diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 73a0f1439f5501..23ac19479dddf4 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -741,80 +741,19 @@ int InitializeNodeWithArgs(std::vector<std::string>* argv,
   V8::SetFlagsFromString(NODE_V8_OPTIONS, sizeof(NODE_V8_OPTIONS) - 1);
 #endif
 
-  std::shared_ptr<EnvironmentOptions> default_env_options =
-      per_process::cli_options->per_isolate->per_env;
-  {
-    std::string text;
-    default_env_options->pending_deprecation =
-        credentials::SafeGetenv("NODE_PENDING_DEPRECATION", &text) &&
-        text[0] == '1';
-  }
-
-  // Allow for environment set preserving symlinks.
-  {
-    std::string text;
-    default_env_options->preserve_symlinks =
-        credentials::SafeGetenv("NODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKS", &text) &&
-        text[0] == '1';
-  }
-
-  {
-    std::string text;
-    default_env_options->preserve_symlinks_main =
-        credentials::SafeGetenv("NODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKS_MAIN", &text) &&
-        text[0] == '1';
-  }
-
-  if (default_env_options->redirect_warnings.empty()) {
-    credentials::SafeGetenv("NODE_REDIRECT_WARNINGS",
-                            &default_env_options->redirect_warnings);
-  }
+  HandleEnvOptions(per_process::cli_options->per_isolate->per_env);
 
 #if !defined(NODE_WITHOUT_NODE_OPTIONS)
   std::string node_options;
 
   if (credentials::SafeGetenv("NODE_OPTIONS", &node_options)) {
-    std::vector<std::string> env_argv;
-    // [0] is expected to be the program name, fill it in from the real argv.
-    env_argv.push_back(argv->at(0));
-
-    bool is_in_string = false;
-    bool will_start_new_arg = true;
-    for (std::string::size_type index = 0;
-         index < node_options.size();
-         ++index) {
-      char c = node_options.at(index);
-
-      // Backslashes escape the following character
-      if (c == '\\' && is_in_string) {
-        if (index + 1 == node_options.size()) {
-          errors->push_back("invalid value for NODE_OPTIONS "
-                            "(invalid escape)\n");
-          return 9;
-        } else {
-          c = node_options.at(++index);
-        }
-      } else if (c == ' ' && !is_in_string) {
-        will_start_new_arg = true;
-        continue;
-      } else if (c == '"') {
-        is_in_string = !is_in_string;
-        continue;
-      }
+    std::vector<std::string> env_argv =
+        ParseNodeOptionsEnvVar(node_options, errors);
 
-      if (will_start_new_arg) {
-        env_argv.emplace_back(std::string(1, c));
-        will_start_new_arg = false;
-      } else {
-        env_argv.back() += c;
-      }
-    }
+    if (!errors->empty()) return 9;
 
-    if (is_in_string) {
-      errors->push_back("invalid value for NODE_OPTIONS "
-                        "(unterminated string)\n");
-      return 9;
-    }
+    // [0] is expected to be the program name, fill it in from the real argv.
+    env_argv.insert(env_argv.begin(), argv->at(0));
 
     const int exit_code = ProcessGlobalArgs(&env_argv,
                                             nullptr,
diff --git a/src/node_options-inl.h b/src/node_options-inl.h
index 8bb5b6155a21d1..885cb849744205 100644
--- a/src/node_options-inl.h
+++ b/src/node_options-inl.h
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 #if defined(NODE_WANT_INTERNALS) && NODE_WANT_INTERNALS
 
+#include <cstdlib>
 #include "node_options.h"
 #include "util.h"
-#include <cstdlib>
 
 namespace node {
 
diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index ed46978236675a..e9bfa1e29a6d2b 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "env-inl.h"
 #include "node_binding.h"
+#include "node_internals.h"
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -1032,6 +1033,68 @@ void Initialize(Local<Object> target,
 }
 
 }  // namespace options_parser
+
+void HandleEnvOptions(std::shared_ptr<EnvironmentOptions> env_options) {
+  HandleEnvOptions(env_options, [](const char* name) {
+    std::string text;
+    return credentials::SafeGetenv(name, &text) ? text : "";
+  });
+}
+
+void HandleEnvOptions(std::shared_ptr<EnvironmentOptions> env_options,
+                      std::function<std::string(const char*)> opt_getter) {
+  env_options->pending_deprecation =
+      opt_getter("NODE_PENDING_DEPRECATION") == "1";
+
+  env_options->preserve_symlinks = opt_getter("NODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKS") == "1";
+
+  env_options->preserve_symlinks_main =
+      opt_getter("NODE_PRESERVE_SYMLINKS_MAIN") == "1";
+
+  if (env_options->redirect_warnings.empty())
+    env_options->redirect_warnings = opt_getter("NODE_REDIRECT_WARNINGS");
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> ParseNodeOptionsEnvVar(
+    const std::string& node_options, std::vector<std::string>* errors) {
+  std::vector<std::string> env_argv;
+
+  bool is_in_string = false;
+  bool will_start_new_arg = true;
+  for (std::string::size_type index = 0; index < node_options.size(); ++index) {
+    char c = node_options.at(index);
+
+    // Backslashes escape the following character
+    if (c == '\\' && is_in_string) {
+      if (index + 1 == node_options.size()) {
+        errors->push_back("invalid value for NODE_OPTIONS "
+                          "(invalid escape)\n");
+        return env_argv;
+      } else {
+        c = node_options.at(++index);
+      }
+    } else if (c == ' ' && !is_in_string) {
+      will_start_new_arg = true;
+      continue;
+    } else if (c == '"') {
+      is_in_string = !is_in_string;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (will_start_new_arg) {
+      env_argv.emplace_back(std::string(1, c));
+      will_start_new_arg = false;
+    } else {
+      env_argv.back() += c;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (is_in_string) {
+    errors->push_back("invalid value for NODE_OPTIONS "
+                      "(unterminated string)\n");
+  }
+  return env_argv;
+}
 }  // namespace node
 
 NODE_MODULE_CONTEXT_AWARE_INTERNAL(options, node::options_parser::Initialize)
diff --git a/src/node_options.h b/src/node_options.h
index 60daf360d98d91..13f636e35742f6 100644
--- a/src/node_options.h
+++ b/src/node_options.h
@@ -456,6 +456,13 @@ extern Mutex cli_options_mutex;
 extern std::shared_ptr<PerProcessOptions> cli_options;
 
 }  // namespace per_process
+
+void HandleEnvOptions(std::shared_ptr<EnvironmentOptions> env_options);
+void HandleEnvOptions(std::shared_ptr<EnvironmentOptions> env_options,
+                      std::function<std::string(const char*)> opt_getter);
+
+std::vector<std::string> ParseNodeOptionsEnvVar(
+    const std::string& node_options, std::vector<std::string>* errors);
 }  // namespace node
 
 #endif  // defined(NODE_WANT_INTERNALS) && NODE_WANT_INTERNALS