1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/std/node/_fs/_fs_readFile.ts b/std/node/_fs/_fs_readFile.ts
index 13e82bfe1..8d3c96db0 100644
--- a/std/node/_fs/_fs_readFile.ts
+++ b/std/node/_fs/_fs_readFile.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   intoCallbackAPIWithIntercept,
   MaybeEmpty,
 } from "../_utils.ts";
+import { fromFileUrl } from "../path.ts";
 
 const { readFile: denoReadFile, readFileSync: denoReadFileSync } = Deno;
 
@@ -51,10 +52,11 @@ function maybeDecode(
 }
 
 export function readFile(
-  path: string,
+  path: string | URL,
   optOrCallback: ReadFileCallback | ReadFileOptions,
   callback?: ReadFileCallback
 ): void {
+  path = path instanceof URL ? fromFileUrl(path) : path;
   let cb: ReadFileCallback | undefined;
   if (typeof optOrCallback === "function") {
     cb = optOrCallback;
@@ -73,8 +75,9 @@ export function readFile(
 }
 
 export function readFileSync(
-  path: string,
+  path: string | URL,
   opt?: ReadFileOptions
 ): string | Uint8Array {
+  path = path instanceof URL ? fromFileUrl(path) : path;
   return maybeDecode(denoReadFileSync(path), getEncoding(opt));
 }