diff --git a/src/env.cc b/src/env.cc
index 837a879864c46d..045f6242e9e49e 100644
--- a/src/env.cc
+++ b/src/env.cc
@@ -902,10 +902,11 @@ void Environment::InitializeLibuv() {
   StartProfilerIdleNotifier();
 }
 
-void Environment::ExitEnv() {
+void Environment::ExitEnv(StopFlags::Flags flags) {
   // Should not access non-thread-safe methods here.
   set_stopping(true);
-  isolate_->TerminateExecution();
+  if ((flags & StopFlags::kDoNotTerminateIsolate) == 0)
+    isolate_->TerminateExecution();
   SetImmediateThreadsafe([](Environment* env) {
     env->set_can_call_into_js(false);
     uv_stop(env->event_loop());
diff --git a/src/env.h b/src/env.h
index 673581fd0e2ef9..82f2dd1689114e 100644
--- a/src/env.h
+++ b/src/env.h
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ class Environment : public MemoryRetainer {
   void RegisterHandleCleanups();
   void CleanupHandles();
   void Exit(int code);
-  void ExitEnv();
+  void ExitEnv(StopFlags::Flags flags);
 
   // Register clean-up cb to be called on environment destruction.
   inline void RegisterHandleCleanup(uv_handle_t* handle,
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 7f84c6be74377d..e7724ba9c4155e 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -1231,7 +1231,11 @@ int Start(int argc, char** argv) {
 }
 
 int Stop(Environment* env) {
-  env->ExitEnv();
+  return Stop(env, StopFlags::kNoFlags);
+}
+
+int Stop(Environment* env, StopFlags::Flags flags) {
+  env->ExitEnv(flags);
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/node.h b/src/node.h
index 812c4943cdc7d7..02ce506e427251 100644
--- a/src/node.h
+++ b/src/node.h
@@ -274,6 +274,15 @@ enum Flags : uint64_t {
 // TODO(addaleax): Make this the canonical name, as it is more descriptive.
 namespace ProcessInitializationFlags = ProcessFlags;
 
+namespace StopFlags {
+enum Flags : uint32_t {
+  kNoFlags = 0,
+  // Do not explicitly terminate the Isolate
+  // when exiting the Environment.
+  kDoNotTerminateIsolate = 1 << 0,
+};
+}  // namespace StopFlags
+
 class NODE_EXTERN InitializationResult {
  public:
   virtual ~InitializationResult();
@@ -310,6 +319,7 @@ NODE_EXTERN int Start(int argc, char* argv[]);
 // Tear down Node.js while it is running (there are active handles
 // in the loop and / or actively executing JavaScript code).
 NODE_EXTERN int Stop(Environment* env);
+NODE_EXTERN int Stop(Environment* env, StopFlags::Flags flags);
 
 // This runs a subset of the initialization performed by
 // InitializeOncePerProcess(), which supersedes this function.