diff --git a/lib/crypto.js b/lib/crypto.js
index 1c8c6b36fb..eb797b86ee 100644
--- a/lib/crypto.js
+++ b/lib/crypto.js
@@ -79,10 +79,6 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/crypto/util');
 const Certificate = require('internal/crypto/certificate');
 
-function createECDH(curve) {
-  return new ECDH(curve);
-}
-
 module.exports = exports = {
   // Methods
   _toBuf: toBuf,
@@ -92,7 +88,7 @@ module.exports = exports = {
   createDecipheriv: Decipheriv,
   createDiffieHellman: DiffieHellman,
   createDiffieHellmanGroup: DiffieHellmanGroup,
-  createECDH,
+  createECDH: ECDH,
   createHash: Hash,
   createHmac: Hmac,
   createSign: Sign,
@@ -124,6 +120,7 @@ module.exports = exports = {
   Decipheriv,
   DiffieHellman,
   DiffieHellmanGroup,
+  ECDH,
   Hash,
   Hmac,
   Sign,
diff --git a/lib/internal/crypto/diffiehellman.js b/lib/internal/crypto/diffiehellman.js
index b891a0b354..71fd13819c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/crypto/diffiehellman.js
+++ b/lib/internal/crypto/diffiehellman.js
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ DiffieHellman.prototype.setPrivateKey = function setPrivateKey(key, encoding) {
 
 
 function ECDH(curve) {
+  if (!(this instanceof ECDH))
+    return new ECDH(curve);
+
   if (typeof curve !== 'string')
     throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', 'curve', 'string');
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-classes.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-classes.js
index ed6bfd76c1..3923cb0dc7 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-crypto-classes.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-classes.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const TEST_CASES = {
   'Verify': ['RSA-SHA1'],
   'DiffieHellman': [1024],
   'DiffieHellmanGroup': ['modp5'],
+  'ECDH': ['prime256v1'],
   'Credentials': []
 };