diff --git a/src/env.cc b/src/env.cc
index 692a344703a196d..643fd7d3a4347c6 100644
--- a/src/env.cc
+++ b/src/env.cc
@@ -911,10 +911,11 @@ void Environment::InitializeLibuv() {
   StartProfilerIdleNotifier();
 }
 
-void Environment::ExitEnv() {
+void Environment::ExitEnv(bool terminate) {
   // Should not access non-thread-safe methods here.
   set_stopping(true);
-  isolate_->TerminateExecution();
+  if (terminate)
+    isolate_->TerminateExecution();
   SetImmediateThreadsafe([](Environment* env) {
     env->set_can_call_into_js(false);
     uv_stop(env->event_loop());
diff --git a/src/env.h b/src/env.h
index c2eb764e740400c..cc1187effbeab8d 100644
--- a/src/env.h
+++ b/src/env.h
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ class Environment : public MemoryRetainer {
   void RegisterHandleCleanups();
   void CleanupHandles();
   void Exit(ExitCode code);
-  void ExitEnv();
+  void ExitEnv(bool terminate);
 
   // Register clean-up cb to be called on environment destruction.
   inline void RegisterHandleCleanup(uv_handle_t* handle,
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index f92be4b089db872..002e14aa410238b 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -1253,8 +1253,8 @@ int Start(int argc, char** argv) {
   return static_cast<int>(StartInternal(argc, argv));
 }
 
-int Stop(Environment* env) {
-  env->ExitEnv();
+int Stop(Environment* env, bool terminate) {
+  env->ExitEnv(terminate);
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/node.h b/src/node.h
index 48477e970829c33..4745ecad4ee7eb1 100644
--- a/src/node.h
+++ b/src/node.h
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ NODE_EXTERN int Start(int argc, char* argv[]);
 
 // Tear down Node.js while it is running (there are active handles
 // in the loop and / or actively executing JavaScript code).
-NODE_EXTERN int Stop(Environment* env);
+NODE_EXTERN int Stop(Environment* env, bool terminate = true);
 
 // Set up per-process state needed to run Node.js. This will consume arguments
 // from argv, fill exec_argv, and possibly add errors resulting from parsing