diff --git a/lib/internal/inspector/_inspect.js b/lib/internal/debugger/_inspect.js
similarity index 98%
rename from lib/internal/inspector/_inspect.js
rename to lib/internal/debugger/_inspect.js
index 526545d3abc761..c8e38512bb8297 100644
--- a/lib/internal/inspector/_inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/debugger/_inspect.js
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ const console = require('internal/console/global');
 
 const { 0: InspectClient, 1: createRepl } =
     [
-      require('internal/inspector/inspect_client'),
-      require('internal/inspector/inspect_repl'),
+      require('internal/debugger/inspect_client'),
+      require('internal/debugger/inspect_repl'),
     ];
 
 const debuglog = util.debuglog('inspect');
diff --git a/lib/internal/inspector/inspect_client.js b/lib/internal/debugger/inspect_client.js
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/internal/inspector/inspect_client.js
rename to lib/internal/debugger/inspect_client.js
diff --git a/lib/internal/inspector/inspect_repl.js b/lib/internal/debugger/inspect_repl.js
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/internal/inspector/inspect_repl.js
rename to lib/internal/debugger/inspect_repl.js
diff --git a/lib/internal/main/inspect.js b/lib/internal/main/inspect.js
index 10e7cbf2c2b48a..731ff1cd0dc7f0 100644
--- a/lib/internal/main/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/main/inspect.js
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ markBootstrapComplete();
 
 // Start the debugger agent.
 process.nextTick(() => {
-  require('internal/inspector/_inspect').start();
+  require('internal/debugger/_inspect').start();
 });
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index ce902069ed6bac..8ba0dfebe890e8 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@
       'lib/internal/crypto/sig.js',
       'lib/internal/crypto/util.js',
       'lib/internal/constants.js',
+      'lib/internal/debugger/_inspect.js',
+      'lib/internal/debugger/inspect_client.js',
+      'lib/internal/debugger/inspect_repl.js',
       'lib/internal/dgram.js',
       'lib/internal/dns/promises.js',
       'lib/internal/dns/utils.js',
@@ -148,9 +151,6 @@
       'lib/internal/heap_utils.js',
       'lib/internal/histogram.js',
       'lib/internal/idna.js',
-      'lib/internal/inspector/_inspect.js',
-      'lib/internal/inspector/inspect_client.js',
-      'lib/internal/inspector/inspect_repl.js',
       'lib/internal/inspector_async_hook.js',
       'lib/internal/js_stream_socket.js',
       'lib/internal/linkedlist.js',