diff --git a/test/common/index.js b/test/common/index.js
index a5ca4cec576e74..acade1d858152c 100644
--- a/test/common/index.js
+++ b/test/common/index.js
@@ -801,7 +801,12 @@ function hijackStdWritable(name, listener) {
 
   stream.writeTimes = 0;
   stream.write = function(data, callback) {
-    listener(data);
+    try {
+      listener(data);
+    } catch (e) {
+      process.nextTick(() => { throw e; });
+    }
+
     _write.call(stream, data, callback);
     stream.writeTimes++;
   };
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-common.js b/test/parallel/test-common.js
index 7fee3e0b841437..647c39d939f2aa 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-common.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-common.js
@@ -108,3 +108,26 @@ const HIJACK_TEST_ARRAY = [ 'foo\n', 'bar\n', 'baz\n' ];
   common[`restoreStd${txt}`]();
   assert.strictEqual(originalWrite, stream.write);
 });
+
+// hijackStderr and hijackStdout again
+// for console
+[[ 'err', 'error' ], [ 'out', 'log' ]].forEach(([ type, method ]) => {
+  common[`hijackStd${type}`](common.mustCall(function(data) {
+    assert.strictEqual(data, 'test\n');
+
+    // throw an error
+    throw new Error(`console ${type} error`);
+  }));
+
+  console[method]('test');
+  common[`restoreStd${type}`]();
+});
+
+let uncaughtTimes = 0;
+process.on('uncaughtException', common.mustCallAtLeast(function(e) {
+  assert.strictEqual(uncaughtTimes < 2, true);
+  assert.strictEqual(e instanceof Error, true);
+  assert.strictEqual(
+    e.message,
+    `console ${([ 'err', 'out' ])[uncaughtTimes++]} error`);
+}, 2));