diff --git a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
index 1fc41529895e9d..3b3e5a6df1bb45 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ export class TaskOrchestrator {
 
     process.stdout.setMaxListeners(threadCount + defaultMaxListeners);
     process.stderr.setMaxListeners(threadCount + defaultMaxListeners);
+    process.setMaxListeners(threadCount + defaultMaxListeners);
 
     // initial seeding of the queue
     for (let i = 0; i < threadCount; ++i) {