diff --git a/lib/internal/event_target.js b/lib/internal/event_target.js
index 0f9a896396f79c..f0bcf032d0f07f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/event_target.js
+++ b/lib/internal/event_target.js
@@ -482,6 +482,10 @@ class EventTarget {
     }
     type = String(type);
 
+    if (signal === null) {
+      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('options.signal', 'AbortSignal', signal);
+    }
+
     if (signal) {
       if (signal.aborted) {
         return;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-eventtarget-whatwg-signal.js b/test/parallel/test-eventtarget-whatwg-signal.js
index dfe5810180d90e..125d62f52d30de 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-eventtarget-whatwg-signal.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-eventtarget-whatwg-signal.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ require('../common');
 
 const {
   strictEqual,
+  throws
 } = require('assert');
 
 // Manually ported from: wpt@dom/events/AddEventListenerOptions-signal.any.js
@@ -157,3 +158,7 @@ const {
   }, { once: true });
   et.dispatchEvent(new Event('foo'));
 }
+{
+  const et = new EventTarget();
+  throws(() => et.addEventListener('foo', () => {}, {signal: null}));
+}