diff --git a/src/node_process_object.cc b/src/node_process_object.cc
index 5f5af63486a5..185cc94ce205 100644
--- a/src/node_process_object.cc
+++ b/src/node_process_object.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ using v8::None;
 using v8::Object;
 using v8::PropertyCallbackInfo;
 using v8::SideEffectType;
+using v8::String;
 using v8::Value;
 
 static void ProcessTitleGetter(Local<Name> property,
@@ -41,7 +42,13 @@ static void ProcessTitleGetter(Local<Name> property,
 static void ProcessTitleSetter(Local<Name> property,
                                Local<Value> value,
                                const PropertyCallbackInfo<void>& info) {
-  node::Utf8Value title(info.GetIsolate(), value);
+  Isolate* isolate = info.GetIsolate();
+  Local<String> title_string;
+  if (!value->ToString(isolate->GetCurrentContext()).ToLocal(&title_string)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  node::Utf8Value title(isolate, title_string);
   TRACE_EVENT_METADATA1(
       "__metadata", "process_name", "name", TRACE_STR_COPY(*title));
   uv_set_process_title(*title);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-setproctitle.js b/test/parallel/test-setproctitle.js
index 368bc85800a9..c2ad19756ef2 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-setproctitle.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-setproctitle.js
@@ -25,6 +25,20 @@ assert.notStrictEqual(process.title, title);
 process.title = title;
 assert.strictEqual(process.title, title);
 
+assert.throws(() => {
+  process.title = Symbol();
+}, /^TypeError: Cannot convert a Symbol value to a string$/);
+assert.strictEqual(process.title, title);
+
+assert.throws(() => {
+  process.title = {
+    toString() {
+      throw new Error('Cannot convert process title');
+    },
+  };
+}, /^Error: Cannot convert process title$/);
+assert.strictEqual(process.title, title);
+
 try {
   execSync('command -v ps');
 } catch (err) {