diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-service/bin/vue-cli-service.js b/packages/@vue/cli-service/bin/vue-cli-service.js
index 0bed6ac2eb..adfe811c3c 100755
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-service/bin/vue-cli-service.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-service/bin/vue-cli-service.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const { semver, error } = require('@vue/cli-shared-utils')
 const requiredVersion = require('../package.json').engines.node
 
-if (!semver.satisfies(process.version, requiredVersion)) {
+if (!semver.satisfies(process.version, requiredVersion, { includePrerelease: true })) {
   error(
     `You are using Node ${process.version}, but vue-cli-service ` +
     `requires Node ${requiredVersion}.\nPlease upgrade your Node version.`
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli/bin/vue.js b/packages/@vue/cli/bin/vue.js
index a94f643425..9dc3082aec 100755
--- a/packages/@vue/cli/bin/vue.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli/bin/vue.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const requiredVersion = require('../package.json').engines.node
 const leven = require('leven')
 
 function checkNodeVersion (wanted, id) {
-  if (!semver.satisfies(process.version, wanted)) {
+  if (!semver.satisfies(process.version, wanted, { includePrerelease: true })) {
     console.log(chalk.red(
       'You are using Node ' + process.version + ', but this version of ' + id +
       ' requires Node ' + wanted + '.\nPlease upgrade your Node version.'