diff --git a/src/node_file.cc b/src/node_file.cc
index aedd8d09a7edad..6dd8ff5ce746c3 100644
--- a/src/node_file.cc
+++ b/src/node_file.cc
@@ -1751,6 +1751,7 @@ int MKDirpSync(uv_loop_t* loop,
         case UV_EACCES:
         case UV_ENOSPC:
         case UV_ENOTDIR:
+        case UV_EROFS:
         case UV_EPERM: {
           return err;
         }
@@ -1830,6 +1831,7 @@ int MKDirpAsync(uv_loop_t* loop,
         }
         case UV_EACCES:
         case UV_ENOTDIR:
+        case UV_EROFS:
         case UV_EPERM: {
           req_wrap->continuation_data()->Done(err);
           break;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdir.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdir.js
index f7685c7de0a962..f123c0bb2f1b06 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdir.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-mkdir.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
+const child_process = require('child_process');
 const { isMainThread } = require('worker_threads');
 
 const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
@@ -173,6 +174,31 @@ function nextdir() {
   );
 }
 
+// mkdirpSync when interacting with read-only filesystem.
+if (common.isLinux && process.getuid() === 0) // Mounting filesystem requires root privilege.
+{
+  const roTmpfsPath = path.join(tmpdir.path, 'ro-tmpfs');
+  const pathname = path.join(roTmpfsPath, nextdir());
+
+  fs.mkdirSync(roTmpfsPath);
+  child_process.execSync(`sudo mount -t tmpfs -o ro tmpfs ${roTmpfsPath}`);
+
+  try {
+    assert.throws(
+      () => { fs.mkdirSync(pathname, common.mustNotMutateObjectDeep({ recursive: true })); },
+      {
+        code: 'EROFS',
+        message: /EROFS: .*mkdir/,
+        name: 'Error',
+        syscall: 'mkdir',
+      }
+    );
+  } finally {
+    child_process.execSync(`sudo umount ${roTmpfsPath}`);
+    fs.rmdirSync(roTmpfsPath);
+  }
+}
+
 // `mkdirp` when folder does not yet exist.
 {
   const pathname = tmpdir.resolve(nextdir(), nextdir());