diff --git a/lib/internal/event_target.js b/lib/internal/event_target.js
index 825e1e8b2597ab..b7e49a08245b95 100644
--- a/lib/internal/event_target.js
+++ b/lib/internal/event_target.js
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ class Event {
   }
 
   stopImmediatePropagation() {
+    // Spec mention "stopImmediatePropagation should set both "stop propagation"
+    // and "stop immediate propagation" flags"
+    // cf: from https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-event-stopimmediatepropagation
+    this.stopPropagation();
     this[kStop] = true;
   }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js b/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
index a85e2cd7f1b9f9..747a1e87f33792 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
@@ -267,7 +267,9 @@ let asyncTest = Promise.resolve();
 {
   const target = new EventTarget();
   const event = new Event('foo');
+  strictEqual(event.cancelBubble, false);
   event.stopImmediatePropagation();
+  strictEqual(event.cancelBubble, true);
   target.addEventListener('foo', common.mustNotCall());
   target.dispatchEvent(event);
 }