diff --git a/packages/nuxi/src/cli-wrapper.ts b/packages/nuxi/src/cli-wrapper.ts
index 251ace767371..fcf2a3b2c4f3 100644
--- a/packages/nuxi/src/cli-wrapper.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxi/src/cli-wrapper.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import { fork } from 'node:child_process'
 import type { ChildProcess } from 'node:child_process'
+import mri from 'mri'
 
 const cliEntry = new URL('../dist/cli-run.mjs', import.meta.url)
 
@@ -33,7 +34,18 @@ function startSubprocess () {
   start()
 
   function start () {
-    childProc = fork(fileURLToPath(cliEntry))
+    const _argv = (process.env.__CLI_ARGV__ ? JSON.parse(process.env.__CLI_ARGV__) : process.argv).slice(2)
+    const args = mri(_argv, {
+      boolean: [
+        'no-clear'
+      ]
+    })
+    const execArguments: string[] = []
+
+    if (args.inspect) {
+      execArguments.push('--inspect=0.0.0.0')
+    }
+    childProc = fork(fileURLToPath(cliEntry), [], { execArgv: execArguments })
     childProc.on('close', (code) => { if (code) { process.exit(code) } })
     childProc.on('message', (message) => {
       if ((message as { type: string })?.type === 'nuxt:restart') {