diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index 2e8b5271b08d2c..af92173ee7e756 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -1929,6 +1929,7 @@ 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 98dc04a1039e32..6bc34f2270ae99 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ PerIsolateOptionsParser::PerIsolateOptionsParser(
             "help system profilers to translate JavaScript interpreted frames",
             V8Option{}, kAllowedInEnvironment);
   AddOption("--max-old-space-size", "", V8Option{}, kAllowedInEnvironment);
+  AddOption("--max-semi-space-size", "", V8Option{}, kAllowedInEnvironment);
   AddOption("--perf-basic-prof", "", V8Option{}, kAllowedInEnvironment);
   AddOption("--perf-basic-prof-only-functions",
             "",
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(); })();',