diff --git a/Source/CTest/cmProcess.cxx b/Source/CTest/cmProcess.cxx
index 2c809b6e97..b99d41c4c1 100644
--- a/Source/CTest/cmProcess.cxx
+++ b/Source/CTest/cmProcess.cxx
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ bool cmProcess::StartProcess(uv_loop_t& loop, std::vector<size_t>* affinity)
 #else
   static_cast<void>(affinity);
 #endif
+#if UV_VERSION_MAJOR > 1 || !defined(CMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_LIBUV)
+  options.flags = UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_USE_PARENT_ERROR_MODE;
+#endif
 
   status =
     uv_read_start(pipe_reader, &cmProcess::OnAllocateCB, &cmProcess::OnReadCB);
diff --git a/Source/cmUVProcessChain.cxx b/Source/cmUVProcessChain.cxx
index b787f19943..4060a3d423 100644
--- a/Source/cmUVProcessChain.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmUVProcessChain.cxx
@@ -341,6 +341,9 @@ void cmUVProcessChain::InternalData::SpawnProcess(
   (UV_VERSION_MAJOR == 1 && UV_VERSION_MINOR >= 48) ||                        \
   !defined(CMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_LIBUV)
   options.flags |= UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_FILE_PATH_EXACT_NAME;
+#endif
+#if UV_VERSION_MAJOR > 1 || !defined(CMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_LIBUV)
+  options.flags |= UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_USE_PARENT_ERROR_MODE;
 #endif
   if (!this->Builder->WorkingDirectory.empty()) {
     options.cwd = this->Builder->WorkingDirectory.c_str();
diff --git a/Source/cmWorkerPool.cxx b/Source/cmWorkerPool.cxx
index 2fbf657b5f..69ebdab43d 100644
--- a/Source/cmWorkerPool.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmWorkerPool.cxx
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ bool cmUVReadOnlyProcess::start(uv_loop_t* uv_loop,
     this->UVOptions_.args = const_cast<char**>(this->CommandPtr_.data());
     this->UVOptions_.cwd = this->Setup_.WorkingDirectory.c_str();
     this->UVOptions_.flags = UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_HIDE;
+#if UV_VERSION_MAJOR > 1 || !defined(CMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_LIBUV)
+    this->UVOptions_.flags |= UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_USE_PARENT_ERROR_MODE;
+#endif
     this->UVOptions_.stdio_count =
       static_cast<int>(this->UVOptionsStdIO_.size());
     this->UVOptions_.stdio = this->UVOptionsStdIO_.data();
diff --git a/Tests/CMakeLib/testUVStreambuf.cxx b/Tests/CMakeLib/testUVStreambuf.cxx
index af06a8ec5a..1f42727f04 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeLib/testUVStreambuf.cxx
+++ b/Tests/CMakeLib/testUVStreambuf.cxx
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ static bool writeDataToStreamProcess(uv_loop_t& loop,
   options.file = cmakeCommand;
   options.args = const_cast<char**>(processArgs.data());
   options.flags = UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_HIDE;
+#if UV_VERSION_MAJOR > 1 || !defined(CMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_LIBUV)
+  options.flags |= UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_USE_PARENT_ERROR_MODE;
+#endif
   options.stdio = stdio.data();
   options.stdio_count = static_cast<int>(stdio.size());
   options.exit_cb = [](uv_process_t* handle, int64_t exitStatus,
diff --git a/Utilities/cmlibuv/include/uv.h b/Utilities/cmlibuv/include/uv.h
index 42e34467ef..94113d11b7 100644
--- a/Utilities/cmlibuv/include/uv.h
+++ b/Utilities/cmlibuv/include/uv.h
@@ -1087,7 +1087,13 @@ enum uv_process_flags {
    * search for the exact file name before trying variants with
    * extensions like '.exe' or '.cmd'.
    */
-  UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_FILE_PATH_EXACT_NAME = (1 << 7)
+  UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_FILE_PATH_EXACT_NAME = (1 << 7),
+  /*
+   * Spawn the child process with the error mode of its parent.
+   * This option is only meaningful on Windows systems. On Unix
+   * it is silently ignored.
+   */
+  UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_USE_PARENT_ERROR_MODE = (1 << 8)
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/Utilities/cmlibuv/src/unix/process.c b/Utilities/cmlibuv/src/unix/process.c
index ebe185d687..729a44b472 100644
--- a/Utilities/cmlibuv/src/unix/process.c
+++ b/Utilities/cmlibuv/src/unix/process.c
@@ -1033,7 +1033,8 @@ int uv_spawn(uv_loop_t* loop,
                               UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_HIDE |
                               UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_HIDE_CONSOLE |
                               UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_HIDE_GUI |
-                              UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_VERBATIM_ARGUMENTS)));
+                              UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_VERBATIM_ARGUMENTS |
+                              UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_USE_PARENT_ERROR_MODE)));
 
   uv__handle_init(loop, (uv_handle_t*)process, UV_PROCESS);
   QUEUE_INIT(&process->queue);
diff --git a/Utilities/cmlibuv/src/win/process.c b/Utilities/cmlibuv/src/win/process.c
index 5cf9fb8066..59db8f81ac 100644
--- a/Utilities/cmlibuv/src/win/process.c
+++ b/Utilities/cmlibuv/src/win/process.c
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ static void uv__init_global_job_handle(void) {
   info.BasicLimitInformation.LimitFlags =
       JOB_OBJECT_LIMIT_BREAKAWAY_OK |
       JOB_OBJECT_LIMIT_SILENT_BREAKAWAY_OK |
-      JOB_OBJECT_LIMIT_DIE_ON_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTION |
       JOB_OBJECT_LIMIT_KILL_ON_JOB_CLOSE;
 
   uv_global_job_handle_ = CreateJobObjectW(&attr, NULL);
@@ -993,7 +992,8 @@ int uv_spawn(uv_loop_t* loop,
                               UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_HIDE |
                               UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_HIDE_CONSOLE |
                               UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_HIDE_GUI |
-                              UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_VERBATIM_ARGUMENTS)));
+                              UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_VERBATIM_ARGUMENTS |
+                              UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_USE_PARENT_ERROR_MODE)));
 
   err = uv__utf8_to_utf16_alloc(options->file, &application);
   if (err)
@@ -1097,7 +1097,10 @@ int uv_spawn(uv_loop_t* loop,
   startup.hStdOutput = uv__stdio_handle(process->child_stdio_buffer, 1);
   startup.hStdError = uv__stdio_handle(process->child_stdio_buffer, 2);
 
-  process_flags = CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT;
+  process_flags = CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT | CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE;
+  if (options->flags & UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_USE_PARENT_ERROR_MODE) {
+    process_flags &= ~(CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE);
+  }
 
   if ((options->flags & UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_HIDE_CONSOLE) ||
       (options->flags & UV_PROCESS_WINDOWS_HIDE)) {