diff --git a/src/Pool.js b/src/Pool.js
index 001310b9..b182861b 100644
--- a/src/Pool.js
+++ b/src/Pool.js
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ function Pool(script, options) {
   this.forkOpts = options.forkOpts || {};
   this.debugPortStart = (options.debugPortStart || 43210);
   this.nodeWorker = options.nodeWorker;
-  this.workerType = options.workerType || options.nodeWorker || 'auto'
+  this.workerOpts = {
+    stdout: options.stdout,
+    stderr: options.stderr,
+  };
+  this.workerType = options.workerType || options.nodeWorker || 'auto';
   this.maxQueueSize = options.maxQueueSize || Infinity;
 
   // configuration
@@ -355,6 +359,7 @@ Pool.prototype._createWorkerHandler = function () {
     forkArgs: this.forkArgs,
     forkOpts: this.forkOpts,
     debugPort: DEBUG_PORT_ALLOCATOR.nextAvailableStartingAt(this.debugPortStart),
+    workerOpts: this.workerOpts,
     workerType: this.workerType
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/WorkerHandler.js b/src/WorkerHandler.js
index a7e8f61b..b7c384ba 100644
--- a/src/WorkerHandler.js
+++ b/src/WorkerHandler.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function setupWorker(script, options) {
     return setupBrowserWorker(script, Worker);
   } else if (options.workerType === 'thread') { // node.js only
     WorkerThreads = ensureWorkerThreads();
-    return setupWorkerThreadWorker(script, WorkerThreads);
+    return setupWorkerThreadWorker(script, options, WorkerThreads);
   } else if (options.workerType === 'process' || !options.workerType) { // node.js only
     return setupProcessWorker(script, resolveForkOptions(options), requireFoolWebpack('child_process'));
   } else { // options.workerType === 'auto' or undefined
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function setupWorker(script, options) {
     else { // environment.platform === 'node'
       var WorkerThreads = tryRequireWorkerThreads();
       if (WorkerThreads) {
-        return setupWorkerThreadWorker(script, WorkerThreads);
+        return setupWorkerThreadWorker(script, options, WorkerThreads);
       } else {
         return setupProcessWorker(script, resolveForkOptions(options), requireFoolWebpack('child_process'));
       }
@@ -97,10 +97,11 @@ function setupBrowserWorker(script, Worker) {
   return worker;
 }
 
-function setupWorkerThreadWorker(script, WorkerThreads) {
+function setupWorkerThreadWorker(script, options, WorkerThreads) {
   var worker = new WorkerThreads.Worker(script, {
     stdout: false, // automatically pipe worker.STDOUT to process.STDOUT
-    stderr: false  // automatically pipe worker.STDERR to process.STDERR
+    stderr: false,  // automatically pipe worker.STDERR to process.STDERR
+    ...options.workerOpts,
   });
   worker.isWorkerThread = true;
   // make the worker mimic a child_process
diff --git a/src/types.js b/src/types.js
index 82c14735..ff1607de 100644
--- a/src/types.js
+++ b/src/types.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  * @property {number} [maxWorkers]
  * @property {number} [maxQueueSize]
  * @property {'auto' | 'web' | 'process' | 'thread'} [workerType]
+ * @property {boolean} [stdout]
+ * @property {boolean} [stderr]
  * @property {*} [forkArgs]
  * @property {*} [forkOpts]
  * @property {number} [debugPortStart]
diff --git a/test/WorkerHandler.test.js b/test/WorkerHandler.test.js
index 11df3d4a..45775c9c 100644
--- a/test/WorkerHandler.test.js
+++ b/test/WorkerHandler.test.js
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ describe('WorkerHandler', function () {
   describe('setupWorkerThreadWorker', function() {
     it('works', function() {
       var SCRIPT = 'the script';
+      const OPTIONS = {};
       var postMessage;
       var addEventListener;
       var terminate = 0;
@@ -417,7 +418,7 @@ describe('WorkerHandler', function () {
         terminate++;
       }
 
-      var worker = WorkerHandler._setupWorkerThreadWorker(SCRIPT, { Worker: Worker });
+      var worker = WorkerHandler._setupWorkerThreadWorker(SCRIPT, OPTIONS, { Worker: Worker });
 
       assert.ok(worker instanceof Worker);