diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/internal/child_process.ts b/ext/node/polyfills/internal/child_process.ts
index 62de6a098d..5a9212618d 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/internal/child_process.ts
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/internal/child_process.ts
@@ -275,7 +275,11 @@ export class ChildProcess extends EventEmitter {
         });
       })();
     } catch (err) {
-      this.#_handleError(err);
+      let e = err;
+      if (e instanceof Deno.errors.NotFound) {
+        e = _createSpawnSyncError("ENOENT", command, args);
+      }
+      this.#_handleError(e);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit_node/child_process_test.ts b/tests/unit_node/child_process_test.ts
index 9c6fed9e4f..85bb6d3b09 100644
--- a/tests/unit_node/child_process_test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit_node/child_process_test.ts
@@ -771,3 +771,15 @@ Deno.test(async function execFileWithUndefinedTimeout() {
   );
   await promise;
 });
+
+Deno.test(async function spawnCommandNotFoundErrno() {
+  const { promise, resolve } = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
+  const cp = CP.spawn("no-such-command");
+  cp.on("error", (err) => {
+    const errno = Deno.build.os === "windows" ? -4058 : -2;
+    // @ts-ignore: errno missing from typings
+    assertEquals(err.errno, errno);
+    resolve();
+  });
+  await promise;
+});