diff --git a/lib/internal/vfs/fd.js b/lib/internal/vfs/fd.js
index bd36ad218f48..1d1ffaabc78d 100644
--- a/lib/internal/vfs/fd.js
+++ b/lib/internal/vfs/fd.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const {
+  FunctionPrototypeBind,
+  ObjectDefineProperty,
   SafeMap,
   Symbol,
 } = primordials;
@@ -46,6 +48,42 @@ class VirtualFD {
   get entry() {
     return this[kEntry];
   }
+
+  getAsyncId() {
+    return this[kFd];
+  }
+
+  async close() {
+    await this[kEntry].close();
+    closeVirtualFd(this[kFd]);
+  }
+
+  closeSync() {
+    this[kEntry].closeSync();
+    closeVirtualFd(this[kFd]);
+  }
+}
+
+const vfsFileHandleMethods = [
+  'appendFile', 'chmod', 'chown', 'datasync', 'sync', 'read', 'readv',
+  'readFile', 'stat', 'truncate', 'utimes', 'write', 'writev', 'writeFile',
+];
+let FileHandle;
+
+function createVfsFileHandle(vfd) {
+  FileHandle ??= require('internal/fs/promises').FileHandle;
+  const fileHandle = new FileHandle(vfd);
+  const entry = vfd.entry;
+  for (let i = 0; i < vfsFileHandleMethods.length; i++) {
+    const method = vfsFileHandleMethods[i];
+    ObjectDefineProperty(fileHandle, method, {
+      __proto__: null,
+      configurable: true,
+      value: FunctionPrototypeBind(entry[method], entry),
+      writable: true,
+    });
+  }
+  return fileHandle;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -81,6 +119,7 @@ function closeVirtualFd(fd) {
 module.exports = {
   VFS_FD_MASK,
   VirtualFD,
+  createVfsFileHandle,
   openVirtualFd,
   getVirtualFd,
   closeVirtualFd,
diff --git a/lib/internal/vfs/setup.js b/lib/internal/vfs/setup.js
index 979990d1a855..a8bf9712ea41 100644
--- a/lib/internal/vfs/setup.js
+++ b/lib/internal/vfs/setup.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const {
   getLayerIdFromPath,
   getNormalizedVfsRoot,
 } = require('internal/vfs/router');
-const { getVirtualFd, closeVirtualFd } = require('internal/vfs/fd');
+const { getVirtualFd, closeVirtualFd, createVfsFileHandle } = require('internal/vfs/fd');
 const { assertEncoding, setVfsHandlers } = require('internal/fs/utils');
 const permission = require('internal/process/permission');
 const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
@@ -764,8 +764,7 @@ function createVfsHandlers() {
         const r = findVFSForPath(pathStr);
         if (r !== null) {
           const fd = r.vfs.openSync(r.path, flags, mode);
-          const vfd = getVirtualFd(fd);
-          return PromiseResolve(vfd.entry);
+          return PromiseResolve(createVfsFileHandle(getVirtualFd(fd)));
         }
       }
       return undefined;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-vfs-fs-promises.js b/test/parallel/test-vfs-fs-promises.js
index a5761d4ca5dd..af39fdf92b42 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-vfs-fs-promises.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-vfs-fs-promises.js
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ const vfs = require('node:vfs');
 
   // FileHandle via fsp.open
   const handle = await fsp.open(p('src/hello.txt'), 'r');
+  assert.strictEqual(handle.constructor.name, 'FileHandle');
+  assert.strictEqual(typeof handle.fd, 'number');
+  assert.strictEqual(typeof handle.createReadStream, 'function');
   assert.strictEqual(await handle.readFile('utf8'), 'hello');
   await handle.close();