diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 783962d192f5f0..779ad624e195f2 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -358,6 +358,17 @@ MaybeLocal<Value> RunBootstrapping(Environment* env) {
           .IsNothing())
     return MaybeLocal<Value>();
 
+  // Make sure that no request or handle is created during bootstrap -
+  // if necessary those should be done in pre-exeuction.
+  // TODO(joyeecheung): print requests before aborting
+  if (env->event_loop()->active_handles > 0) {
+    PrintLibuvHandleInformation(env->event_loop(), stderr);
+    CHECK_EQ(env->event_loop()->active_handles, 0);
+  }
+  CHECK(env->req_wrap_queue()->IsEmpty());
+  CHECK(env->handle_wrap_queue()->IsEmpty());
+  CHECK_EQ(env->event_loop()->active_reqs.count, 0);
+
   env->set_has_run_bootstrapping_code(true);
 
   return scope.EscapeMaybe(result);