diff --git a/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.js b/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.js
index 0ef8c0a095..cb7a04e93f 100644
--- a/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.js
+++ b/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.js
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ if (program.eval || program.print) {
 
     // add back on node and concat the sliced args
     process.argv = ["node"].concat(args);
-    process.execArgv.unshift(__filename);
+    process.execArgv.push(__filename);
 
     Module.runMain();
   } else {
diff --git a/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/node-execArgv/in-files/payload.js b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/node-execArgv/in-files/payload.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fff3a8165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/node-execArgv/in-files/payload.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const cluster = require("cluster");
+console.log(typeof global.gc, cluster.isMaster);
+if (cluster.isMaster) {
+  cluster.fork();
+} else {
+  process.kill(process.pid);
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/node-execArgv/options.json b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/node-execArgv/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..381d53f1a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/node-execArgv/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "args": ["--expose_gc", "payload.js"],
+  "stdout": "function true\nfunction false"
+}