diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js
index 2e241d9f0eef7b..c0a3e4ff5c402d 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 const {
   ArrayPrototypePush,
+  ArrayPrototypePushApply,
   ArrayPrototypeReduce,
   ArrayPrototypeShift,
   ArrayPrototypeSlice,
@@ -760,8 +761,10 @@ class Suite extends Test {
 
     try {
       const { ctx, args } = this.getRunArgs();
+      const runArgs = [this.fn, ctx];
+      ArrayPrototypePushApply(runArgs, args);
       this.buildSuite = PromisePrototypeThen(
-        PromiseResolve(this.runInAsyncScope(this.fn, ctx, args)),
+        PromiseResolve(ReflectApply(this.runInAsyncScope, this, runArgs)),
         undefined,
         (err) => {
           this.fail(new ERR_TEST_FAILURE(err, kTestCodeFailure));
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/abort_suite.snapshot b/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/abort_suite.snapshot
index 995e8512218bdb..e2abdadaf5a4b7 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/abort_suite.snapshot
+++ b/test/fixtures/test-runner/output/abort_suite.snapshot
@@ -40,25 +40,61 @@ TAP version 13
     not ok 7 - not ok 3
       ---
       duration_ms: ZERO
-      failureType: 'cancelledByParent'
-      error: 'test did not finish before its parent and was cancelled'
-      code: 'ERR_TEST_FAILURE'
+      failureType: 'testAborted'
+      error: 'This operation was aborted'
+      code: 20
+      name: 'AbortError'
+      stack: |-
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
       ...
     # Subtest: not ok 4
     not ok 8 - not ok 4
       ---
       duration_ms: ZERO
-      failureType: 'cancelledByParent'
-      error: 'test did not finish before its parent and was cancelled'
-      code: 'ERR_TEST_FAILURE'
+      failureType: 'testAborted'
+      error: 'This operation was aborted'
+      code: 20
+      name: 'AbortError'
+      stack: |-
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
       ...
     # Subtest: not ok 5
     not ok 9 - not ok 5
       ---
       duration_ms: ZERO
-      failureType: 'cancelledByParent'
-      error: 'test did not finish before its parent and was cancelled'
-      code: 'ERR_TEST_FAILURE'
+      failureType: 'testAborted'
+      error: 'This operation was aborted'
+      code: 20
+      name: 'AbortError'
+      stack: |-
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
+        *
       ...
     1..9
 not ok 1 - describe timeout signal
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-runner-misc.js b/test/parallel/test-runner-misc.js
index 34abaf5c120be3..abc2715dcfba48 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-runner-misc.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-runner-misc.js
@@ -21,11 +21,19 @@ if (process.argv[2] === 'child') {
     })).finally(common.mustCall(() => {
       test(() => assert.strictEqual(testSignal.aborted, true));
     }));
+
+    // TODO(benjamingr) add more tests to describe + AbortSignal
+    // this just tests the parameter is passed
+    test.describe('Abort Signal in describe', common.mustCall(({ signal }) => {
+      test.it('Supports AbortSignal', () => {
+        assert.strictEqual(signal.aborted, false);
+      });
+    }));
   } else assert.fail('unreachable');
 } else {
   const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, [__filename, 'child', 'abortSignal']);
   const stdout = child.stdout.toString();
-  assert.match(stdout, /^# pass 1$/m);
+  assert.match(stdout, /^# pass 2$/m);
   assert.match(stdout, /^# fail 0$/m);
   assert.match(stdout, /^# cancelled 1$/m);
   assert.strictEqual(child.status, 1);