diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index 5993929a8b8efd..00b699b7fe1bb9 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -1427,6 +1427,53 @@ on the number of online processors.
 If the value provided is larger than V8's maximum, then the largest value
 will be chosen.
 
+### `--watch`
+
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+> Stability: 1 - Experimental
+
+Starts Node.js in watch mode.
+When in watch mode, changes in the watched files cause the Node.js process to
+restart.
+By default, watch mode will watch the entry point
+and any required or imported module.
+Use `--watch-path` to specify what paths to watch.
+
+This flag cannot be combined with
+`--check`, `--eval`, `--interactive`, or the REPL.
+
+```console
+$ node --watch index.js
+```
+
+### `--watch-path`
+
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+> Stability: 1 - Experimental
+
+Starts Node.js in watch mode and specifies what paths to watch.
+When in watch mode, changes in the watched paths cause the Node.js process to
+restart.
+This will turn off watching of required or imported modules, even when used in
+combination with `--watch`.
+
+This flag cannot be combined with
+`--check`, `--eval`, `--interactive`, or the REPL.
+
+```console
+$ node --watch-path=./src --watch-path=./tests index.js
+```
+
+This option is only supported on macOS and Windows.
+An `ERR_FEATURE_UNAVAILABLE_ON_PLATFORM` exception will be thrown
+when the option is used on a platform that does not support it.
+
 ### `--zero-fill-buffers`
 
 <!-- YAML
@@ -1724,6 +1771,8 @@ Node.js options that are allowed are:
 * `--use-largepages`
 * `--use-openssl-ca`
 * `--v8-pool-size`
+* `--watch-path`
+* `--watch`
 * `--zero-fill-buffers`
 
 <!-- node-options-node end -->
diff --git a/lib/internal/assert/assertion_error.js b/lib/internal/assert/assertion_error.js
index 3deb8185229d7f..17e261bd4cb1ef 100644
--- a/lib/internal/assert/assertion_error.js
+++ b/lib/internal/assert/assertion_error.js
@@ -21,15 +21,12 @@ const { inspect } = require('internal/util/inspect');
 const {
   removeColors,
 } = require('internal/util');
+const colors = require('internal/util/colors');
 const {
   validateObject,
 } = require('internal/validators');
 const { isErrorStackTraceLimitWritable } = require('internal/errors');
 
-let blue = '';
-let green = '';
-let red = '';
-let white = '';
 
 const kReadableOperator = {
   deepStrictEqual: 'Expected values to be strictly deep-equal:',
@@ -169,7 +166,7 @@ function createErrDiff(actual, expected, operator) {
     // Only remove lines in case it makes sense to collapse those.
     // TODO: Accept env to always show the full error.
     if (actualLines.length > 50) {
-      actualLines[46] = `${blue}...${white}`;
+      actualLines[46] = `${colors.blue}...${colors.white}`;
       while (actualLines.length > 47) {
         ArrayPrototypePop(actualLines);
       }
@@ -182,7 +179,7 @@ function createErrDiff(actual, expected, operator) {
   // There were at least five identical lines at the end. Mark a couple of
   // skipped.
   if (i >= 5) {
-    end = `\n${blue}...${white}${end}`;
+    end = `\n${colors.blue}...${colors.white}${end}`;
     skipped = true;
   }
   if (other !== '') {
@@ -193,15 +190,15 @@ function createErrDiff(actual, expected, operator) {
   let printedLines = 0;
   let identical = 0;
   const msg = kReadableOperator[operator] +
-        `\n${green}+ actual${white} ${red}- expected${white}`;
-  const skippedMsg = ` ${blue}...${white} Lines skipped`;
+        `\n${colors.green}+ actual${colors.white} ${colors.red}- expected${colors.white}`;
+  const skippedMsg = ` ${colors.blue}...${colors.white} Lines skipped`;
 
   let lines = actualLines;
-  let plusMinus = `${green}+${white}`;
+  let plusMinus = `${colors.green}+${colors.white}`;
   let maxLength = expectedLines.length;
   if (actualLines.length < maxLines) {
     lines = expectedLines;
-    plusMinus = `${red}-${white}`;
+    plusMinus = `${colors.red}-${colors.white}`;
     maxLength = actualLines.length;
   }
 
@@ -216,7 +213,7 @@ function createErrDiff(actual, expected, operator) {
               res += `\n  ${lines[i - 3]}`;
               printedLines++;
             } else {
-              res += `\n${blue}...${white}`;
+              res += `\n${colors.blue}...${colors.white}`;
               skipped = true;
             }
           }
@@ -272,7 +269,7 @@ function createErrDiff(actual, expected, operator) {
                 res += `\n  ${actualLines[i - 3]}`;
                 printedLines++;
               } else {
-                res += `\n${blue}...${white}`;
+                res += `\n${colors.blue}...${colors.white}`;
                 skipped = true;
               }
             }
@@ -286,8 +283,8 @@ function createErrDiff(actual, expected, operator) {
         identical = 0;
         // Add the actual line to the result and cache the expected diverging
         // line so consecutive diverging lines show up as +++--- and not +-+-+-.
-        res += `\n${green}+${white} ${actualLine}`;
-        other += `\n${red}-${white} ${expectedLine}`;
+        res += `\n${colors.green}+${colors.white} ${actualLine}`;
+        other += `\n${colors.red}-${colors.white} ${expectedLine}`;
         printedLines += 2;
       // Lines are identical
       } else {
@@ -306,8 +303,8 @@ function createErrDiff(actual, expected, operator) {
     }
     // Inspected object to big (Show ~50 rows max)
     if (printedLines > 50 && i < maxLines - 2) {
-      return `${msg}${skippedMsg}\n${res}\n${blue}...${white}${other}\n` +
-             `${blue}...${white}`;
+      return `${msg}${skippedMsg}\n${res}\n${colors.blue}...${colors.white}${other}\n` +
+             `${colors.blue}...${colors.white}`;
     }
   }
 
@@ -347,21 +344,9 @@ class AssertionError extends Error {
     if (message != null) {
       super(String(message));
     } else {
-      if (process.stderr.isTTY) {
-        // Reset on each call to make sure we handle dynamically set environment
-        // variables correct.
-        if (process.stderr.hasColors()) {
-          blue = '\u001b[34m';
-          green = '\u001b[32m';
-          white = '\u001b[39m';
-          red = '\u001b[31m';
-        } else {
-          blue = '';
-          green = '';
-          white = '';
-          red = '';
-        }
-      }
+      // Reset colors on each call to make sure we handle dynamically set environment
+      // variables correct.
+      colors.refresh();
       // Prevent the error stack from being visible by duplicating the error
       // in a very close way to the original in case both sides are actually
       // instances of Error.
@@ -393,7 +378,7 @@ class AssertionError extends Error {
         // Only remove lines in case it makes sense to collapse those.
         // TODO: Accept env to always show the full error.
         if (res.length > 50) {
-          res[46] = `${blue}...${white}`;
+          res[46] = `${colors.blue}...${colors.white}`;
           while (res.length > 47) {
             ArrayPrototypePop(res);
           }
diff --git a/lib/internal/main/watch_mode.js b/lib/internal/main/watch_mode.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..93aa42a1e7b95a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/internal/main/watch_mode.js
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+'use strict';
+const {
+  ArrayPrototypeFilter,
+  ArrayPrototypeForEach,
+  ArrayPrototypeJoin,
+  ArrayPrototypeMap,
+  ArrayPrototypePushApply,
+  ArrayPrototypeSlice,
+} = primordials;
+
+const {
+  prepareMainThreadExecution,
+  markBootstrapComplete
+} = require('internal/process/pre_execution');
+const { triggerUncaughtException } = internalBinding('errors');
+const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
+const { emitExperimentalWarning } = require('internal/util');
+const { FilesWatcher } = require('internal/watch_mode/files_watcher');
+const { green, blue, red, white, clear } = require('internal/util/colors');
+
+const { spawn } = require('child_process');
+const { inspect } = require('util');
+const { setTimeout, clearTimeout } = require('timers');
+const { resolve } = require('path');
+const { once, on } = require('events');
+
+
+prepareMainThreadExecution(false, false);
+markBootstrapComplete();
+
+// TODO(MoLow): Make kill signal configurable
+const kKillSignal = 'SIGTERM';
+const kShouldFilterModules = getOptionValue('--watch-path').length === 0;
+const kWatchedPaths = ArrayPrototypeMap(getOptionValue('--watch-path'), (path) => resolve(path));
+const kCommand = ArrayPrototypeSlice(process.argv, 1);
+const kCommandStr = inspect(ArrayPrototypeJoin(kCommand, ' '));
+const args = ArrayPrototypeFilter(process.execArgv, (arg, i, arr) =>
+  arg !== '--watch-path' && arr[i - 1] !== '--watch-path' && arg !== '--watch');
+ArrayPrototypePushApply(args, kCommand);
+
+const watcher = new FilesWatcher({ throttle: 500, mode: kShouldFilterModules ? 'filter' : 'all' });
+ArrayPrototypeForEach(kWatchedPaths, (p) => watcher.watchPath(p));
+
+let graceTimer;
+let child;
+let exited;
+
+function start() {
+  exited = false;
+  const stdio = kShouldFilterModules ? ['inherit', 'inherit', 'inherit', 'ipc'] : undefined;
+  child = spawn(process.execPath, args, { stdio, env: { ...process.env, WATCH_REPORT_DEPENDENCIES: '1' } });
+  watcher.watchChildProcessModules(child);
+  child.once('exit', (code) => {
+    exited = true;
+    if (code === 0) {
+      process.stdout.write(`${blue}Completed running ${kCommandStr}${white}\n`);
+    } else {
+      process.stdout.write(`${red}Failed running ${kCommandStr}${white}\n`);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+async function killAndWait(signal = kKillSignal, force = false) {
+  child?.removeAllListeners();
+  if (!child) {
+    return;
+  }
+  if ((child.killed || exited) && !force) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const onExit = once(child, 'exit');
+  child.kill(signal);
+  const { 0: exitCode } = await onExit;
+  return exitCode;
+}
+
+function reportGracefulTermination() {
+  // Log if process takes more than 500ms to stop.
+  let reported = false;
+  clearTimeout(graceTimer);
+  graceTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+    reported = true;
+    process.stdout.write(`${blue}Waiting for graceful termination...${white}\n`);
+  }, 500).unref();
+  return () => {
+    clearTimeout(graceTimer);
+    if (reported) {
+      process.stdout.write(`${clear}${green}Gracefully restarted ${kCommandStr}${white}\n`);
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+async function stop() {
+  watcher.clearFileFilters();
+  const clearGraceReport = reportGracefulTermination();
+  await killAndWait();
+  clearGraceReport();
+}
+
+async function restart() {
+  process.stdout.write(`${clear}${green}Restarting ${kCommandStr}${white}\n`);
+  await stop();
+  start();
+}
+
+(async () => {
+  emitExperimentalWarning('Watch mode');
+
+  try {
+    start();
+
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+    for await (const _ of on(watcher, 'changed')) {
+      await restart();
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    triggerUncaughtException(error, true /* fromPromise */);
+  }
+})();
+
+// Exiting gracefully to avoid stdout/stderr getting written after
+// parent process is killed.
+// this is fairly safe since user code cannot run in this process
+function signalHandler(signal) {
+  return async () => {
+    watcher.clear();
+    const exitCode = await killAndWait(signal, true);
+    process.exit(exitCode ?? 0);
+  };
+}
+process.on('SIGTERM', signalHandler('SIGTERM'));
+process.on('SIGINT', signalHandler('SIGINT'));
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
index 7a996e9ef11535..395546c2f5d491 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ const {
 const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
 const preserveSymlinks = getOptionValue('--preserve-symlinks');
 const preserveSymlinksMain = getOptionValue('--preserve-symlinks-main');
+const shouldReportRequiredModules = process.env.WATCH_REPORT_DEPENDENCIES;
 // Do not eagerly grab .manifest, it may be in TDZ
 const policy = getOptionValue('--experimental-policy') ?
   require('internal/process/policy') :
@@ -186,6 +187,12 @@ function updateChildren(parent, child, scan) {
     ArrayPrototypePush(children, child);
 }
 
+function reportModuleToWatchMode(filename) {
+  if (shouldReportRequiredModules && process.send) {
+    process.send({ 'watch:require': filename });
+  }
+}
+
 const moduleParentCache = new SafeWeakMap();
 function Module(id = '', parent) {
   this.id = id;
@@ -806,6 +813,7 @@ Module._load = function(request, parent, isMain) {
     // cache key names.
     relResolveCacheIdentifier = `${parent.path}\x00${request}`;
     const filename = relativeResolveCache[relResolveCacheIdentifier];
+    reportModuleToWatchMode(filename);
     if (filename !== undefined) {
       const cachedModule = Module._cache[filename];
       if (cachedModule !== undefined) {
@@ -858,6 +866,8 @@ Module._load = function(request, parent, isMain) {
     module.id = '.';
   }
 
+  reportModuleToWatchMode(filename);
+
   Module._cache[filename] = module;
   if (parent !== undefined) {
     relativeResolveCache[relResolveCacheIdentifier] = filename;
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
index 679a9175a66b41..624bdba889a9fb 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/loader.js
@@ -473,6 +473,10 @@ class ESMLoader {
       getOptionValue('--inspect-brk')
     );
 
+    if (process.env.WATCH_REPORT_DEPENDENCIES && process.send) {
+      process.send({ 'watch:import': url });
+    }
+
     const job = new ModuleJob(
       this,
       url,
diff --git a/lib/internal/util/colors.js b/lib/internal/util/colors.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5622a88467d038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/internal/util/colors.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+'use strict';
+
+module.exports = {
+  blue: '',
+  green: '',
+  white: '',
+  red: '',
+  clear: '',
+  hasColors: false,
+  refresh() {
+    if (process.stderr.isTTY) {
+      const hasColors = process.stderr.hasColors();
+      module.exports.blue = hasColors ? '\u001b[34m' : '';
+      module.exports.green = hasColors ? '\u001b[32m' : '';
+      module.exports.white = hasColors ? '\u001b[39m' : '';
+      module.exports.red = hasColors ? '\u001b[31m' : '';
+      module.exports.clear = hasColors ? '\u001bc' : '';
+      module.exports.hasColors = hasColors;
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+module.exports.refresh();
diff --git a/lib/internal/watch_mode/files_watcher.js b/lib/internal/watch_mode/files_watcher.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6c6c0f27fd8f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/internal/watch_mode/files_watcher.js
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const {
+  SafeMap,
+  SafeSet,
+  StringPrototypeStartsWith,
+} = primordials;
+
+const { validateNumber, validateOneOf } = require('internal/validators');
+const { kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
+const { TIMEOUT_MAX } = require('internal/timers');
+
+const EventEmitter = require('events');
+const { watch } = require('fs');
+const { fileURLToPath } = require('url');
+const { resolve, dirname } = require('path');
+const { setTimeout } = require('timers');
+
+
+const supportsRecursiveWatching = process.platform === 'win32' ||
+  process.platform === 'darwin';
+
+class FilesWatcher extends EventEmitter {
+  #watchers = new SafeMap();
+  #filteredFiles = new SafeSet();
+  #throttling = new SafeSet();
+  #throttle;
+  #mode;
+
+  constructor({ throttle = 500, mode = 'filter' } = kEmptyObject) {
+    super();
+
+    validateNumber(throttle, 'options.throttle', 0, TIMEOUT_MAX);
+    validateOneOf(mode, 'options.mode', ['filter', 'all']);
+    this.#throttle = throttle;
+    this.#mode = mode;
+  }
+
+  #isPathWatched(path) {
+    if (this.#watchers.has(path)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    for (const { 0: watchedPath, 1: watcher } of this.#watchers.entries()) {
+      if (watcher.recursive && StringPrototypeStartsWith(path, watchedPath)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  #removeWatchedChildren(path) {
+    for (const { 0: watchedPath, 1: watcher } of this.#watchers.entries()) {
+      if (path !== watchedPath && StringPrototypeStartsWith(watchedPath, path)) {
+        this.#unwatch(watcher);
+        this.#watchers.delete(watchedPath);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  #unwatch(watcher) {
+    watcher.handle.removeAllListeners();
+    watcher.handle.close();
+  }
+
+  #onChange(trigger) {
+    if (this.#throttling.has(trigger)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (this.#mode === 'filter' && !this.#filteredFiles.has(trigger)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this.#throttling.add(trigger);
+    this.emit('changed');
+    setTimeout(() => this.#throttling.delete(trigger), this.#throttle).unref();
+  }
+
+  get watchedPaths() {
+    return [...this.#watchers.keys()];
+  }
+
+  watchPath(path, recursive = true) {
+    if (this.#isPathWatched(path)) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const watcher = watch(path, { recursive });
+    watcher.on('change', (eventType, fileName) => this
+      .#onChange(recursive ? resolve(path, fileName) : path));
+    this.#watchers.set(path, { handle: watcher, recursive });
+    if (recursive) {
+      this.#removeWatchedChildren(path);
+    }
+  }
+
+  filterFile(file) {
+    if (supportsRecursiveWatching) {
+      this.watchPath(dirname(file));
+    } else {
+      // Having multiple FSWatcher's seems to be slower
+      // than a single recursive FSWatcher
+      this.watchPath(file, false);
+    }
+    this.#filteredFiles.add(file);
+  }
+  watchChildProcessModules(child) {
+    if (this.#mode !== 'filter') {
+      return;
+    }
+    child.on('message', (message) => {
+      try {
+        if (message['watch:require']) {
+          this.filterFile(message['watch:require']);
+        }
+        if (message['watch:import']) {
+          this.filterFile(fileURLToPath(message['watch:import']));
+        }
+      } catch {
+        // Failed watching file. ignore
+      }
+    });
+  }
+  clearFileFilters() {
+    this.#filteredFiles.clear();
+  }
+  clear() {
+    this.#watchers.forEach(this.#unwatch);
+    this.#watchers.clear();
+    this.#filteredFiles.clear();
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = { FilesWatcher };
diff --git a/node.gypi b/node.gypi
index 10ac1cd1b97d6d..2f08b8a4a15004 100644
--- a/node.gypi
+++ b/node.gypi
@@ -317,6 +317,12 @@
         }],
       ],
     }],
+    [ 'coverage=="true"', {
+      'defines': [
+        'ALLOW_ATTACHING_DEBUGGER_IN_WATCH_MODE',
+        'ALLOW_ATTACHING_DEBUGGER_IN_TEST_RUNNER',
+      ],
+    }],
     [ 'OS=="sunos"', {
       'ldflags': [ '-Wl,-M,/usr/lib/ld/map.noexstk' ],
     }],
diff --git a/src/env-inl.h b/src/env-inl.h
index 37bb36b38b238e..40f5f283210bf5 100644
--- a/src/env-inl.h
+++ b/src/env-inl.h
@@ -655,7 +655,8 @@ inline bool Environment::owns_inspector() const {
 }
 
 inline bool Environment::should_create_inspector() const {
-  return (flags_ & EnvironmentFlags::kNoCreateInspector) == 0;
+  return (flags_ & EnvironmentFlags::kNoCreateInspector) == 0 &&
+         !options_->test_runner && !options_->watch_mode;
 }
 
 inline bool Environment::tracks_unmanaged_fds() const {
diff --git a/src/inspector_agent.cc b/src/inspector_agent.cc
index 34bb11e7d7122c..9ee779fb597b42 100644
--- a/src/inspector_agent.cc
+++ b/src/inspector_agent.cc
@@ -676,6 +676,9 @@ bool Agent::Start(const std::string& path,
                   const DebugOptions& options,
                   std::shared_ptr<ExclusiveAccess<HostPort>> host_port,
                   bool is_main) {
+  if (!options.allow_attaching_debugger) {
+    return false;
+  }
   path_ = path;
   debug_options_ = options;
   CHECK_NOT_NULL(host_port);
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index dd1c8c81280e03..7a97f2637720cb 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -520,6 +520,10 @@ MaybeLocal<Value> StartExecution(Environment* env, StartExecutionCallback cb) {
     return StartExecution(env, "internal/main/test_runner");
   }
 
+  if (env->options()->watch_mode && !first_argv.empty()) {
+    return StartExecution(env, "internal/main/watch_mode");
+  }
+
   if (!first_argv.empty() && first_argv != "-") {
     return StartExecution(env, "internal/main/run_main_module");
   }
diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index 2f0b3f24916d69..ba6a666e88a082 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -156,9 +156,36 @@ void EnvironmentOptions::CheckOptions(std::vector<std::string>* errors) {
       errors->push_back("either --test or --interactive can be used, not both");
     }
 
+    if (watch_mode) {
+      // TODO(MoLow): Support (incremental?) watch mode within test runner
+      errors->push_back("either --test or --watch can be used, not both");
+    }
+
     if (debug_options_.inspector_enabled) {
       errors->push_back("the inspector cannot be used with --test");
     }
+#ifndef ALLOW_ATTACHING_DEBUGGER_IN_TEST_RUNNER
+    debug_options_.allow_attaching_debugger = false;
+#endif
+  }
+
+  if (watch_mode) {
+    if (syntax_check_only) {
+      errors->push_back("either --watch or --check can be used, not both");
+    }
+
+    if (has_eval_string) {
+      errors->push_back("either --watch or --eval can be used, not both");
+    }
+
+    if (force_repl) {
+      errors->push_back("either --watch or --interactive "
+                        "can be used, not both");
+    }
+
+#ifndef ALLOW_ATTACHING_DEBUGGER_IN_WATCH_MODE
+    debug_options_.allow_attaching_debugger = false;
+#endif
   }
 
 #if HAVE_INSPECTOR
@@ -580,7 +607,15 @@ EnvironmentOptionsParser::EnvironmentOptionsParser() {
             "", /* undocumented, only for debugging */
             &EnvironmentOptions::verify_base_objects,
             kAllowedInEnvironment);
-
+  AddOption("--watch",
+            "run in watch mode",
+            &EnvironmentOptions::watch_mode,
+            kAllowedInEnvironment);
+  AddOption("--watch-path",
+            "path to watch",
+            &EnvironmentOptions::watch_mode_paths,
+            kAllowedInEnvironment);
+  Implies("--watch-path", "--watch");
   AddOption("--check",
             "syntax check script without executing",
             &EnvironmentOptions::syntax_check_only);
diff --git a/src/node_options.h b/src/node_options.h
index 32e68086502f3e..8e755145182678 100644
--- a/src/node_options.h
+++ b/src/node_options.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ class DebugOptions : public Options {
   DebugOptions(DebugOptions&&) = default;
   DebugOptions& operator=(DebugOptions&&) = default;
 
+  bool allow_attaching_debugger = true;
   // --inspect
   bool inspector_enabled = false;
   // --debug
@@ -170,6 +171,10 @@ class EnvironmentOptions : public Options {
       false;
 #endif  // DEBUG
 
+  bool watch_mode = false;
+  bool watch_mode_report_to_parent = false;
+  std::vector<std::string> watch_mode_paths;
+
   bool syntax_check_only = false;
   bool has_eval_string = false;
   bool experimental_wasi = false;
diff --git a/test/common/inspector-helper.js b/test/common/inspector-helper.js
index e8e2c2de5cd1ee..bddf3136298664 100644
--- a/test/common/inspector-helper.js
+++ b/test/common/inspector-helper.js
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ class InspectorSession {
     });
   }
 
+
   waitForServerDisconnect() {
     return this._terminationPromise;
   }
@@ -326,13 +327,15 @@ class InspectorSession {
 class NodeInstance extends EventEmitter {
   constructor(inspectorFlags = ['--inspect-brk=0', '--expose-internals'],
               scriptContents = '',
-              scriptFile = _MAINSCRIPT) {
+              scriptFile = _MAINSCRIPT,
+              logger = console) {
     super();
 
+    this._logger = logger;
     this._scriptPath = scriptFile;
     this._script = scriptFile ? null : scriptContents;
     this._portCallback = null;
-    this.portPromise = new Promise((resolve) => this._portCallback = resolve);
+    this.resetPort();
     this._process = spawnChildProcess(inspectorFlags, scriptContents,
                                       scriptFile);
     this._running = true;
@@ -342,7 +345,7 @@ class NodeInstance extends EventEmitter {
     this._process.stdout.on('data', makeBufferingDataCallback(
       (line) => {
         this.emit('stdout', line);
-        console.log('[out]', line);
+        this._logger.log('[out]', line);
       }));
 
     this._process.stderr.on('data', makeBufferingDataCallback(
@@ -351,7 +354,7 @@ class NodeInstance extends EventEmitter {
     this._shutdownPromise = new Promise((resolve) => {
       this._process.once('exit', (exitCode, signal) => {
         if (signal) {
-          console.error(`[err] child process crashed, signal ${signal}`);
+          this._logger.error(`[err] child process crashed, signal ${signal}`);
         }
         resolve({ exitCode, signal });
         this._running = false;
@@ -359,6 +362,14 @@ class NodeInstance extends EventEmitter {
     });
   }
 
+  get pid() {
+    return this._process.pid;
+  }
+
+  resetPort() {
+    this.portPromise = new Promise((resolve) => this._portCallback = resolve);
+  }
+
   static async startViaSignal(scriptContents) {
     const instance = new NodeInstance(
       ['--expose-internals'],
@@ -370,7 +381,8 @@ class NodeInstance extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   onStderrLine(line) {
-    console.log('[err]', line);
+    this.emit('stderr', line);
+    this._logger.log('[err]', line);
     if (this._portCallback) {
       const matches = line.match(/Debugger listening on ws:\/\/.+:(\d+)\/.+/);
       if (matches) {
@@ -387,7 +399,7 @@ class NodeInstance extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   httpGet(host, path, hostHeaderValue) {
-    console.log('[test]', `Testing ${path}`);
+    this._logger.log('[test]', `Testing ${path}`);
     const headers = hostHeaderValue ? { 'Host': hostHeaderValue } : null;
     return this.portPromise.then((port) => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       const req = http.get({ host, port, path, headers }, (res) => {
@@ -427,7 +439,7 @@ class NodeInstance extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   async connectInspectorSession() {
-    console.log('[test]', 'Connecting to a child Node process');
+    this._logger.log('[test]', 'Connecting to a child Node process');
     const upgradeRequest = await this.sendUpgradeRequest();
     return new Promise((resolve) => {
       upgradeRequest
@@ -438,7 +450,7 @@ class NodeInstance extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   async expectConnectionDeclined() {
-    console.log('[test]', 'Checking upgrade is not possible');
+    this._logger.log('[test]', 'Checking upgrade is not possible');
     const upgradeRequest = await this.sendUpgradeRequest();
     return new Promise((resolve) => {
       upgradeRequest
diff --git a/test/fixtures/watch-mode/dependant.js b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/dependant.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..25a0ec095d7cf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/dependant.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+const dependency = require('./dependency');
+console.log(dependency);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/watch-mode/dependant.mjs b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/dependant.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..dff99bb2714728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/dependant.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+import dependency from './dependency.mjs';
+console.log(dependency);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/watch-mode/dependency.js b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/dependency.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f053ebf7976e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/dependency.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = {};
diff --git a/test/fixtures/watch-mode/dependency.mjs b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/dependency.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ff8b4c56321a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/dependency.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export default {};
diff --git a/test/fixtures/watch-mode/failing.js b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/failing.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d1e87944d9f33c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/failing.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+throw new Error('fails');
diff --git a/test/fixtures/watch-mode/graceful-sigterm.js b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/graceful-sigterm.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d099b47b76f730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/graceful-sigterm.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+setInterval(() => {}, 1000);
+console.log('running');
+
+process.on('SIGTERM', () => {
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    console.log('exiting gracefully');
+    process.exit(0);
+  }, 1000);
+});
+
+process.on('SIGINT', () => {
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    console.log('exiting gracefully');
+    process.exit(0);
+  }, 1000);
+});
diff --git a/test/fixtures/watch-mode/infinite-loop.js b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/infinite-loop.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..56e92666e7cb1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/infinite-loop.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+console.log('running');
+while(true) {};
diff --git a/test/fixtures/watch-mode/inspect.js b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/inspect.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f836b77e8a85e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/inspect.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+console.log('safe to debug now');
+setInterval(() => {}, 1000);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/watch-mode/inspect_with_signal.js b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/inspect_with_signal.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6abf3ab2b5888a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/inspect_with_signal.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+console.log('pid is', process.pid);
+setInterval(() => {}, 1000);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/watch-mode/ipc.js b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/ipc.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..31e1bd0e5c589f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/ipc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const path = require('node:path');
+const url = require('node:url');
+const os = require('node:os');
+const fs = require('node:fs');
+
+const tmpfile = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'file');
+fs.writeFileSync(tmpfile, '');
+
+process.send({ 'watch:require': path.resolve(__filename) });
+process.send({ 'watch:import': url.pathToFileURL(path.resolve(__filename)).toString() });
+process.send({ 'watch:import': url.pathToFileURL(tmpfile).toString() });
+process.send({ 'watch:import': new URL('http://invalid.com').toString() });
diff --git a/test/fixtures/watch-mode/parse_args.js b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/parse_args.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..06c7227cee5933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/parse_args.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+const { parseArgs } = require('node:util');
+
+const { values } = parseArgs({ options: { random: { type: 'string' } } });
+console.log(values.random);
diff --git a/test/fixtures/watch-mode/process_exit.js b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/process_exit.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..cbe6cdd84cc073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/process_exit.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+setImmediate(() => process.exit(0));
diff --git a/test/fixtures/watch-mode/subdir/file.js b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/subdir/file.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8b137891791fe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/watch-mode/subdir/file.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-watch-mode-files_watcher.mjs b/test/parallel/test-watch-mode-files_watcher.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1c3088800bd5d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-watch-mode-files_watcher.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+// Flags: --expose-internals
+import * as common from '../common/index.mjs';
+import * as fixtures from '../common/fixtures.mjs';
+import tmpdir from '../common/tmpdir.js';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+import process from 'node:process';
+import os from 'node:os';
+import { describe, it, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'node:test';
+import { writeFileSync, mkdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { setTimeout } from 'node:timers/promises';
+import { once } from 'node:events';
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import watcher from 'internal/watch_mode/files_watcher';
+
+if (common.isIBMi)
+  common.skip('IBMi does not support `fs.watch()`');
+
+const supportsRecursiveWatching = common.isOSX || common.isWindows;
+
+const { FilesWatcher } = watcher;
+tmpdir.refresh();
+
+describe('watch mode file watcher', () => {
+  let watcher;
+  let changesCount;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    changesCount = 0;
+    watcher = new FilesWatcher({ throttle: 100 });
+    watcher.on('changed', () => changesCount++);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => watcher.clear());
+
+  let counter = 0;
+  function writeAndWaitForChanges(watcher, file) {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+      const interval = setInterval(() => writeFileSync(file, `write ${counter++}`), 100);
+      watcher.once('changed', () => {
+        clearInterval(interval);
+        resolve();
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  it('should watch changed files', async () => {
+    const file = path.join(tmpdir.path, 'file1');
+    writeFileSync(file, 'written');
+    watcher.filterFile(file);
+    await writeAndWaitForChanges(watcher, file);
+    assert.strictEqual(changesCount, 1);
+  });
+
+  it('should throttle changes', async () => {
+    const file = path.join(tmpdir.path, 'file2');
+    writeFileSync(file, 'written');
+    watcher.filterFile(file);
+    await writeAndWaitForChanges(watcher, file);
+
+    writeFileSync(file, '1');
+    writeFileSync(file, '2');
+    writeFileSync(file, '3');
+    writeFileSync(file, '4');
+    await setTimeout(200); // throttle * 2
+    writeFileSync(file, '5');
+    const changed = once(watcher, 'changed');
+    writeFileSync(file, 'after');
+    await changed;
+    // Unfortunately testing that changesCount === 2 is flaky
+    assert.ok(changesCount < 5);
+  });
+
+  it('should ignore files in watched directory if they are not filtered',
+     { skip: !supportsRecursiveWatching }, async () => {
+       watcher.on('changed', common.mustNotCall());
+       watcher.watchPath(tmpdir.path);
+       writeFileSync(path.join(tmpdir.path, 'file3'), '1');
+       // Wait for this long to make sure changes are not triggered
+       await setTimeout(1000);
+     });
+
+  it('should allow clearing filters', async () => {
+    const file = path.join(tmpdir.path, 'file4');
+    writeFileSync(file, 'written');
+    watcher.filterFile(file);
+    await writeAndWaitForChanges(watcher, file);
+
+    writeFileSync(file, '1');
+
+    await setTimeout(200); // avoid throttling
+    watcher.clearFileFilters();
+    writeFileSync(file, '2');
+    // Wait for this long to make sure changes are triggered only once
+    await setTimeout(1000);
+    assert.strictEqual(changesCount, 1);
+  });
+
+  it('should watch all files in watched path when in "all" mode',
+     { skip: !supportsRecursiveWatching }, async () => {
+       watcher = new FilesWatcher({ throttle: 100, mode: 'all' });
+       watcher.on('changed', () => changesCount++);
+
+       const file = path.join(tmpdir.path, 'file5');
+       watcher.watchPath(tmpdir.path);
+
+       const changed = once(watcher, 'changed');
+       writeFileSync(file, 'changed');
+       await changed;
+       assert.strictEqual(changesCount, 1);
+     });
+
+  it('should ruse existing watcher if it exists',
+     { skip: !supportsRecursiveWatching }, () => {
+       assert.deepStrictEqual(watcher.watchedPaths, []);
+       watcher.watchPath(tmpdir.path);
+       assert.deepStrictEqual(watcher.watchedPaths, [tmpdir.path]);
+       watcher.watchPath(tmpdir.path);
+       assert.deepStrictEqual(watcher.watchedPaths, [tmpdir.path]);
+     });
+
+  it('should ruse existing watcher of a parent directory',
+     { skip: !supportsRecursiveWatching }, () => {
+       assert.deepStrictEqual(watcher.watchedPaths, []);
+       watcher.watchPath(tmpdir.path);
+       assert.deepStrictEqual(watcher.watchedPaths, [tmpdir.path]);
+       watcher.watchPath(path.join(tmpdir.path, 'subdirectory'));
+       assert.deepStrictEqual(watcher.watchedPaths, [tmpdir.path]);
+     });
+
+  it('should remove existing watcher if adding a parent directory watcher',
+     { skip: !supportsRecursiveWatching }, () => {
+       assert.deepStrictEqual(watcher.watchedPaths, []);
+       const subdirectory = path.join(tmpdir.path, 'subdirectory');
+       mkdirSync(subdirectory);
+       watcher.watchPath(subdirectory);
+       assert.deepStrictEqual(watcher.watchedPaths, [subdirectory]);
+       watcher.watchPath(tmpdir.path);
+       assert.deepStrictEqual(watcher.watchedPaths, [tmpdir.path]);
+     });
+
+  it('should clear all watchers when calling clear',
+     { skip: !supportsRecursiveWatching }, () => {
+       assert.deepStrictEqual(watcher.watchedPaths, []);
+       watcher.watchPath(tmpdir.path);
+       assert.deepStrictEqual(watcher.watchedPaths, [tmpdir.path]);
+       watcher.clear();
+       assert.deepStrictEqual(watcher.watchedPaths, []);
+     });
+
+  it('should watch files from subprocess IPC events', async () => {
+    const file = fixtures.path('watch-mode/ipc.js');
+    const child = spawn(process.execPath, [file], { stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe', 'ipc'], encoding: 'utf8' });
+    watcher.watchChildProcessModules(child);
+    await once(child, 'exit');
+    let expected = [file, path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'file')];
+    if (supportsRecursiveWatching) {
+      expected = expected.map((file) => path.dirname(file));
+    }
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(watcher.watchedPaths, expected);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-watch-mode.mjs b/test/parallel/test-watch-mode.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..83226c96ca5362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-watch-mode.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,300 @@
+import * as common from '../common/index.mjs';
+import * as fixtures from '../common/fixtures.mjs';
+import tmpdir from '../common/tmpdir.js';
+import assert from 'node:assert';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { execPath } from 'node:process';
+import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
+import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
+import { writeFileSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { inspect } from 'node:util';
+import { once } from 'node:events';
+import { setTimeout } from 'node:timers/promises';
+import { NodeInstance } from '../common/inspector-helper.js';
+
+
+if (common.isIBMi)
+  common.skip('IBMi does not support `fs.watch()`');
+
+async function spawnWithRestarts({
+  args,
+  file,
+  restarts,
+  startedPredicate,
+  restartMethod,
+}) {
+  args ??= [file];
+  const printedArgs = inspect(args.slice(args.indexOf(file)).join(' '));
+  startedPredicate ??= (data) => Boolean(data.match(new RegExp(`(Failed|Completed) running ${printedArgs.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}`, 'g'))?.length);
+  restartMethod ??= () => writeFileSync(file, readFileSync(file));
+
+  let stderr = '';
+  let stdout = '';
+  let restartCount = 0;
+  let completedStart = false;
+  let finished = false;
+
+  const child = spawn(execPath, ['--watch', '--no-warnings', ...args], { encoding: 'utf8' });
+  child.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
+    stderr += data;
+  });
+  child.stdout.on('data', async (data) => {
+    if (finished) return;
+    stdout += data;
+    const restartMessages = stdout.match(new RegExp(`Restarting ${printedArgs.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}`, 'g'))?.length ?? 0;
+    completedStart = completedStart || startedPredicate(data.toString());
+    if (restartMessages >= restarts && completedStart) {
+      finished = true;
+      child.kill();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (restartCount <= restartMessages && completedStart) {
+      await setTimeout(restartCount > 0 ? 1000 : 50, { ref: false }); // Prevent throttling
+      restartCount++;
+      completedStart = false;
+      restartMethod();
+    }
+  });
+
+  await Promise.race([once(child, 'exit'), once(child, 'error')]);
+  return { stderr, stdout };
+}
+
+let tmpFiles = 0;
+function createTmpFile(content = 'console.log("running");') {
+  const file = path.join(tmpdir.path, `${tmpFiles++}.js`);
+  writeFileSync(file, content);
+  return file;
+}
+
+function removeGraceMessage(stdout, file) {
+  // Remove the message in case restart took long to avoid flakiness
+  return stdout
+    .replaceAll('Waiting for graceful termination...', '')
+    .replaceAll(`Gracefully restarted ${inspect(file)}`, '');
+}
+
+tmpdir.refresh();
+
+// Warning: this suite can run safely with concurrency: true
+// only if tests do not watch/depend on the same files
+describe('watch mode', { concurrency: false, timeout: 60_0000 }, () => {
+  it('should watch changes to a file - event loop ended', async () => {
+    const file = createTmpFile();
+    const { stderr, stdout } = await spawnWithRestarts({ file, restarts: 1 });
+
+    assert.strictEqual(stderr, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(removeGraceMessage(stdout, file), [
+      'running', `Completed running ${inspect(file)}`, `Restarting ${inspect(file)}`,
+      'running', `Completed running ${inspect(file)}`, '',
+    ].join('\n'));
+  });
+
+  it('should watch changes to a failing file', async () => {
+    const file = fixtures.path('watch-mode/failing.js');
+    const { stderr, stdout } = await spawnWithRestarts({ file, restarts: 1 });
+
+    assert.match(stderr, /Error: fails\r?\n/);
+    assert.strictEqual(stderr.match(/Error: fails\r?\n/g).length, 2);
+    assert.strictEqual(removeGraceMessage(stdout, file), [`Failed running ${inspect(file)}`, `Restarting ${inspect(file)}`,
+                                                          `Failed running ${inspect(file)}`, ''].join('\n'));
+  });
+
+  it('should not watch when running an non-existing file', async () => {
+    const file = fixtures.path('watch-mode/non-existing.js');
+    const { stderr, stdout } = await spawnWithRestarts({ file, restarts: 0, restartMethod: () => {} });
+
+    assert.match(stderr, /code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND'/);
+    assert.strictEqual(stdout, [`Failed running ${inspect(file)}`, ''].join('\n'));
+  });
+
+  it('should watch when running an non-existing file - when specified under --watch-path', {
+    skip: !common.isOSX && !common.isWindows
+  }, async () => {
+    const file = fixtures.path('watch-mode/subdir/non-existing.js');
+    const watched = fixtures.path('watch-mode/subdir/file.js');
+    const { stderr, stdout } = await spawnWithRestarts({
+      file,
+      args: ['--watch-path', fixtures.path('./watch-mode/subdir/'), file],
+      restarts: 1,
+      restartMethod: () => writeFileSync(watched, readFileSync(watched))
+    });
+
+    assert.strictEqual(stderr, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(removeGraceMessage(stdout, file), [`Failed running ${inspect(file)}`, `Restarting ${inspect(file)}`,
+                                                          `Failed running ${inspect(file)}`, ''].join('\n'));
+  });
+
+  it('should watch changes to a file - event loop blocked', async () => {
+    const file = fixtures.path('watch-mode/infinite-loop.js');
+    const { stderr, stdout } = await spawnWithRestarts({
+      file,
+      restarts: 2,
+      startedPredicate: (data) => data.startsWith('running'),
+    });
+
+    assert.strictEqual(stderr, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(removeGraceMessage(stdout, file),
+                       ['running', `Restarting ${inspect(file)}`, 'running', `Restarting ${inspect(file)}`, 'running', ''].join('\n'));
+  });
+
+  it('should watch changes to dependencies - cjs', async () => {
+    const file = fixtures.path('watch-mode/dependant.js');
+    const dependency = fixtures.path('watch-mode/dependency.js');
+    const { stderr, stdout } = await spawnWithRestarts({
+      file,
+      restarts: 1,
+      restartMethod: () => writeFileSync(dependency, readFileSync(dependency)),
+    });
+
+    assert.strictEqual(stderr, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(removeGraceMessage(stdout, file), [
+      '{}', `Completed running ${inspect(file)}`, `Restarting ${inspect(file)}`,
+      '{}', `Completed running ${inspect(file)}`, '',
+    ].join('\n'));
+  });
+
+  it('should watch changes to dependencies - esm', async () => {
+    const file = fixtures.path('watch-mode/dependant.mjs');
+    const dependency = fixtures.path('watch-mode/dependency.mjs');
+    const { stderr, stdout } = await spawnWithRestarts({
+      file,
+      restarts: 1,
+      restartMethod: () => writeFileSync(dependency, readFileSync(dependency)),
+    });
+
+    assert.strictEqual(stderr, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(removeGraceMessage(stdout, file), [
+      '{}', `Completed running ${inspect(file)}`, `Restarting ${inspect(file)}`,
+      '{}', `Completed running ${inspect(file)}`, '',
+    ].join('\n'));
+  });
+
+  it('should restart multiple times', async () => {
+    const file = createTmpFile();
+    const { stderr, stdout } = await spawnWithRestarts({ file, restarts: 3 });
+
+    assert.strictEqual(stderr, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(stdout.match(new RegExp(`Restarting ${inspect(file).replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')}`, 'g')).length, 3);
+  });
+
+  it('should gracefully wait when restarting', { skip: common.isWindows }, async () => {
+    const file = fixtures.path('watch-mode/graceful-sigterm.js');
+    const { stderr, stdout } = await spawnWithRestarts({
+      file,
+      restarts: 1,
+      startedPredicate: (data) => data.startsWith('running'),
+    });
+
+    // This message appearing is very flaky depending on a race between the
+    // inner process and the outer process. it is acceptable for the message not to appear
+    // as long as the SIGTERM handler is respected.
+    if (stdout.includes('Waiting for graceful termination...')) {
+      assert.strictEqual(stdout, ['running', `Restarting ${inspect(file)}`, 'Waiting for graceful termination...',
+                                  'exiting gracefully', `Gracefully restarted ${inspect(file)}`, 'running', ''].join('\n'));
+    } else {
+      assert.strictEqual(stdout, ['running', `Restarting ${inspect(file)}`, 'exiting gracefully', 'running', ''].join('\n'));
+    }
+    assert.strictEqual(stderr, '');
+  });
+
+  it('should pass arguments to file', async () => {
+    const file = fixtures.path('watch-mode/parse_args.js');
+    const random = Date.now().toString();
+    const args = [file, '--random', random];
+    const { stderr, stdout } = await spawnWithRestarts({ file, args, restarts: 1 });
+
+    assert.strictEqual(stderr, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(removeGraceMessage(stdout, args.join(' ')), [
+      random, `Completed running ${inspect(args.join(' '))}`, `Restarting ${inspect(args.join(' '))}`,
+      random, `Completed running ${inspect(args.join(' '))}`, '',
+    ].join('\n'));
+  });
+
+  it('should not load --require modules in main process', async () => {
+    const file = createTmpFile('');
+    const required = fixtures.path('watch-mode/process_exit.js');
+    const args = ['--require', required, file];
+    const { stderr, stdout } = await spawnWithRestarts({ file, args, restarts: 1 });
+
+    assert.strictEqual(stderr, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(removeGraceMessage(stdout, file), [
+      `Completed running ${inspect(file)}`, `Restarting ${inspect(file)}`, `Completed running ${inspect(file)}`, '',
+    ].join('\n'));
+  });
+
+  it('should not load --import modules in main process', async () => {
+    const file = createTmpFile('');
+    const imported = fixtures.fileURL('watch-mode/process_exit.js');
+    const args = ['--import', imported, file];
+    const { stderr, stdout } = await spawnWithRestarts({ file, args, restarts: 1 });
+
+    assert.strictEqual(stderr, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(removeGraceMessage(stdout, file), [
+      `Completed running ${inspect(file)}`, `Restarting ${inspect(file)}`, `Completed running ${inspect(file)}`, '',
+    ].join('\n'));
+  });
+
+  describe('inspect', {
+    skip: Boolean(process.config.variables.coverage || !process.features.inspector),
+  }, () => {
+    const silentLogger = { log: () => {}, error: () => {} };
+    async function getDebuggedPid(instance, waitForLog = true) {
+      const session = await instance.connectInspectorSession();
+      await session.send({ method: 'Runtime.enable' });
+      if (waitForLog) {
+        await session.waitForConsoleOutput('log', 'safe to debug now');
+      }
+      const { value: innerPid } = (await session.send({
+        'method': 'Runtime.evaluate', 'params': { 'expression': 'process.pid' }
+      })).result;
+      session.disconnect();
+      return innerPid;
+    }
+
+    it('should start debugger on inner process', async () => {
+      const file = fixtures.path('watch-mode/inspect.js');
+      const instance = new NodeInstance(['--inspect=0', '--watch'], undefined, file, silentLogger);
+      let stderr = '';
+      instance.on('stderr', (data) => { stderr += data; });
+
+      const pids = [instance.pid];
+      pids.push(await getDebuggedPid(instance));
+      instance.resetPort();
+      writeFileSync(file, readFileSync(file));
+      pids.push(await getDebuggedPid(instance));
+
+      await instance.kill();
+
+      // There should be 3 pids (one parent + 2 restarts).
+      // Message about Debugger should only appear twice.
+      assert.strictEqual(stderr.match(/Debugger listening on ws:\/\//g).length, 2);
+      assert.strictEqual(new Set(pids).size, 3);
+    });
+
+    it('should prevent attaching debugger with SIGUSR1 to outer process', { skip: common.isWindows }, async () => {
+      const file = fixtures.path('watch-mode/inspect_with_signal.js');
+      const instance = new NodeInstance(['--inspect-port=0', '--watch'], undefined, file, silentLogger);
+      let stderr = '';
+      instance.on('stderr', (data) => { stderr += data; });
+
+      const loggedPid = await new Promise((resolve) => {
+        instance.on('stdout', (data) => {
+          const matches = data.match(/pid is (\d+)/);
+          if (matches) resolve(Number(matches[1]));
+        });
+      });
+
+
+      process.kill(instance.pid, 'SIGUSR1');
+      process.kill(loggedPid, 'SIGUSR1');
+      const debuggedPid = await getDebuggedPid(instance, false);
+
+      await instance.kill();
+
+      // Message about Debugger should only appear once in inner process.
+      assert.strictEqual(stderr.match(/Debugger listening on ws:\/\//g).length, 1);
+      assert.strictEqual(loggedPid, debuggedPid);
+    });
+  });
+});