diff --git a/test/parallel/test-child-process-execfile.js b/test/parallel/test-child-process-execfile.js
index ab36aa7b156f99..f87a4eb1154f2a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-child-process-execfile.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-child-process-execfile.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
-
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const execFile = require('child_process').execFile;
 const path = require('path');
+const uv = process.binding('uv');
 
 const fixture = path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'exit.js');
 
@@ -19,3 +19,22 @@ const fixture = path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'exit.js');
     })
   );
 }
+
+{
+  // Verify that negative exit codes can be translated to UV error names.
+  const errorString = `Error: Command failed: ${process.execPath}`;
+  const code = -1;
+  const callback = common.mustCall((err, stdout, stderr) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(err.toString().trim(), errorString);
+    assert.strictEqual(err.code, uv.errname(code));
+    assert.strictEqual(err.killed, true);
+    assert.strictEqual(err.signal, null);
+    assert.strictEqual(err.cmd, process.execPath);
+    assert.strictEqual(stdout.trim(), '');
+    assert.strictEqual(stderr.trim(), '');
+  });
+  const child = execFile(process.execPath, callback);
+
+  child.kill();
+  child.emit('close', code, null);
+}