diff --git a/lib/assert.js b/lib/assert.js
index 6ad672d698602d..6a3d1198343d63 100644
--- a/lib/assert.js
+++ b/lib/assert.js
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ assert.ifError = function ifError(err) {
   }
 };
 
-function internalMatch(string, regexp, message, fn) {
+function internalMatch(string, regexp, message, fn, shouldThrow = true) {
   if (!isRegExp(regexp)) {
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
       'regexp', 'RegExp', regexp
@@ -896,9 +896,11 @@ function internalMatch(string, regexp, message, fn) {
   if (typeof string !== 'string' ||
       RegExpPrototypeTest(regexp, string) !== match) {
     if (message instanceof Error) {
+      if (!shouldThrow) return false;
       throw message;
     }
 
+    if (!shouldThrow) return false;
     const generatedMessage = !message;
 
     // 'The input was expected to not match the regular expression ' +
@@ -919,10 +921,14 @@ function internalMatch(string, regexp, message, fn) {
     err.generatedMessage = generatedMessage;
     throw err;
   }
+  if (!shouldThrow) return true;
 }
 
-assert.match = function match(string, regexp, message) {
-  internalMatch(string, regexp, message, match);
+assert.match = function match(string, regexp, message, shouldThrow) {
+  // Undefined shouldThrow and message as boolean
+  // means message is shouldThrow.
+  if (!shouldThrow && typeof message === 'boolean') shouldThrow = message;
+  return internalMatch(string, regexp, message, match, shouldThrow);
 };
 
 assert.doesNotMatch = function doesNotMatch(string, regexp, message) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-assert.js b/test/parallel/test-assert.js
index cbbf091f04b8a7..dc11dd07a92ca9 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-assert.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-assert.js
@@ -1418,6 +1418,12 @@ assert.throws(
   assert.match('I will pass', /pass$/);
 }
 
+// Use the assert.match boolean result.
+{
+  assert(assert.match('meow', /meow$/, false));
+  assert(!assert.match('meow', /woof$/, false));
+}
+
 // Multiple assert.doesNotMatch() tests.
 {
   assert.throws(