diff --git a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel-node.js b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel-node.js
index d162cef972..0830a2313d 100755
--- a/packages/babel-cli/src/babel-node.js
+++ b/packages/babel-cli/src/babel-node.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ getV8Flags(function (err, v8Flags) {
       case "debug":
       case "--debug":
       case "--debug-brk":
+      case "--inspect":
         args.unshift(arg);
         break;
 
@@ -54,7 +55,6 @@ getV8Flags(function (err, v8Flags) {
         args.unshift("--expose-gc");
         break;
 
-      case "--inspect":
       case "--nolazy":
         args.unshift(flag);
         break;