diff --git a/src/bun.js/bindings/BunProcess.cpp b/src/bun.js/bindings/BunProcess.cpp
index f3e549726d..39bd6ca07d 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/bindings/BunProcess.cpp
+++ b/src/bun.js/bindings/BunProcess.cpp
@@ -279,6 +279,21 @@ JSC_DEFINE_HOST_FUNCTION(Process_functionDlopen,
     }
 
     WTF::String filename = callFrame->uncheckedArgument(1).toWTFString(globalObject);
+    if (filename.isEmpty()) {
+        JSC::throwTypeError(globalObject, scope, "dlopen requires a non-empty string as the second argument"_s);
+        return JSC::JSValue::encode(JSC::JSValue {});
+    }
+
+    if (filename.startsWith("file://"_s)) {
+        WTF::URL fileURL = WTF::URL(filename);
+        if (!fileURL.isValid() || !fileURL.protocolIsFile()) {
+            JSC::throwTypeError(globalObject, scope, "invalid file: URL passed to dlopen"_s);
+            return JSC::JSValue::encode(JSC::JSValue {});
+        }
+
+        filename = fileURL.fileSystemPath();
+    }
+
     // Support embedded .node files
     // See StandaloneModuleGraph.zig for what this "$bunfs" thing is
 #if OS(WINDOWS)
diff --git a/test/js/node/process/process.test.js b/test/js/node/process/process.test.js
index 162c39697e..faa1a9fea8 100644
--- a/test/js/node/process/process.test.js
+++ b/test/js/node/process/process.test.js
@@ -533,6 +533,20 @@ it("dlopen args parsing", () => {
   expect(() => process.dlopen({ module: { exports: Symbol("123") } }, Symbol("badddd"))).toThrow();
 });
 
+it("dlopen accepts file: URLs", () => {
+  const mod = { exports: {} };
+  try {
+    process.dlopen(mod, import.meta.url);
+    throw "Expected error";
+  } catch (e) {
+    expect(e.message).not.toContain("file:");
+  }
+
+  expect(() => process.dlopen(mod, "file://asd[kasd[po@[p1o23]1po!-10923-095-@$@8123=-9123=-0==][pc;!")).toThrow(
+    "invalid file: URL passed to dlopen",
+  );
+});
+
 it("process.constrainedMemory()", () => {
   if (process.platform === "linux") {
     // On Linux, it returns 0 if the kernel doesn't support it