diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index d4a1cf65136..ddde8d4b2a2 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -848,6 +848,7 @@ static ExitCode InitializeNodeWithArgsInternal(
   // These features are completed and enabled by default in Chrome, but not
   // in V8.
   V8::SetFlagsFromString("--js-explicit-resource-management");
+  V8::SetFlagsFromString("--js-float16array");
 
 #if defined(NODE_V8_OPTIONS)
   // Should come before the call to V8::SetFlagsFromCommandLine()
diff --git a/test/common/globals.js b/test/common/globals.js
index de50724b7c6..1641c4df36b 100644
--- a/test/common/globals.js
+++ b/test/common/globals.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const intrinsics = new Set([
   'Int8Array',
   'Uint16Array',
   'Int16Array',
+  'Float16Array',
   'Uint32Array',
   'Int32Array',
   'Float32Array',
diff --git a/test/wpt/status/encoding.json b/test/wpt/status/encoding.json
index f9378d7195a..c258031e485 100644
--- a/test/wpt/status/encoding.json
+++ b/test/wpt/status/encoding.json
@@ -70,12 +70,6 @@
     "requires": ["full-icu"]
   },
   "encodeInto.any.js": {
-    "fail": {
-      "expected": [
-        "Invalid encodeInto() destination: Float16Array, backed by: ArrayBuffer",
-        "Invalid encodeInto() destination: Float16Array, backed by: SharedArrayBuffer"
-      ]
-    },
     "requires": ["small-icu"]
   },
   "textdecoder-copy.any.js": {