diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index 28615b12fbba0b..80eb48e1e1dcf1 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -1220,6 +1220,7 @@ V8 options that are allowed are:
 <!-- node-options-v8 start -->
 * `--abort-on-uncaught-exception`
 * `--disallow-code-generation-from-strings`
+* `--huge-max-old-generation-size`
 * `--interpreted-frames-native-stack`
 * `--jitless`
 * `--max-old-space-size`
diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index b08060b3e5479e..3e78c65e5b9f1f 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -609,6 +609,11 @@ PerIsolateOptionsParser::PerIsolateOptionsParser(
             "disallow eval and friends",
             V8Option{},
             kAllowedInEnvironment);
+  AddOption("--huge-max-old-generation-size",
+             "increase default maximum heap size on machines with 16GB memory "
+             "or more",
+             V8Option{},
+             kAllowedInEnvironment);
   AddOption("--jitless",
              "disable runtime allocation of executable memory",
              V8Option{},
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
index 0bbe4c9eae1ba2..2fc22ca477ce94 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ if (common.hasCrypto) {
 // V8 options
 expect('--abort_on-uncaught_exception', 'B\n');
 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('--stack-trace-limit=100',