diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 74c1abc60b16e..e081e041f5116 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
     "pixelmatch": "^4.0.2",
     "pngjs": "^5.0.0",
     "prettier": "^2.0.5",
+    "sinon": "^9.0.2",
     "text-diff": "^1.0.1",
     "typescript": "3.8.3"
   },
diff --git a/src/Launcher.ts b/src/Launcher.ts
index 49989911b5efc..be29f99719dc0 100644
--- a/src/Launcher.ts
+++ b/src/Launcher.ts
@@ -1027,6 +1027,15 @@ function Launcher(
       );
     case 'chrome':
     default:
+      if (typeof product !== 'undefined' && product !== 'chrome') {
+        /* The user gave us an incorrect product name
+         * we'll default to launching Chrome, but log to the console
+         * to let the user know (they've probably typoed).
+         */
+        console.warn(
+          `Warning: unknown product name ${product}. Falling back to chrome.`
+        );
+      }
       return new ChromeLauncher(
         projectRoot,
         preferredRevision,
diff --git a/test/launcher.spec.js b/test/launcher.spec.js
index afc645a238db2..20e694add43b2 100644
--- a/test/launcher.spec.js
+++ b/test/launcher.spec.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
 const os = require('os');
 const path = require('path');
+const sinon = require('sinon');
 const { helper } = require('../lib/helper');
 const rmAsync = helper.promisify(require('rimraf'));
 const mkdtempAsync = helper.promisify(fs.mkdtemp);
@@ -444,6 +445,19 @@ describe('Launcher specs', function () {
         expect(userAgent).toContain('Chrome');
       });
 
+      it('falls back to launching chrome if there is an unknown product but logs a warning', async () => {
+        const { puppeteer } = getTestState();
+        const consoleStub = sinon.stub(console, 'warn');
+        const browser = await puppeteer.launch({ product: 'SO_NOT_A_PRODUCT' });
+        const userAgent = await browser.userAgent();
+        await browser.close();
+        expect(userAgent).toContain('Chrome');
+        expect(consoleStub.callCount).toEqual(1);
+        expect(consoleStub.firstCall.args).toEqual([
+          'Warning: unknown product name SO_NOT_A_PRODUCT. Falling back to chrome.',
+        ]);
+      });
+
       /* We think there's a bug in the FF Windows launcher, or some
        * combo of that plus it running on CI, but we're deferring fixing
        * this so we can get Windows CI stable and then dig into this
diff --git a/test/mocha-utils.js b/test/mocha-utils.js
index 4db2b7dc68ce9..0dde207fd5f80 100644
--- a/test/mocha-utils.js
+++ b/test/mocha-utils.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const { TestServer } = require('../utils/testserver/index');
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const os = require('os');
+const sinon = require('sinon');
 const puppeteer = require('../');
 const utils = require('./utils');
 const { trackCoverage } = require('./coverage-utils');
@@ -169,3 +170,7 @@ after(async () => {
   await state.httpsServer.stop();
   state.httpsServer = null;
 });
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  sinon.restore();
+});