diff --git a/lib/internal/console/constructor.js b/lib/internal/console/constructor.js
index 1b9c4e7ba03c11..b8f2ae29244f9c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/console/constructor.js
+++ b/lib/internal/console/constructor.js
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ const consoleMethods = {
   clear() {
     // It only makes sense to clear if _stdout is a TTY.
     // Otherwise, do nothing.
-    if (this._stdout.isTTY) {
+    if (this._stdout.isTTY && process.env.TERM !== 'dumb') {
       // The require is here intentionally to avoid readline being
       // required too early when console is first loaded.
       const { cursorTo, clearScreenDown } = require('readline');
diff --git a/test/pseudo-tty/console-dumb-tty.js b/test/pseudo-tty/console-dumb-tty.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..93f9b99b0ff0fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pseudo-tty/console-dumb-tty.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+
+process.env.TERM = 'dumb';
+
+console.log({ foo: 'bar' });
+console.dir({ foo: 'bar' });
+console.log('%s q', 'string');
+console.log('%o with object format param', { foo: 'bar' });
diff --git a/test/pseudo-tty/console-dumb-tty.out b/test/pseudo-tty/console-dumb-tty.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c776b496474307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pseudo-tty/console-dumb-tty.out
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{ foo: 'bar' }
+{ foo: 'bar' }
+string q
+{ foo: 'bar' } with object format param