diff --git a/src/node_task_runner.cc b/src/node_task_runner.cc
index 3e15a70e72660c..22c02e83e12ed6 100644
--- a/src/node_task_runner.cc
+++ b/src/node_task_runner.cc
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ std::string EscapeShell(const std::string_view input) {
   escaped = std::regex_replace(escaped, leadingQuotePairs, "");
   escaped = std::regex_replace(escaped, tripleSingleQuote, "\\\"");
 #else
-  // Replace single quotes("'") with "\\'" and wrap the result
+  // Replace single quotes("'") with `'"'"'` and wrap the result
   // in single quotes.
   std::string escaped =
-      std::regex_replace(std::string(input), std::regex("'"), "\\'");
+      std::regex_replace(std::string(input), std::regex("'"), "'\"'\"'");
   escaped = "'" + escaped + "'";
   // Remove excessive quote pairs and handle edge cases
   static const std::regex tripleSingleQuote("\\\\'''");
diff --git a/test/cctest/test_node_task_runner.cc b/test/cctest/test_node_task_runner.cc
index a2c520d2709f2e..1c715124bd88ee 100644
--- a/test/cctest/test_node_task_runner.cc
+++ b/test/cctest/test_node_task_runner.cc
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ TEST_F(TaskRunnerTest, EscapeShell) {
       {"test words", "'test words'"},
       {"$1", "'$1'"},
       {"\"$1\"", "'\"$1\"'"},
-      {"'$1'", "'\\'$1\\''"},
+      {"'$1'", "\"'\"'$1'\"'\"''"},
       {"\\$1", "'\\$1'"},
       {"--arg=\"$1\"", "'--arg=\"$1\"'"},
       {"--arg=node exec -c \"$1\"", "'--arg=node exec -c \"$1\"'"},
-      {"--arg=node exec -c '$1'", "'--arg=node exec -c \\'$1\\''"},
-      {"'--arg=node exec -c \"$1\"'", "'\\'--arg=node exec -c \"$1\"\\''"}
+      {"--arg=node exec -c '$1'", "'--arg=node exec -c '\"'\"'$1'\"'\"''"},
+      {"'--arg=node exec -c \"$1\"'", "\"'\"'--arg=node exec -c \"$1\"'\"'\"''"}
 #endif
   };
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/run-script/package.json b/test/fixtures/run-script/package.json
index 138f47f2f97408..1a6b66475ca5cf 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/run-script/package.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/run-script/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "custom-env-windows": "custom-env.bat",
     "path-env": "path-env",
     "path-env-windows": "path-env.bat",
+    "repeat-args": "node repeat-args.js",
     "special-env-variables": "special-env-variables",
     "special-env-variables-windows": "special-env-variables.bat",
     "pwd": "pwd",
diff --git a/test/fixtures/run-script/repeat-args.js b/test/fixtures/run-script/repeat-args.js
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..0a5cf7fd80a6b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/run-script/repeat-args.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+console.log(JSON.stringify(process.argv.slice(2)));
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-node-run.js b/test/parallel/test-node-run.js
index 26295256849702..34597078d59e42 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-node-run.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-node-run.js
@@ -156,6 +156,20 @@ describe('node --run [command]', () => {
     assert.strictEqual(child.code, 0);
   });
 
+  it('handles positional arguments with quotes', async () => {
+    const child = await common.spawnPromisified(
+      process.execPath,
+      [ '--run', 'repeat-args', '--', 'I think therefore I\'m'],
+      { cwd: fixtures.path('run-script') },
+    );
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(child, {
+      stdout: `["I think therefore I'm"]\n`,
+      stderr: '',
+      code: 0,
+      signal: null,
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should set PATH environment variable with paths appended with node_modules/.bin', async () => {
     const child = await common.spawnPromisified(
       process.execPath,