diff --git a/doc/api/timers.md b/doc/api/timers.md
index b86a49a932ec1c..db8e8dfce43390 100644
--- a/doc/api/timers.md
+++ b/doc/api/timers.md
@@ -123,6 +123,14 @@ Calling `timeout.unref()` creates an internal timer that will wake the Node.js
 event loop. Creating too many of these can adversely impact performance
 of the Node.js application.
 
+### timeout[Symbol.toPrimitive]()
+
+* Returns: {integer}
+
+When coercing a `Timeout` to a primitive, a primitive will be generated that
+can be used to clear the `Timeout`. This allows enhanced compatibility with
+browser `setTimeout`, and `setInterval` implementations.
+
 ## Scheduling Timers
 
 A timer in Node.js is an internal construct that calls a given function after
diff --git a/lib/internal/timers.js b/lib/internal/timers.js
index 44ebc65dc1d4aa..c7a93695d931bc 100644
--- a/lib/internal/timers.js
+++ b/lib/internal/timers.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const {
 // Timeout values > TIMEOUT_MAX are set to 1.
 const TIMEOUT_MAX = 2 ** 31 - 1;
 
+const kHasPrimitive = Symbol('hasPrimitive');
 const kRefed = Symbol('refed');
 
 module.exports = {
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ module.exports = {
   async_id_symbol,
   trigger_async_id_symbol,
   Timeout,
+  kHasPrimitive,
   kRefed,
   initAsyncResource,
   setUnrefTimeout,
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ function Timeout(callback, after, args, isRepeat) {
   this._repeat = isRepeat ? after : null;
   this._destroyed = false;
 
+  this[kHasPrimitive] = false;
   this[kRefed] = null;
 
   initAsyncResource(this, 'Timeout');
diff --git a/lib/timers.js b/lib/timers.js
index 5ae0e6a5ad4fd4..002b5fc08ae845 100644
--- a/lib/timers.js
+++ b/lib/timers.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const {
   async_id_symbol,
   trigger_async_id_symbol,
   Timeout,
+  kHasPrimitive,
   kRefed,
   initAsyncResource,
   validateTimerDuration
@@ -136,6 +137,11 @@ const [immediateInfo, toggleImmediateRef] =
 // - value = linked list
 const lists = Object.create(null);
 
+// This stores all the known timer async ids to allow users to clearTimeout and
+// clearInterval using those ids, to match the spec and the rest of the web
+// platform.
+const knownTimersById = Object.create(null);
+
 // This is a priority queue with a custom sorting function that first compares
 // the expiry times of two lists and if they're the same then compares their
 // individual IDs to determine which list was created first.
@@ -347,6 +353,9 @@ function tryOnTimeout(timer, start) {
         refCount--;
       timer[kRefed] = null;
 
+      if (timer[kHasPrimitive])
+        delete knownTimersById[timer[async_id_symbol]];
+
       if (destroyHooksExist() && !timer._destroyed) {
         emitDestroy(timer[async_id_symbol]);
         timer._destroyed = true;
@@ -385,6 +394,9 @@ function unenroll(item) {
   }
   item[kRefed] = null;
 
+  if (item[kHasPrimitive])
+    delete knownTimersById[item[async_id_symbol]];
+
   // if active is called later, then we want to make sure not to insert again
   item._idleTimeout = -1;
 }
@@ -487,6 +499,16 @@ const clearTimeout = exports.clearTimeout = function clearTimeout(timer) {
   if (timer && timer._onTimeout) {
     timer._onTimeout = null;
     unenroll(timer);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const timerType = typeof timer;
+  if (timerType === 'string' || timerType === 'number') {
+    const timerInstance = knownTimersById[timer];
+    if (timerInstance !== undefined) {
+      timerInstance._onTimeout = null;
+      unenroll(timerInstance);
+    }
   }
 };
 
@@ -531,6 +553,15 @@ exports.clearInterval = function clearInterval(timer) {
 };
 
 
+Timeout.prototype[Symbol.toPrimitive] = function() {
+  const id = this[async_id_symbol];
+  if (!this[kHasPrimitive]) {
+    this[kHasPrimitive] = true;
+    knownTimersById[id] = this;
+  }
+  return id;
+};
+
 Timeout.prototype.unref = function() {
   if (this[kRefed]) {
     this[kRefed] = false;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-timers-to-primitive.js b/test/parallel/test-timers-to-primitive.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e0a9f8cd0f9ff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-timers-to-primitive.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+const timeout1 = setTimeout(common.mustNotCall(), 1);
+const timeout2 = setInterval(common.mustNotCall(), 1);
+
+assert.strictEqual(Number.isNaN(+timeout1), false);
+assert.strictEqual(Number.isNaN(+timeout2), false);
+
+assert.strictEqual(+timeout1, timeout1[Symbol.toPrimitive]());
+
+assert.notStrictEqual(`${timeout1}`, Object.prototype.toString.call(timeout1));
+assert.notStrictEqual(`${timeout2}`, Object.prototype.toString.call(timeout2));
+
+assert.notStrictEqual(+timeout1, +timeout2);
+
+const o = {};
+o[timeout1] = timeout1;
+o[timeout2] = timeout2;
+const keys = Object.keys(o);
+assert.deepStrictEqual(keys, [`${timeout1}`, `${timeout2}`]);
+
+clearTimeout(keys[0]); // Works for string.
+clearInterval(+timeout2); // Works for integer.