diff --git a/lib/internal/process/per_thread.js b/lib/internal/process/per_thread.js
index 36ac1046dab471..07a94486169a7c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/process/per_thread.js
+++ b/lib/internal/process/per_thread.js
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ function wrapProcessMethods(binding) {
     return true;
   }
 
-  function execve(execPath, args, env) {
+  function execve(execPath, args = [], env) {
     emitExperimentalWarning('process.execve');
 
     const { isMainThread } = require('internal/worker');
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 677ccdcafd772b..4c2103b268b682 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -1332,6 +1332,13 @@
         }],
       ]
     }, # overlapped-checker
+    {
+      'target_name': 'nop',
+      'type': 'executable',
+      'sources': [
+        'test/nop/nop.c',
+      ]
+    }, # nop
     {
       'target_name': 'node_js2c',
       'type': 'executable',
diff --git a/test/nop/nop.c b/test/nop/nop.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..03b2213bb9a36c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/nop/nop.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+int main(void) {
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-execve-no-args.js b/test/parallel/test-process-execve-no-args.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..908512622cf00f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-execve-no-args.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { skip, isWindows, isIBMi } = require('../common');
+const { fail } = require('assert');
+const { isMainThread } = require('worker_threads');
+const { dirname, join } = require('path');
+const { existsSync } = require('fs');
+
+if (!isMainThread) {
+  skip('process.execve is not available in Workers');
+} else if (isWindows || isIBMi) {
+  skip('process.execve is not available in Windows or IBM i');
+}
+
+// Get full path to the executable used for the test
+const executable = join(dirname(process.execPath), 'nop');
+
+// Sanity check that the binary exists
+if (!existsSync(executable)) {
+  skip(executable + ' binary is not available');
+}
+
+process.execve(executable);
+// If process.execve succeeds, this should never be executed.
+fail('process.execve failed');