diff --git a/src/js/node/fs.ts b/src/js/node/fs.ts
index f480b390a20b7c..37ecf55d0279fb 100644
--- a/src/js/node/fs.ts
+++ b/src/js/node/fs.ts
@@ -1021,6 +1021,10 @@ function _toUnixTimestamp(time: any, name = "time") {
 function opendirSync(path, options) {
   // TODO: validatePath
   // validateString(path, "path");
+  if (!fs.existsSync(path)) {
+    throw new Error("ENOENT");
+  }
+
   return new Dir(1, path, options);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts b/test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts
index 7445d32eda4a01..4656999aa931c8 100644
--- a/test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/node/fs/fs.test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import fs, {
   mkdtempSync,
   openAsBlob,
   openSync,
+  opendirSync,
   promises,
   statfsSync,
   statfs,
@@ -572,6 +573,13 @@ describe("copyFileSync", () => {
   }
 });
 
+describe("opendirSync", () => {
+  it("should throw ENOENT on a nonexistent directory", () => {
+    const dirName = Math.random().toString(8);
+    expect(() => opendirSync(dirName)).toThrow("ENOENT");
+  })
+});
+
 describe("mkdirSync", () => {
   it("should create a directory", () => {
     const now = Date.now().toString();