diff --git a/lib/console.js b/lib/console.js
index 32713ec5556d03..179acc4a504c9e 100644
--- a/lib/console.js
+++ b/lib/console.js
@@ -132,7 +132,10 @@ function Console(options /* or: stdout, stderr, ignoreErrors = true */) {
   var keys = Object.keys(Console.prototype);
   for (var v = 0; v < keys.length; v++) {
     var k = keys[v];
-    this[k] = Console.prototype[k].bind(this);
+    // We have to bind the methods grabbed from the instance instead of from
+    // the prototype so that users extending the Console can override them
+    // from the prototype chain of the subclass.
+    this[k] = this[k].bind(this);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-console-instance.js b/test/parallel/test-console-instance.js
index 0f1453cb8d0d4b..127e59e6e5b981 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-console-instance.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-console-instance.js
@@ -105,10 +105,16 @@ out.write = err.write = (d) => {};
 {
   class MyConsole extends Console {
     hello() {}
+    // See if the methods on Console.prototype are overridable.
+    log() { return 'overridden'; }
   }
   const myConsole = new MyConsole(process.stdout);
   assert.strictEqual(typeof myConsole.hello, 'function');
   assert.ok(myConsole instanceof Console);
+  assert.strictEqual(myConsole.log(), 'overridden');
+
+  const log = myConsole.log;
+  assert.strictEqual(log(), 'overridden');
 }
 
 // Instance that does not ignore the stream errors.