diff --git a/lib/core/renderer.js b/lib/core/renderer.js
index aea3be7d60..5826568243 100644
--- a/lib/core/renderer.js
+++ b/lib/core/renderer.js
@@ -421,8 +421,11 @@ module.exports = class Renderer {
         window.scrollTo = () => {}
       }
     }
+    const jsdomErrHandler = err => { throw err }
     if (opts.virtualConsole !== false) {
       options.virtualConsole = new jsdom.VirtualConsole().sendTo(console)
+      // throw error when window creation failed
+      options.virtualConsole.on('jsdomError', jsdomErrHandler)
     }
     url = url || 'http://localhost:3000'
     const { window } = await jsdom.JSDOM.fromURL(url, options)
@@ -440,6 +443,10 @@ module.exports = class Renderer {
     await new Promise(resolve => {
       window._onNuxtLoaded = () => resolve(window)
     })
+    if (opts.virtualConsole !== false) {
+      // after window initialized successfully
+      options.virtualConsole.removeListener('jsdomError', jsdomErrHandler)
+    }
     // Send back window object
     return window
   }