto__: null,
-        type: 'test:diagnostic',
-        data: { __proto__: null, nesting: 0, file: path, message: line },
+        type: 'test:stderr',
+        data: { __proto__: null, file: path, message: line },
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/tests_stream.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/tests_stream.js
index 7640e6742c19ce..89fff7f28e586c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/tests_stream.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/tests_stream.js
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ class TestsStream extends Readable {
     this[kEmitMessage]('test:diagnostic', { __proto__: null, nesting, file, message });
   }
 
+  stderr(file, message) {
+    this[kEmitMessage]('test:stderr', { __proto__: null, file, message });
+  }
+
+  stdout(file, message) {
+    this[kEmitMessage]('test:stdout', { __proto__: null, file, message });
+  }
+
   coverage(nesting, file, summary) {
     this[kEmitMessage]('test:coverage', { __proto__: null, nesting, file, summary });
   }