diff --git a/lib/internal/cluster/master.js b/lib/internal/cluster/master.js
index 2d1e2d3097f75b..85e0f98d6bf95a 100644
--- a/lib/internal/cluster/master.js
+++ b/lib/internal/cluster/master.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ cluster.SCHED_RR = SCHED_RR;      // Master distributes connections.
 var ids = 0;
 var debugPortOffset = 1;
 var initialized = false;
+let debugSettingsOverriden = false;
 
 // XXX(bnoordhuis) Fold cluster.schedulingPolicy into cluster.settings?
 var schedulingPolicy = {
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ if (schedulingPolicy === undefined) {
 
 cluster.schedulingPolicy = schedulingPolicy;
 
-cluster.setupMaster = function(options) {
+cluster.setupMaster = function(options = {}) {
   var settings = {
     args: process.argv.slice(2),
     exec: process.argv[1],
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ cluster.setupMaster = function(options) {
     silent: false
   };
   util._extend(settings, cluster.settings);
-  util._extend(settings, options || {});
+  util._extend(settings, options);
 
   // Tell V8 to write profile data for each process to a separate file.
   // Without --logfile=v8-%p.log, everything ends up in a single, unusable
@@ -60,6 +61,14 @@ cluster.setupMaster = function(options) {
     settings.execArgv = settings.execArgv.concat(['--logfile=v8-%p.log']);
   }
 
+  // This allows user to override inspect port for workers.
+  const debugPortArgsRegex = /--inspect(=|-port=)|--debug-port=/;
+
+  if (!debugSettingsOverriden && options.execArgv &&
+      options.execArgv.some((arg) => arg.match(debugPortArgsRegex))) {
+    debugSettingsOverriden = true;
+  }
+
   cluster.settings = settings;
 
   if (initialized === true)
@@ -103,7 +112,8 @@ function createWorkerProcess(id, env) {
   util._extend(workerEnv, env);
   workerEnv.NODE_UNIQUE_ID = '' + id;
 
-  if (execArgv.some((arg) => arg.match(debugArgRegex))) {
+  if (!debugSettingsOverriden &&
+      execArgv.some((arg) => arg.match(debugArgRegex))) {
     execArgv.push(`--inspect-port=${process.debugPort + debugPortOffset}`);
     debugPortOffset++;
   }
diff --git a/test/inspector/test-inspector-port-cluster.js b/test/inspector/test-inspector-port-cluster.js
index b2a53f87ea172e..6ddd97437f1ae8 100644
--- a/test/inspector/test-inspector-port-cluster.js
+++ b/test/inspector/test-inspector-port-cluster.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function testRunnerMain() {
     workers: [{expectedPort: 9230}]
   });
 
-  let port = debuggerPort + offset++ * 10;
+  let port = debuggerPort + offset++ * 5;
 
   spawnMaster({
     execArgv: [`--inspect=${port}`],
@@ -34,28 +34,28 @@ function testRunnerMain() {
     ]
   });
 
-  port = debuggerPort + offset++ * 10;
+  port = debuggerPort + offset++ * 5;
 
   spawnMaster({
     execArgv: ['--inspect', `--inspect-port=${port}`],
     workers: [{expectedPort: port + 1}]
   });
 
-  port = debuggerPort + offset++ * 10;
+  port = debuggerPort + offset++ * 5;
 
   spawnMaster({
     execArgv: ['--inspect', `--debug-port=${port}`],
     workers: [{expectedPort: port + 1}]
   });
 
-  port = debuggerPort + offset++ * 10;
+  port = debuggerPort + offset++ * 5;
 
   spawnMaster({
     execArgv: [`--inspect=0.0.0.0:${port}`],
     workers: [{expectedPort: port + 1, expectedHost: '0.0.0.0'}]
   });
 
-  port = debuggerPort + offset++ * 10;
+  port = debuggerPort + offset++ * 5;
 
   spawnMaster({
     execArgv: [`--inspect=127.0.0.1:${port}`],
@@ -63,52 +63,143 @@ function testRunnerMain() {
   });
 
   if (common.hasIPv6) {
-    port = debuggerPort + offset++ * 10;
+    port = debuggerPort + offset++ * 5;
 
     spawnMaster({
       execArgv: [`--inspect=[::]:${port}`],
       workers: [{expectedPort: port + 1, expectedHost: '::'}]
     });
 
-    port = debuggerPort + offset++ * 10;
+    port = debuggerPort + offset++ * 5;
 
     spawnMaster({
       execArgv: [`--inspect=[::1]:${port}`],
       workers: [{expectedPort: port + 1, expectedHost: '::1'}]
     });
   }
+
+  /*
+   * Following tests check that port should not increment
+   * if developer sets inspector port in cluster.setupMaster arguments.
+   */
+
+  port = debuggerPort + offset++ * 5;
+
+  spawnMaster({
+    execArgv: [`--inspect=${port}`],
+    workers: [
+      {expectedPort: port + 2},
+      {expectedPort: port + 4},
+      {expectedPort: port + 6}
+    ],
+    clusterExecArgv: [
+      [`--inspect=${port + 2}`],
+      [`--inspect-port=${port + 4}`],
+      [`--debug-port=${port + 6}`],
+    ]
+  });
+
+  port = debuggerPort + offset++ * 5;
+
+  spawnMaster({
+    execArgv: [],
+    workers: [
+      {expectedPort: port}
+    ],
+    clusterExecArgv: [
+      [`--inspect=${port}`]
+    ]
+  });
+
+  // Next tests check that inspector port incrementing logic
+  // is disabled if zero port passed to workers.
+  // Even if supplied execArgv is equal to master's.
+
+  spawnMaster({
+    execArgv: [],
+    workers: [
+      {expectedInitialPort: 0},
+      {expectedInitialPort: 0},
+      {expectedInitialPort: 0}
+    ],
+    clusterExecArgv: [
+      ['--inspect=0'],
+      ['--inspect=0'],
+      ['--inspect=0']
+    ]
+  });
+
+  spawnMaster({
+    execArgv: ['--inspect=0'],
+    workers: [
+      {expectedInitialPort: 0},
+      {expectedInitialPort: 0},
+      {expectedInitialPort: 0}
+    ],
+    clusterExecArgv: [
+      ['--inspect=0'],
+      ['--inspect=0'],
+      ['--inspect=0']
+    ]
+  });
+
+  spawnMaster({
+    execArgv: ['--inspect=0'],
+    workers: [
+      {expectedInitialPort: 0},
+      {expectedInitialPort: 0},
+      {expectedInitialPort: 0}
+    ],
+    clusterExecArgv: [
+      ['--inspect', '--inspect-port=0'],
+      ['--inspect', '--inspect-port=0'],
+      ['--inspect', '--inspect-port=0']
+    ]
+  });
+
 }
 
 function masterProcessMain() {
   const workers = JSON.parse(process.env.workers);
+  const clusterExecArgv = JSON.parse(process.env.clusterExecArgv);
+
+  for (const [index, worker] of workers.entries()) {
+    if (clusterExecArgv[index]) {
+      cluster.setupMaster({execArgv: clusterExecArgv[index]});
+    }
 
-  for (const worker of workers) {
     cluster.fork({
       expectedPort: worker.expectedPort,
+      expectedInitialPort: worker.expectedInitialPort,
       expectedHost: worker.expectedHost
     }).on('exit', common.mustCall(checkExitCode));
   }
 }
 
 function workerProcessMain() {
-  const {expectedPort, expectedHost} = process.env;
+  const {expectedPort, expectedInitialPort, expectedHost} = process.env;
+  const debugOptions = process.binding('config').debugOptions;
+
+  if (+expectedPort) {
+    assert.strictEqual(process.debugPort, +expectedPort);
+  }
 
-  assert.strictEqual(process.debugPort, +expectedPort);
+  if (+expectedInitialPort) {
+    assert.strictEqual(debugOptions.port, +expectedInitialPort);
+  }
 
   if (expectedHost !== 'undefined') {
-    assert.strictEqual(
-      process.binding('config').debugOptions.host,
-      expectedHost
-    );
+    assert.strictEqual(debugOptions.host, expectedHost);
   }
 
   process.exit();
 }
 
-function spawnMaster({execArgv, workers}) {
+function spawnMaster({execArgv, workers, clusterExecArgv = []}) {
   childProcess.fork(__filename, {
     env: {
       workers: JSON.stringify(workers),
+      clusterExecArgv: JSON.stringify(clusterExecArgv),
       testProcess: true
     },
     execArgv