diff --git a/doc/api/modules.md b/doc/api/modules.md
index 9138826fd2f9ee..05135fb0b7dec8 100644
--- a/doc/api/modules.md
+++ b/doc/api/modules.md
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ deprecated:
 
 The module that first required this one, or `null` if the current module is the
 entry point of the current process, or `undefined` if the module was loaded by
-something that is not a CommonJS module (E.G.: REPL or `import`). Read only.
+something that is not a CommonJS module (E.G.: REPL or `import`).
 
 ### `module.path`
 <!-- YAML
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
index 9b5752e1d265f6..051cc23277865f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
@@ -223,13 +223,24 @@ ObjectDefineProperty(Module, 'wrapper', {
 function getModuleParent() {
   return moduleParentCache.get(this);
 }
+
+function setModuleParent(value) {
+  moduleParentCache.set(this, value);
+}
+
 ObjectDefineProperty(Module.prototype, 'parent', {
   get: pendingDeprecation ? deprecate(
     getModuleParent,
     'module.parent is deprecated due to accuracy issues. Please use ' +
       'require.main to find program entry point instead.',
     'DEP0144'
-  ) : getModuleParent
+  ) : getModuleParent,
+  set: pendingDeprecation ? deprecate(
+    setModuleParent,
+    'module.parent is deprecated due to accuracy issues. Please use ' +
+      'require.main to find program entry point instead.',
+    'DEP0144'
+  ) : setModuleParent,
 });
 
 let debug = require('internal/util/debuglog').debuglog('module', (fn) => {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-module-parent-setter-deprecation.js b/test/parallel/test-module-parent-setter-deprecation.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f3efd89653cc8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-module-parent-setter-deprecation.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Flags: --pending-deprecation
+
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+
+common.expectWarning(
+  'DeprecationWarning',
+  'module.parent is deprecated due to accuracy issues. Please use ' +
+    'require.main to find program entry point instead.',
+  'DEP0144'
+);
+
+module.parent = undefined;