diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index f0888dc2a2dac9..219d8f1d00ef22 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ const builtInObjects = new Set(
   ObjectGetOwnPropertyNames(global).filter((e) => /^([A-Z][a-z]+)+$/.test(e))
 );
 
+// These options must stay in sync with `getUserOptions`. So if any option will
+// be added or removed, `getUserOptions` must also be updated accordingly.
 const inspectDefaultOptions = ObjectSeal({
   showHidden: false,
   depth: 2,
@@ -174,13 +176,20 @@ const meta = [
 ];
 
 function getUserOptions(ctx) {
-  const obj = { stylize: ctx.stylize };
-  for (const key of ObjectKeys(inspectDefaultOptions)) {
-    obj[key] = ctx[key];
-  }
-  if (ctx.userOptions === undefined)
-    return obj;
-  return { ...obj, ...ctx.userOptions };
+  return {
+    stylize: ctx.stylize,
+    showHidden: ctx.showHidden,
+    depth: ctx.depth,
+    colors: ctx.colors,
+    customInspect: ctx.customInspect,
+    showProxy: ctx.showProxy,
+    maxArrayLength: ctx.maxArrayLength,
+    breakLength: ctx.breakLength,
+    compact: ctx.compact,
+    sorted: ctx.sorted,
+    getters: ctx.getters,
+    ...ctx.userOptions
+  };
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
index 09ec140a19f9f1..46236dca4a31a0 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
@@ -883,6 +883,10 @@ util.inspect({ hasOwnProperty: null });
     assert.strictEqual(opts.budget, undefined);
     assert.strictEqual(opts.indentationLvl, undefined);
     assert.strictEqual(opts.showHidden, false);
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(
+      new Set(Object.keys(util.inspect.defaultOptions).concat(['stylize'])),
+      new Set(Object.keys(opts))
+    );
     opts.showHidden = true;
     return { [util.inspect.custom]: common.mustCall((depth, opts2) => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(clone, opts2);
@@ -909,10 +913,11 @@ util.inspect({ hasOwnProperty: null });
 }
 
 {
-  const subject = { [util.inspect.custom]: common.mustCall((depth) => {
+  const subject = { [util.inspect.custom]: common.mustCall((depth, opts) => {
     assert.strictEqual(depth, null);
+    assert.strictEqual(opts.compact, true);
   }) };
-  util.inspect(subject, { depth: null });
+  util.inspect(subject, { depth: null, compact: true });
 }
 
 {