diff --git a/test/known_issues/known_issues.status b/test/known_issues/known_issues.status
index d7e0b546d43ff8..8da183080382f5 100644
--- a/test/known_issues/known_issues.status
+++ b/test/known_issues/known_issues.status
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ prefix known_issues
 # sample-test                        : SKIP
 
 [true] # This section applies to all platforms
+test-repl-uncaught-exception-error: SKIP
 
 [$system==win32]
 test-fs-copyfile-respect-permissions: SKIP
diff --git a/test/known_issues/test-repl-uncaught-exception-error.js b/test/known_issues/test-repl-uncaught-exception-error.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d496e156640df5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/known_issues/test-repl-uncaught-exception-error.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+'use strict';
+
+require('../common');
+const ArrayStream = require('../common/arraystream');
+const repl = require('repl');
+
+// Adding an `uncaughtException` listener in an REPL instance suppresses errors
+// in the whole application.
+// Closing the instance won't remove those listeners either.
+
+let accum = '';
+
+const output = new ArrayStream();
+output.write = (data) => accum += data.replace('\r', '');
+
+const r = repl.start({
+  prompt: '',
+  input: new ArrayStream(),
+  output,
+  terminal: false,
+  useColors: false,
+  global: false
+});
+
+r.write(
+  'setTimeout(() => {\n' +
+  '  process.on("uncaughtException", () => console.log("Foo"));\n' +
+  '}, 1);\n'
+);
+
+// Event listeners added to the global `process` won't be removed after
+// closing the REPL instance! Those should be removed again, especially since
+// the REPL's `global` option is set to `false`.
+r.close();
+
+setTimeout(() => {
+  // This should definitely not be silenced!
+  throw new Error('HU');
+}, 2);