diff --git a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
index 6358cd8a3fae1f..b4cbc7ab2debe1 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-util-inspect.js
@@ -3058,3 +3058,22 @@ assert.strictEqual(
   Object.setPrototypeOf(generatorPrototype, originalProtoOfProto);
   assert.strictEqual(getProtoOfProto(), originalProtoOfProto);
 }
+
+{
+  // Test for when breakLength results in a single column.
+  const obj = Array(9).fill('fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf');
+  assert.strictEqual(
+    util.inspect(obj, { breakLength: 256 }),
+    '[\n' +
+    "  'fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf',\n" +
+    "  'fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf',\n" +
+    "  'fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf',\n" +
+    "  'fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf',\n" +
+    "  'fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf',\n" +
+    "  'fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf',\n" +
+    "  'fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf',\n" +
+    "  'fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf',\n" +
+    "  'fhqwhgadshgnsdhjsdbkhsdabkfabkveybvf'\n" +
+    ']'
+  );
+}