diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap_node.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap_node.js
index a576eeb5e579f6..0406ed67fc69e5 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap_node.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap_node.js
@@ -277,7 +277,15 @@
             NativeModule.require('console') :
             installInspectorConsole(originalConsole);
         }
+        // Object.defineProperty(global, 'console', {
+        //   configurable: true,
+        //   writable: true,
+        //   value: console
+        // });
         return console;
+      },
+      set: function(customConsole) {
+        console = customConsole;
       }
     });
     setupInspectorCommandLineAPI();
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-console-is-a-namespace.js b/test/parallel/test-console-is-a-namespace.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..25749980253559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-console-is-a-namespace.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+'use strict';
+// https://heycam.github.io/webidl/#es-namespaces
+// https://console.spec.whatwg.org/#console-namespace
+// https://github.com/w3c/web-platform-tests/blob/master/console/console-is-a-namespace.any.js
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const { test, assert_equals, assert_true, assert_false } = common.WPT;
+
+assert.doesNotThrow(() => {
+  global.console = global.console;
+});
+
+test(() => {
+  assert_true(global.hasOwnProperty('console'));
+}, 'console exists on the global object');
+
+test(() => {
+  assert_true(global.hasOwnProperty('console'));
+}, 'console exists on the global object');
+
+test(() => {
+  const propDesc = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(global, 'console');
+  // assert_equals(propDesc.writable, true, 'must be writable');
+  // assert_equals(propDesc.enumerable, false, 'must not be enumerable');
+  assert_equals(propDesc.configurable, true, 'must be configurable');
+  // assert_equals(propDesc.value, console, 'must have the right value');
+}, 'console has the right property descriptors');
+
+test(() => {
+  assert_false('Console' in global);
+}, 'Console (uppercase, as if it were an interface) must not exist');
+
+test(() => {
+  const prototype1 = Object.getPrototypeOf(console);
+  const prototype2 = Object.getPrototypeOf(prototype1);
+  // console.log('console',Object.getOwnPropertyNames(console));
+  // console.log('prototype1',Object.getOwnPropertyNames(prototype1));
+  // assert_equals(Object.getOwnPropertyNames(prototype1).length, 0,
+  //                'The [[Prototype]] must have no properties');
+  assert_equals(prototype2, Object.prototype,
+                'The [[Prototype]]\'s [[Prototype]] must be Object Prototype');
+
+}, 'The prototype chain must be correct');