diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index 54ede74e6e4..7ebfb084d76 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -278,6 +278,13 @@ added: v0.11.14
 
 Throw errors for deprecations.
 
+### `--title=title`
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+Set `process.title` on startup.
+
 ### `--tls-cipher-list=list`
 <!-- YAML
 added: v4.0.0
@@ -539,6 +546,7 @@ Node options that are allowed are:
 - `--redirect-warnings`
 - `--require`, `-r`
 - `--throw-deprecation`
+- `--title`
 - `--tls-cipher-list`
 - `--trace-deprecation`
 - `--trace-event-categories`
diff --git a/doc/node.1 b/doc/node.1
index ac3a8d48a89..31d39c22681 100644
--- a/doc/node.1
+++ b/doc/node.1
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ instead of printing to stderr.
 .It Fl -throw-deprecation
 Throw errors for deprecations.
 .
+.It Fl -title Ns = Ns Ar title
+Specify process.title on startup.
+.
 .It Fl -tls-cipher-list Ns = Ns Ar list
 Specify an alternative default TLS cipher list.
 Requires Node.js to be built with crypto support. (Default)
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 4fb793705bd..f9ac48c0770 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ std::string config_warning_file;  // NOLINT(runtime/string)
 // that is used by lib/internal/bootstrap/node.js
 bool config_expose_internals = false;
 
+std::string config_process_title;  // NOLINT(runtime/string)
+
 bool v8_initialized = false;
 
 bool linux_at_secure = false;
@@ -2521,6 +2523,7 @@ static void PrintHelp() {
          "                             write warnings to file instead of\n"
          "                             stderr\n"
          "  --throw-deprecation        throw an exception on deprecations\n"
+         "  --title=title              the process title to use on start up\n"
 #if HAVE_OPENSSL
          "  --tls-cipher-list=val      use an alternative default TLS cipher "
          "list\n"
@@ -2658,6 +2661,7 @@ static void CheckIfAllowedInEnv(const char* exe, bool is_env,
     "--redirect-warnings",
     "--require",
     "--throw-deprecation",
+    "--title",
     "--tls-cipher-list",
     "--trace-deprecation",
     "--trace-event-categories",
@@ -2828,6 +2832,8 @@ static void ParseArgs(int* argc,
     } else if (strncmp(arg, "--security-revert=", 18) == 0) {
       const char* cve = arg + 18;
       Revert(cve);
+    } else if (strncmp(arg, "--title=", 8) == 0) {
+      config_process_title = arg + 8;
     } else if (strcmp(arg, "--preserve-symlinks") == 0) {
       config_preserve_symlinks = true;
     } else if (strcmp(arg, "--preserve-symlinks-main") == 0) {
@@ -3319,6 +3325,10 @@ void Init(int* argc,
 
   ProcessArgv(argc, argv, exec_argc, exec_argv);
 
+  // Set the process.title immediately after processing argv if --title is set.
+  if (!config_process_title.empty())
+    uv_set_process_title(config_process_title.c_str());
+
 #if defined(NODE_HAVE_I18N_SUPPORT)
   // If the parameter isn't given, use the env variable.
   if (icu_data_dir.empty())
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-title-cli.js b/test/parallel/test-process-title-cli.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b6160fed1d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-title-cli.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Flags: --title=foo
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+
+if (common.isSunOS)
+  common.skip(`Unsupported platform [${process.platform}]`);
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+// Verifies that the --title=foo command line flag set the process
+// title on startup.
+assert.strictEqual(process.title, 'foo');