diff --git a/src/node_task_runner.cc b/src/node_task_runner.cc
index 9263a502a45f..e7cc9ccf3f13 100644
--- a/src/node_task_runner.cc
+++ b/src/node_task_runner.cc
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ std::string EscapeShell(const std::string_view input) {
   }
 
   static constexpr std::string_view forbidden_characters =
-      "[\t\n\r \"#$&'()*;<>?\\\\`|~]";
+      "[\t\n\r \"#$&'()*;<>%?\\\\`|~]";
 
   // Check if input contains any forbidden characters
   // If it doesn't, return the input as is.
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ std::string EscapeShell(const std::string_view input) {
   static const std::regex tripleSingleQuote("\\\\\"\"\"");
   escaped = std::regex_replace(escaped, leadingQuotePairs, "");
   escaped = std::regex_replace(escaped, tripleSingleQuote, "\\\"");
+  escaped = std::regex_replace(escaped, std::regex("%"), "^%");
 #else
   // Replace single quotes("'") with `'"'"'` and wrap the result
   // in single quotes.
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-node-run.js b/test/parallel/test-node-run.js
index ece9e48878b3..bac90cf5db58 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-node-run.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-node-run.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
 const envSuffix = common.isWindows ? '-windows' : '';
 
-describe('node --run [command]', () => {
+describe('node --run [command]', { concurrency: !process.env.TEST_PARALLEL }, () => {
   it('returns error on non-existent file', async () => {
     const child = await common.spawnPromisified(
       process.execPath,
@@ -286,4 +286,19 @@ describe('node --run [command]', () => {
     assert.strictEqual(child.stdout, '');
     assert.strictEqual(child.code, 1);
   });
+
+  it('escapes shell characters', async () => {
+    const child = await common.spawnPromisified(
+      process.execPath,
+      [ '--run', `positional-args${envSuffix}`, '--', '%PAYLOAD%', '$PAYLOAD'],
+      { cwd: fixtures.path('run-script'), env: { ...process.env, PAYLOAD: 'env value' } },
+    );
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      child.stdout,
+      common.isWindows ?
+        `Raw '"^%PAYLOAD^%" "$PAYLOAD"'\r\nArguments: '%PAYLOAD% $PAYLOAD'\r\nThe total number of arguments is: 2\r\n` :
+        "Arguments: '%PAYLOAD% $PAYLOAD'\nThe total number of arguments is: 2\n");
+    assert.strictEqual(child.stderr, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(child.code, 0);
+  });
 });