diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index d3749b9cc12937..1da6cc7dd30278 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ static void Chdir(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
   node::Utf8Value path(args.GetIsolate(), args[0]);
   int err = uv_chdir(*path);
   if (err) {
-    return env->ThrowUVException(err, "uv_chdir");
+    return env->ThrowUVException(err, "chdir", nullptr, *path, nullptr);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-chdir-errormessage.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-chdir-errormessage.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e511688cc76bd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-chdir-errormessage.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { expectsError } = require('../common');
+
+expectsError(
+  () => {
+    process.chdir('does-not-exist');
+  },
+  {
+    type: Error,
+    code: 'ENOENT',
+    message: "ENOENT: no such file or directory, chdir 'does-not-exist'",
+  }
+);