diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index af160a7488f248..9238a2a65f04ba 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -604,19 +604,23 @@ EnvironmentOptionsParser::EnvironmentOptionsParser() {
       "Start the V8 heap profiler on start up, and write the heap profile "
       "to disk before exit. If --heap-prof-dir is not specified, write "
       "the profile to the current working directory.",
-      &EnvironmentOptions::heap_prof);
+      &EnvironmentOptions::heap_prof,
+      kAllowedInEnvvar);
   AddOption("--heap-prof-name",
             "specified file name of the V8 heap profile generated with "
             "--heap-prof",
-            &EnvironmentOptions::heap_prof_name);
+            &EnvironmentOptions::heap_prof_name,
+            kAllowedInEnvvar);
   AddOption("--heap-prof-dir",
             "Directory where the V8 heap profiles generated by --heap-prof "
             "will be placed.",
-            &EnvironmentOptions::heap_prof_dir);
+            &EnvironmentOptions::heap_prof_dir,
+            kAllowedInEnvvar);
   AddOption("--heap-prof-interval",
             "specified sampling interval in bytes for the V8 heap "
             "profile generated with --heap-prof. (default: 512 * 1024)",
-            &EnvironmentOptions::heap_prof_interval);
+            &EnvironmentOptions::heap_prof_interval,
+            kAllowedInEnvvar);
 #endif  // HAVE_INSPECTOR
   AddOption("--max-http-header-size",
             "set the maximum size of HTTP headers (default: 16384 (16KB))",
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
index 8d614e607177cd..2cbcf284bb23e8 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-cli-node-options.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ expectNoWorker(`-r ${JSON.stringify(printSpaceA)}`, 'A\nB\n');
 expectNoWorker(`-r ${printA} -r ${printA}`, 'A\nB\n');
 expectNoWorker(`   -r ${printA}    -r ${printA}`, 'A\nB\n');
 expectNoWorker(`   --require ${printA}    --require ${printA}`, 'A\nB\n');
+expect('--heap-prof', 'B\n');
 expect('--no-deprecation', 'B\n');
 expect('--no-warnings', 'B\n');
 expect('--no_warnings', 'B\n');