diff --git a/test/fixtures/run-script/cannot-find-script/package.json b/test/fixtures/run-script/cannot-find-script/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..73ddbdfc179e2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/run-script/cannot-find-script/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+	"types" : ""
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/run-script/cannot-parse/package.json b/test/fixtures/run-script/cannot-parse/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..53ef3e3a3e4099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/run-script/cannot-parse/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "non-parsable package.json"
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-node-run.js b/test/parallel/test-node-run.js
index 75f9343c2aa716..5f9b95d2ef9148 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-node-run.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-node-run.js
@@ -113,4 +113,26 @@ describe('node --run [command]', () => {
     assert.strictEqual(child.stderr, '');
     assert.strictEqual(child.code, 0);
   });
+
+  it('returns error on unparsable file', async () => {
+    const child = await common.spawnPromisified(
+      process.execPath,
+      [ '--no-warnings', '--run', 'test'],
+      { cwd: fixtures.path('run-script/cannot-parse') },
+    );
+    assert.match(child.stderr, /Can't parse package\.json/);
+    assert.strictEqual(child.stdout, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(child.code, 1);
+  });
+
+  it('returns error when there is no "scripts" field file', async () => {
+    const child = await common.spawnPromisified(
+      process.execPath,
+      [ '--no-warnings', '--run', 'test'],
+      { cwd: fixtures.path('run-script/cannot-find-script') },
+    );
+    assert.match(child.stderr, /Can't find "scripts" field in package\.json/);
+    assert.strictEqual(child.stdout, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(child.code, 1);
+  });
 });