diff --git a/src/inspector_agent.cc b/src/inspector_agent.cc
index 78fc3719a6972f..5b6a8f01bb321e 100644
--- a/src/inspector_agent.cc
+++ b/src/inspector_agent.cc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "platform/v8_inspector/public/V8Inspector.h"
 #include "platform/v8_inspector/public/V8InspectorClient.h"
 #include "platform/v8_inspector/public/V8InspectorSession.h"
+#include "platform/v8_inspector/public/V8StackTrace.h"
 #include "platform/inspector_protocol/FrontendChannel.h"
 #include "platform/inspector_protocol/String16.h"
 #include "platform/inspector_protocol/Values.h"
@@ -175,6 +176,9 @@ class AgentImpl {
   bool IsConnected() {  return state_ == State::kConnected; }
   void WaitForDisconnect();
 
+  void FatalException(v8::Local<v8::Value> error,
+                      v8::Local<v8::Message> message);
+
  private:
   using MessageQueue = std::vector<std::pair<int, String16>>;
   enum class State { kNew, kAccepting, kConnected, kDone, kError };
@@ -334,6 +338,10 @@ class V8NodeInspector : public blink::V8InspectorClient {
     session_->dispatchProtocolMessage(message);
   }
 
+  blink::V8Inspector* inspector() {
+    return inspector_.get();
+  }
+
  private:
   AgentImpl* agent_;
   v8::Isolate* isolate_;
@@ -495,6 +503,46 @@ void AgentImpl::InstallInspectorOnProcess() {
   env->SetMethod(inspector, "wrapConsoleCall", InspectorWrapConsoleCall);
 }
 
+String16 ToProtocolString(v8::Local<v8::Value> value) {
+  if (value.IsEmpty() || value->IsNull() || value->IsUndefined() ||
+      !value->IsString()) {
+    return String16();
+  }
+  v8::Local<v8::String> string_value = v8::Local<v8::String>::Cast(value);
+  wstring buffer(string_value->Length(), '\0');
+  string_value->Write(&buffer[0], 0, string_value->Length());
+  return String16(buffer);
+}
+
+void AgentImpl::FatalException(v8::Local<v8::Value> error,
+                               v8::Local<v8::Message> message) {
+  if (!IsStarted())
+    return;
+  auto env = parent_env_;
+  v8::Local<v8::Context> context = env->context();
+
+  int script_id = message->GetScriptOrigin().ScriptID()->Value();
+  std::unique_ptr<blink::V8StackTrace> stack_trace =
+      inspector_->inspector()->createStackTrace(message->GetStackTrace());
+
+  if (stack_trace && !stack_trace->isEmpty() &&
+      String16::fromInteger(script_id) == stack_trace->topScriptId()) {
+    script_id = 0;
+  }
+
+  inspector_->inspector()->exceptionThrown(
+      context,
+      "Uncaught",
+      error,
+      ToProtocolString(message->Get()),
+      ToProtocolString(message->GetScriptResourceName()),
+      message->GetLineNumber(context).FromMaybe(0),
+      message->GetStartColumn(context).FromMaybe(0),
+      std::move(stack_trace),
+      script_id);
+  WaitForDisconnect();
+}
+
 // static
 void AgentImpl::ThreadCbIO(void* agent) {
   static_cast<AgentImpl*>(agent)->WorkerRunIO();
@@ -714,5 +762,11 @@ void Agent::WaitForDisconnect() {
   impl->WaitForDisconnect();
 }
 
+void Agent::FatalException(v8::Local<v8::Value> error,
+                           v8::Local<v8::Message> message) {
+  impl->FatalException(error, message);
+}
+
+
 }  // namespace inspector
 }  // namespace node
diff --git a/src/inspector_agent.h b/src/inspector_agent.h
index f2b2c1a187bd91..43433fdc6e69f0 100644
--- a/src/inspector_agent.h
+++ b/src/inspector_agent.h
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ class Environment;
 
 namespace v8 {
 class Platform;
+template<typename T>
+class Local;
+class Value;
+class Message;
 }  // namespace v8
 
 namespace node {
@@ -32,6 +36,9 @@ class Agent {
   bool IsStarted();
   bool IsConnected();
   void WaitForDisconnect();
+
+  void FatalException(v8::Local<v8::Value> error,
+                      v8::Local<v8::Message> message);
  private:
   AgentImpl* impl;
 };
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index af35308047b2ee..8ba5a678d1138b 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -2520,31 +2520,43 @@ void FatalException(Isolate* isolate,
   Local<Function> fatal_exception_function =
       process_object->Get(fatal_exception_string).As<Function>();
 
+  int exit_code = 0;
   if (!fatal_exception_function->IsFunction()) {
     // failed before the process._fatalException function was added!
     // this is probably pretty bad.  Nothing to do but report and exit.
     ReportException(env, error, message);
-    exit(6);
+    exit_code = 6;
   }
 
-  TryCatch fatal_try_catch(isolate);
+  if (exit_code == 0) {
+    TryCatch fatal_try_catch(isolate);
 
-  // Do not call FatalException when _fatalException handler throws
-  fatal_try_catch.SetVerbose(false);
+    // Do not call FatalException when _fatalException handler throws
+    fatal_try_catch.SetVerbose(false);
 
-  // this will return true if the JS layer handled it, false otherwise
-  Local<Value> caught =
-      fatal_exception_function->Call(process_object, 1, &error);
+    // this will return true if the JS layer handled it, false otherwise
+    Local<Value> caught =
+        fatal_exception_function->Call(process_object, 1, &error);
 
-  if (fatal_try_catch.HasCaught()) {
-    // the fatal exception function threw, so we must exit
-    ReportException(env, fatal_try_catch);
-    exit(7);
+    if (fatal_try_catch.HasCaught()) {
+      // the fatal exception function threw, so we must exit
+      ReportException(env, fatal_try_catch);
+      exit_code = 7;
+    }
+
+    if (exit_code == 0 && false == caught->BooleanValue()) {
+      ReportException(env, error, message);
+      exit_code = 1;
+    }
   }
 
-  if (false == caught->BooleanValue()) {
-    ReportException(env, error, message);
-    exit(1);
+  if (exit_code) {
+#if HAVE_INSPECTOR
+    if (use_inspector) {
+      env->inspector_agent()->FatalException(error, message);
+    }
+#endif
+    exit(exit_code);
   }
 }