diff --git a/doc/api/https.md b/doc/api/https.md
index f4000335a00770..f6c56ef8ed7efb 100644
--- a/doc/api/https.md
+++ b/doc/api/https.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ added: v8.0.0
 
 See [`http.Server#keepAliveTimeout`][].
 
-## https.createServer(options[, requestListener])
+## https.createServer([options][, requestListener])
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.3.4
 -->
diff --git a/lib/https.js b/lib/https.js
index 457327d6bbb729..fb220872598315 100644
--- a/lib/https.js
+++ b/lib/https.js
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ const { urlToOptions, searchParamsSymbol } = require('internal/url');
 function Server(opts, requestListener) {
   if (!(this instanceof Server)) return new Server(opts, requestListener);
 
+  if (typeof opts === 'function') {
+    requestListener = opts;
+    opts = undefined;
+  }
+  opts = util._extend({}, opts);
+
   if (process.features.tls_npn && !opts.NPNProtocols) {
     opts.NPNProtocols = ['http/1.1', 'http/1.0'];
   }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-https-argument-of-creating.js b/test/parallel/test-https-argument-of-creating.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..87d934316f887c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-https-argument-of-creating.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+if (!common.hasCrypto) {
+  common.skip('missing crypto');
+  return;
+}
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const https = require('https');
+const tls = require('tls');
+
+const dftProtocol = {};
+
+// test for immutable `opts`
+{
+  const opts = { foo: 'bar', NPNProtocols: [ 'http/1.1' ] };
+  const server = https.createServer(opts);
+
+  tls.convertNPNProtocols([ 'http/1.1' ], dftProtocol);
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(opts, { foo: 'bar', NPNProtocols: [ 'http/1.1' ] });
+  assert.strictEqual(server.NPNProtocols.compare(dftProtocol.NPNProtocols), 0);
+}
+
+
+// validate that `createServer` can work with the only argument requestListener
+{
+  const mustNotCall = common.mustNotCall();
+  const server = https.createServer(mustNotCall);
+
+  tls.convertNPNProtocols([ 'http/1.1', 'http/1.0' ], dftProtocol);
+  assert.strictEqual(server.NPNProtocols.compare(dftProtocol.NPNProtocols), 0);
+  assert.strictEqual(server.listeners('request').length, 1);
+  assert.strictEqual(server.listeners('request')[0], mustNotCall);
+}
+
+
+// validate that `createServer` can work with no arguments
+{
+  const server = https.createServer();
+
+  assert.strictEqual(server.NPNProtocols.compare(dftProtocol.NPNProtocols), 0);
+  assert.strictEqual(server.listeners('request').length, 0);
+}