diff --git a/lib/internal/child_process.js b/lib/internal/child_process.js
index 40592146ada6de..f6c98e09fd4fa0 100644
--- a/lib/internal/child_process.js
+++ b/lib/internal/child_process.js
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ const { convertToValidSignal, deprecate } = require('internal/util');
 const { isArrayBufferView } = require('internal/util/types');
 const spawn_sync = internalBinding('spawn_sync');
 const { kStateSymbol } = require('internal/dgram');
+const console = require('console');
 
 const {
   UV_EACCES,
@@ -526,6 +527,7 @@ class Control extends EventEmitter {
   constructor(channel) {
     super();
     this.#channel = channel;
+    this.pendingMessages = new Set();
   }
 
   // The methods keeping track of the counter are being used to track the
@@ -699,6 +701,19 @@ function setupChannel(target, channel, serializationMode) {
     });
   });
 
+  target.on('newListener', function () {
+    if(!target.channel) return;
+
+    const messages = target.channel.pendingMessages;
+    if (!messages.size) return;
+
+    for (const messageParams of messages) {
+      process.nextTick(target.emit.bind(target), ...messageParams);
+    }
+
+    messages.clear();
+  });
+
   target.send = function(message, handle, options, callback) {
     if (typeof handle === 'function') {
       callback = handle;
@@ -912,7 +927,15 @@ function setupChannel(target, channel, serializationMode) {
   };
 
   function emit(event, message, handle) {
-    target.emit(event, message, handle);
+    const args = [event, message, handle];
+    const isInternalMessage = "internalMessage" === event;
+    const hasListenersInstalled = target.listenerCount('message');
+    if (hasListenersInstalled || isInternalMessage) { 
+      target.emit(...args);
+      return;
+    }
+    
+    target.channel.pendingMessages.add(args);
   }
 
   function handleMessage(message, handle, internal) {