diff --git a/base/client.jl b/base/client.jl
index 5e7cd19ea480f..d66933e27e4d1 100644
--- a/base/client.jl
+++ b/base/client.jl
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ function exec_options(opts)
             # If we're doing a bug report, don't load anything else. We will
             # spawn a child in which to execute these options.
             let InteractiveUtils = load_InteractiveUtils()
-                InteractiveUtils.report_bug(arg)
+                invokelatest(InteractiveUtils.report_bug, arg)
             end
             return nothing
         else
diff --git a/test/cmdlineargs.jl b/test/cmdlineargs.jl
index 95d65de0c01f2..fc6016da960c4 100644
--- a/test/cmdlineargs.jl
+++ b/test/cmdlineargs.jl
@@ -994,3 +994,9 @@ end
 # Test import from module
 @test readchomp(`$(Base.julia_cmd()) -e 'module Hello; export main; (@main)(ARGS) = println("hello"); end; using .Hello'`) == "hello"
 @test readchomp(`$(Base.julia_cmd()) -e 'module Hello; export main; (@main)(ARGS) = println("hello"); end; import .Hello'`) == ""
+
+# test --bug-report=rr
+if Sys.islinux() && Sys.ARCH in (:i686, :x86_64, :aarch64) # rr is only available on these platforms
+    # TODO: get this to work on CI
+    @test_skip success(setenv(`$(Base.julia_cmd()) --bug-report=rr-local -e 'exit()'`, "JULIA_RR_RECORD_ARGS" => "-n"))
+end