diff --git a/lib/internal/console/constructor.js b/lib/internal/console/constructor.js
index 9c262aef62be25..e3de39f8126b7c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/console/constructor.js
+++ b/lib/internal/console/constructor.js
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ const consoleMethods = {
       const opt = {
         depth,
         maxArrayLength: 3,
+        breakLength: Infinity,
         ...this[kGetInspectOptions](this._stdout)
       };
       return inspect(v, opt);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-console-table.js b/test/parallel/test-console-table.js
index 3a4d6fefbbc8f1..35bd948f11afb0 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-console-table.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-console-table.js
@@ -244,3 +244,17 @@ test([{ a: 1, b: 'Y' }, { a: 'Z', b: 2 }], `
 │    1    │ 'Z' │  2  │
 └─────────┴─────┴─────┘
 `);
+
+{
+  const line = '─'.repeat(79);
+  const header = `${' '.repeat(37)}name${' '.repeat(40)}`;
+  const name = 'very long long long long long long long long long long long ' +
+               'long long long long';
+  test([{ name }], `
+┌─────────┬──${line}──┐
+│ (index) │  ${header}│
+├─────────┼──${line}──┤
+│    0    │ '${name}' │
+└─────────┴──${line}──┘
+`);
+}