diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index 20cce214dbb113..dde68e041f464f 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -401,13 +401,12 @@
 parser.add_option('--use-largepages',
     action='store_true',
     dest='node_use_large_pages',
-    help='build with Large Pages support. This feature is supported only on Linux kernel' +
-         '>= 2.6.38 with Transparent Huge pages enabled and FreeBSD')
+    help='This option has no effect. --use-largepages is now a runtime option.')
 
 parser.add_option('--use-largepages-script-lld',
     action='store_true',
     dest='node_use_large_pages_script_lld',
-    help='link against the LLVM ld linker script. Implies -fuse-ld=lld in the linker flags')
+    help='This option has no effect. --use-largepages is now a runtime option.')
 
 intl_optgroup.add_option('--with-intl',
     action='store',
@@ -1041,27 +1040,12 @@ def configure_node(o):
   else:
     o['variables']['node_use_dtrace'] = 'false'
 
-  if options.node_use_large_pages and not flavor in ('linux', 'freebsd', 'mac'):
-    raise Exception(
-      'Large pages are supported only on Linux, FreeBSD and MacOS Systems.')
-  if options.node_use_large_pages and flavor in ('linux', 'freebsd', 'mac'):
-    if options.shared or options.enable_static:
-      raise Exception(
-        'Large pages are supported only while creating node executable.')
-    if target_arch!="x64":
-      raise Exception(
-        'Large pages are supported only x64 platform.')
-    if flavor == 'mac':
-      info('macOS server with 32GB or more is recommended')
-    if flavor == 'linux':
-      # Example full version string: 2.6.32-696.28.1.el6.x86_64
-      FULL_KERNEL_VERSION=os.uname()[2]
-      KERNEL_VERSION=FULL_KERNEL_VERSION.split('-')[0]
-      if KERNEL_VERSION < "2.6.38" and flavor == 'linux':
-        raise Exception(
-          'Large pages need Linux kernel version >= 2.6.38')
-  o['variables']['node_use_large_pages'] = b(options.node_use_large_pages)
-  o['variables']['node_use_large_pages_script_lld'] = b(options.node_use_large_pages_script_lld)
+  if options.node_use_large_pages or options.node_use_large_pages_script_lld:
+    warn('''The `--use-largepages` and `--use-largepages-script-lld` options
+         have no effect during build time. Support for mapping to large pages is
+         now a runtime option of Node.js. Run `node --use-largepages` or add
+         `--use-largepages` to the `NODE_OPTIONS` environment variable once
+         Node.js is built to enable mapping to large pages.''')
 
   if options.no_ifaddrs:
     o['defines'] += ['SUNOS_NO_IFADDRS']
diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index f9eb87e2b7081c..61124c75e23958 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -833,6 +833,22 @@ environment variables.
 
 See `SSL_CERT_DIR` and `SSL_CERT_FILE`.
 
+### `--use-largepages=mode`
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+Re-map the Node.js static code to large memory pages at startup. If supported on
+the target system, this will cause the Node.js static code to be moved onto 2
+MiB pages instead of 4 KiB pages.
+
+The following values are valid for `mode`:
+* `off`: No mapping will be attempted. This is the default.
+* `on`: If supported by the OS, mapping will be attempted. Failure to map will
+  be ignored and a message will be printed to standard error.
+* `silent`: If supported by the OS, mapping will be attempted. Failure to map
+  will be ignored and will not be reported.
+
 ### `--v8-options`
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.3
@@ -1085,6 +1101,7 @@ Node.js options that are allowed are:
 * `--track-heap-objects`
 * `--unhandled-rejections`
 * `--use-bundled-ca`
+* `--use-largepages`
 * `--use-openssl-ca`
 * `--v8-pool-size`
 * `--zero-fill-buffers`
diff --git a/doc/node.1 b/doc/node.1
index dc29867a699b3c..cc2726bf2fe2ad 100644
--- a/doc/node.1
+++ b/doc/node.1
@@ -371,6 +371,16 @@ See
 and
 .Ev SSL_CERT_FILE .
 .
+.It Fl -use-largepages Ns = Ns Ar mode
+Re-map the Node.js static code to large memory pages at startup. If supported on
+the target system, this will cause the Node.js static code to be moved onto 2
+MiB pages instead of 4 KiB pages.
+.Pp
+.Ar mode
+must have one of the following values:
+`off` (the default value, meaning do not map), `on` (map and ignore failure,
+reporting it to stderr), or `silent` (map and silently ignore failure).
+.
 .It Fl -v8-options
 Print V8 command-line options.
 .
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 8f4dc518e1600a..5a40aad71de2bf 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -824,10 +824,9 @@
             }],
           ],
         }],
-        [ 'node_use_large_pages=="true" and OS in "linux freebsd mac"', {
+        [ 'OS in "linux freebsd mac" and '
+          'target_arch=="x64"', {
           'defines': [ 'NODE_ENABLE_LARGE_CODE_PAGES=1' ],
-          # The current implementation of Large Pages is under Linux.
-          # Other implementations are possible but not currently supported.
           'sources': [
             'src/large_pages/node_large_page.cc',
             'src/large_pages/node_large_page.h'
diff --git a/node.gypi b/node.gypi
index 05d80e846cffd3..1f14dc989d7518 100644
--- a/node.gypi
+++ b/node.gypi
@@ -302,20 +302,18 @@
     }],
     [ 'OS=="linux" and '
       'target_arch=="x64" and '
-      'node_use_large_pages=="true" and '
-      'node_use_large_pages_script_lld=="false"', {
+      'llvm_version=="0.0"', {
       'ldflags': [
         '-Wl,-T',
-        '<!(realpath src/large_pages/ld.implicit.script)',
+        '<!(echo "$(pwd)/src/large_pages/ld.implicit.script")',
       ]
     }],
     [ 'OS=="linux" and '
       'target_arch=="x64" and '
-      'node_use_large_pages=="true" and '
-      'node_use_large_pages_script_lld=="true"', {
+      'llvm_version!="0.0"', {
       'ldflags': [
         '-Wl,-T',
-        '<!(realpath src/large_pages/ld.implicit.script.lld)',
+        '<!(echo "$(pwd)/src/large_pages/ld.implicit.script.lld")',
       ]
     }],
     [ 'node_use_openssl=="true"', {
diff --git a/src/large_pages/node_large_page.cc b/src/large_pages/node_large_page.cc
index 4e2f8fc4410316..3897b819e81bad 100644
--- a/src/large_pages/node_large_page.cc
+++ b/src/large_pages/node_large_page.cc
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 // Map a new area and copy the original code there
 // Use mmap using the start address with MAP_FIXED so we get exactly the
 // same virtual address
-// Use madvise with MADV_HUGE_PAGE to use Anonymous 2M Pages
+// Use madvise with MADV_HUGEPAGE to use Anonymous 2M Pages
 // If successful copy the code there and unmap the original region.
 
 extern char __nodetext;
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ static bool IsSuperPagesEnabled() {
 // a. map a new area and copy the original code there
 // b. mmap using the start address with MAP_FIXED so we get exactly
 //    the same virtual address (except on macOS).
-// c. madvise with MADV_HUGE_PAGE
+// c. madvise with MADV_HUGEPAGE
 // d. If successful copy the code there and unmap the original region
 int
 #if !defined(__APPLE__)
@@ -333,9 +333,6 @@ MoveTextRegionToLargePages(const text_region& r) {
     PrintSystemError(errno);
     return -1;
   }
-  OnScopeLeave munmap_on_return([nmem, size]() {
-    if (-1 == munmap(nmem, size)) PrintSystemError(errno);
-  });
 
   memcpy(nmem, r.from, size);
 
@@ -352,13 +349,14 @@ MoveTextRegionToLargePages(const text_region& r) {
     return -1;
   }
 
-  ret = madvise(tmem, size, MADV_HUGEPAGE);
+  ret = madvise(tmem, size, 14 /* MADV_HUGEPAGE */);
   if (ret == -1) {
     PrintSystemError(errno);
     ret = munmap(tmem, size);
     if (ret == -1) {
       PrintSystemError(errno);
     }
+    if (-1 == munmap(nmem, size)) PrintSystemError(errno);
     return -1;
   }
   memcpy(start, nmem, size);
@@ -369,6 +367,7 @@ MoveTextRegionToLargePages(const text_region& r) {
               MAP_ALIGNED_SUPER, -1 , 0);
   if (tmem == MAP_FAILED) {
     PrintSystemError(errno);
+    if (-1 == munmap(nmem, size)) PrintSystemError(errno);
     return -1;
   }
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
@@ -383,6 +382,7 @@ MoveTextRegionToLargePages(const text_region& r) {
               VM_FLAGS_SUPERPAGE_SIZE_2MB, 0);
   if (tmem == MAP_FAILED) {
     PrintSystemError(errno);
+    if (-1 == munmap(nmem, size)) PrintSystemError(errno);
     return -1;
   }
   memcpy(tmem, nmem, size);
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ MoveTextRegionToLargePages(const text_region& r) {
     if (ret == -1) {
       PrintSystemError(errno);
     }
+    if (-1 == munmap(nmem, size)) PrintSystemError(errno);
     return -1;
   }
   memcpy(start, tmem, size);
@@ -405,8 +406,10 @@ MoveTextRegionToLargePages(const text_region& r) {
     if (ret == -1) {
       PrintSystemError(errno);
     }
+    if (-1 == munmap(nmem, size)) PrintSystemError(errno);
     return -1;
   }
+  if (-1 == munmap(nmem, size)) PrintSystemError(errno);
   return ret;
 }
 
@@ -418,12 +421,12 @@ int MapStaticCodeToLargePages() {
     return -1;
   }
 
-#if defined(__linux__)
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
   if (r.from > reinterpret_cast<void*>(&MoveTextRegionToLargePages))
     return MoveTextRegionToLargePages(r);
 
   return -1;
-#elif defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__APPLE__)
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
   return MoveTextRegionToLargePages(r);
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 9d182d2aeb48c8..8a3b1855bc35cb 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -887,14 +887,6 @@ InitializationResult InitializeOncePerProcess(int argc, char** argv) {
 
   CHECK_GT(argc, 0);
 
-#ifdef NODE_ENABLE_LARGE_CODE_PAGES
-  if (node::IsLargePagesEnabled()) {
-    if (node::MapStaticCodeToLargePages() != 0) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "Reverting to default page size\n");
-    }
-  }
-#endif
-
   // Hack around with the argv pointer. Used for process.title = "blah".
   argv = uv_setup_args(argc, argv);
 
@@ -914,6 +906,26 @@ InitializationResult InitializeOncePerProcess(int argc, char** argv) {
     }
   }
 
+#if defined(NODE_ENABLE_LARGE_CODE_PAGES) && NODE_ENABLE_LARGE_CODE_PAGES
+  if (per_process::cli_options->use_largepages == "on" ||
+      per_process::cli_options->use_largepages == "silent") {
+    if (node::IsLargePagesEnabled()) {
+      if (node::MapStaticCodeToLargePages() != 0 &&
+          per_process::cli_options->use_largepages != "silent") {
+        fprintf(stderr,
+                "Mapping code to large pages failed. Reverting to default page "
+                "size.\n");
+      }
+    } else if (per_process::cli_options->use_largepages != "silent") {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Large pages are not enabled.\n");
+    }
+  }
+#else
+  if (per_process::cli_options->use_largepages == "on") {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Mapping to large pages is not supported.\n");
+  }
+#endif  // NODE_ENABLE_LARGE_CODE_PAGES
+
   if (per_process::cli_options->print_version) {
     printf("%s\n", NODE_VERSION);
     result.exit_code = 0;
diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index 35cac18a916c2c..58d217a3326da4 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ void PerProcessOptions::CheckOptions(std::vector<std::string>* errors) {
                       "used, not both");
   }
 #endif
+  if (use_largepages != "off" &&
+      use_largepages != "on" &&
+      use_largepages != "silent") {
+    errors->push_back("invalid value for --use-largepages");
+  }
   per_isolate->CheckOptions(errors);
 }
 
@@ -745,6 +750,10 @@ PerProcessOptionsParser::PerProcessOptionsParser(
             kAllowedInEnvironment);
 #endif
 #endif
+  AddOption("--use-largepages",
+            "Map the Node.js static code to large pages",
+            &PerProcessOptions::use_largepages,
+            kAllowedInEnvironment);
 
   Insert(iop, &PerProcessOptions::get_per_isolate_options);
 }
diff --git a/src/node_options.h b/src/node_options.h
index 8937bfd9011e47..9c2820c40087ab 100644
--- a/src/node_options.h
+++ b/src/node_options.h
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ class PerProcessOptions : public Options {
   bool force_fips_crypto = false;
 #endif
 #endif
+  std::string use_largepages = "off";
 
 #ifdef NODE_REPORT
   std::vector<std::string> cmdline;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-startup-large-pages.js b/test/parallel/test-startup-large-pages.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d5589ee547f760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-startup-large-pages.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// Make sure that Node.js runs correctly with the --use-largepages option.
+
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
+
+{
+  const child = spawnSync(process.execPath,
+                          [ '--use-largepages=on', '-p', '42' ]);
+  const stdout = child.stdout.toString().match(/\S+/g);
+  assert.strictEqual(child.status, 0);
+  assert.strictEqual(child.signal, null);
+  assert.strictEqual(stdout.length, 1);
+  assert.strictEqual(stdout[0], '42');
+}
+
+{
+  const child = spawnSync(process.execPath,
+                          [ '--use-largepages=xyzzy', '-p', '42' ]);
+  assert.strictEqual(child.status, 9);
+  assert.strictEqual(child.signal, null);
+  assert.strictEqual(child.stderr.toString().match(/\S+/g).slice(1).join(' '),
+                     'invalid value for --use-largepages');
+}
+
+// TODO(gabrielschulhof): Make assertions about the stderr, which may or may not
+// contain a message indicating that mapping to large pages has failed.