diff --git a/lib/internal/cluster/master.js b/lib/internal/cluster/master.js
index 27a591a6f8d6d5..4836ede540a9cf 100644
--- a/lib/internal/cluster/master.js
+++ b/lib/internal/cluster/master.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const intercom = new EventEmitter();
 const SCHED_NONE = 1;
 const SCHED_RR = 2;
 const { isLegalPort } = require('internal/net');
+const [ minPort, maxPort ] = [ 1024, 65535 ];
 
 module.exports = cluster;
 
@@ -119,6 +120,8 @@ function createWorkerProcess(id, env) {
       }
     } else {
       inspectPort = process.debugPort + debugPortOffset;
+      if (inspectPort > maxPort)
+        inspectPort = inspectPort - maxPort + minPort - 1;
       debugPortOffset++;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-inspector-port-cluster.js b/test/sequential/test-inspector-port-cluster.js
index 84ec408ebfb178..87469aa7ff77c5 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-inspector-port-cluster.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-inspector-port-cluster.js
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ function testRunnerMain() {
     workers: [{ expectedPort: 9230 }]
   });
 
+  spawnMaster({
+    execArgv: ['--inspect=65534'],
+    workers: [
+      { expectedPort: 65535 },
+      { expectedPort: 1024 },
+      { expectedPort: 1025 },
+      { expectedPort: 1026 }
+    ]
+  });
+
   let port = debuggerPort + offset++ * 5;
 
   spawnMaster({
diff --git a/test/sequential/test-inspector-port-zero-cluster.js b/test/sequential/test-inspector-port-zero-cluster.js
index f64e05f314c0c6..e522056571d1c2 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-inspector-port-zero-cluster.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-inspector-port-zero-cluster.js
@@ -30,16 +30,14 @@ function serialFork() {
 if (cluster.isMaster) {
   Promise.all([serialFork(), serialFork(), serialFork()])
     .then(common.mustCall((ports) => {
-      ports.push(process.debugPort);
-      ports.sort();
+      ports.splice(0, 0, process.debugPort);
       // 4 = [master, worker1, worker2, worker3].length()
       assert.strictEqual(ports.length, 4);
       assert(ports.every((port) => port > 0));
       assert(ports.every((port) => port < 65536));
-      // Ports should be consecutive.
-      assert.strictEqual(ports[0] + 1, ports[1]);
-      assert.strictEqual(ports[1] + 1, ports[2]);
-      assert.strictEqual(ports[2] + 1, ports[3]);
+      assert.strictEqual(ports[0] === 65535 ? 1024 : ports[0] + 1, ports[1]);
+      assert.strictEqual(ports[1] === 65535 ? 1024 : ports[1] + 1, ports[2]);
+      assert.strictEqual(ports[2] === 65535 ? 1024 : ports[2] + 1, ports[3]);
     }))
     .catch(
       (err) => {