diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index 9fa3463eda1d36..ae5ee435f9aa22 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -1945,6 +1945,7 @@ V8 options that are allowed are:
 * `--interpreted-frames-native-stack`
 * `--jitless`
 * `--max-old-space-size`
+* `--max-semi-space-size`
 * `--perf-basic-prof-only-functions`
 * `--perf-basic-prof`
 * `--perf-prof-unwinding-info`
diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index d3c493a36d5f89..7f44ed0bcd90e1 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -709,6 +709,7 @@ PerIsolateOptionsParser::PerIsolateOptionsParser(
             V8Option{},
             kAllowedInEnvvar);
   AddOption("--max-old-space-size", "", V8Option{}, kAllowedInEnvvar);
+  AddOption("--max-semi-space-size", "", V8Option{}, kAllowedInEnvvar);
   AddOption("--perf-basic-prof", "", V8Option{}, kAllowedInEnvvar);
   AddOption(
       "--perf-basic-prof-only-functions", "", V8Option{}, kAllowedInEnvvar);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
index 2d34a56e03c1a0..4d659a7b212441 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ expect('--disallow-code-generation-from-strings', 'B\n');
 expect('--huge-max-old-generation-size', 'B\n');
 expect('--jitless', 'B\n');
 expect('--max-old-space-size=0', 'B\n');
+expect('--max-semi-space-size=0', 'B\n');
 expect('--stack-trace-limit=100',
        /(\s*at f \(\[(eval|worker eval)\]:1:\d*\)\r?\n)/,
        '(function f() { f(); })();',