diff --git a/lib/core/renderer.js b/lib/core/renderer.js
index 99d897b193..6e4827ce0c 100644
--- a/lib/core/renderer.js
+++ b/lib/core/renderer.js
@@ -403,17 +403,20 @@ export default class Renderer {
         throw e
       }
     }
-    const options = {
+    const options = Object.assign({
       resources: 'usable', // load subresources (https://github.com/tmpvar/jsdom#loading-subresources)
       runScripts: 'dangerously',
+      virtualConsole: true,
       beforeParse(window) {
         // Mock window.scrollTo
         window.scrollTo = () => {}
       }
-    }
+    }, opts)
     const jsdomErrHandler = (err) => { throw err }
-    if (opts.virtualConsole !== false) {
-      options.virtualConsole = new jsdom.VirtualConsole().sendTo(consola)
+    if (options.virtualConsole) {
+      if (options.virtualConsole === true) {
+        options.virtualConsole = new jsdom.VirtualConsole().sendTo(consola)
+      }
       // throw error when window creation failed
       options.virtualConsole.on('jsdomError', jsdomErrHandler)
     }
@@ -433,7 +436,7 @@ export default class Renderer {
     await timeout(new Promise((resolve) => {
       window._onNuxtLoaded = () => resolve(window)
     }), 20000, 'Components loading in renderAndGetWindow was not completed in 20s')
-    if (opts.virtualConsole !== false) {
+    if (options.virtualConsole) {
       // after window initialized successfully
       options.virtualConsole.removeListener('jsdomError', jsdomErrHandler)
     }
diff --git a/test/unit/with-config.test.js b/test/unit/with-config.test.js
index 0292d8d823..9899bd7e83 100644
--- a/test/unit/with-config.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/with-config.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { loadFixture, getPort, Nuxt, rp } from '../utils'
+import jsdom from 'jsdom'
+import { getPort, loadFixture, Nuxt, rp } from '../utils'
 
 let port
 const url = route => 'http://localhost:' + port + route
@@ -139,6 +140,23 @@ describe('with-config', () => {
       .rejects.toMatchObject({ statusCode: 404 })
   })
 
+  test('renderAndGetWindow options', async () => {
+    const fakeErrorLog = jest.fn()
+    const mockOptions = {
+      beforeParse: jest.fn((window) => {
+        // Mock window.scrollTo
+        window.scrollTo = () => {}
+        window._virtualConsole.emit('jsdomError', new Error('test'))
+      }),
+      virtualConsole: new jsdom.VirtualConsole().sendTo({error: fakeErrorLog})
+    }
+    try {
+      await nuxt.renderAndGetWindow(url('/test/error'), mockOptions)
+    } catch (e) {}
+    expect(mockOptions.beforeParse).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(fakeErrorLog).toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
   // Close server and ask nuxt to stop listening to file changes
   afterAll(async () => {
     await nuxt.close()