diff --git a/ext/io/bi_pipe.rs b/ext/io/bi_pipe.rs
index b6fc70ca24..3492e2f441 100644
--- a/ext/io/bi_pipe.rs
+++ b/ext/io/bi_pipe.rs
@@ -183,9 +183,10 @@ fn from_raw(
 ) -> Result<(BiPipeRead, BiPipeWrite), std::io::Error> {
   use std::os::fd::FromRawFd;
   // Safety: The fd is part of a pair of connected sockets
-  let unix_stream = tokio::net::UnixStream::from_std(unsafe {
-    std::os::unix::net::UnixStream::from_raw_fd(stream)
-  })?;
+  let unix_stream =
+    unsafe { std::os::unix::net::UnixStream::from_raw_fd(stream) };
+  unix_stream.set_nonblocking(true)?;
+  let unix_stream = tokio::net::UnixStream::from_std(unix_stream)?;
   let (read, write) = unix_stream.into_split();
   Ok((BiPipeRead { inner: read }, BiPipeWrite { inner: write }))
 }
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ pub fn bi_pipe_pair_raw(
     // https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/issues/861
     let mut fds = [-1, -1];
     #[cfg(not(target_os = "macos"))]
-    let flags = libc::SOCK_CLOEXEC | libc::SOCK_NONBLOCK;
+    let flags = libc::SOCK_CLOEXEC;
 
     #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
     let flags = 0;
@@ -301,13 +302,13 @@ pub fn bi_pipe_pair_raw(
     if cfg!(target_os = "macos") {
       let fcntl = |fd: i32, flag: libc::c_int| -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
         // SAFETY: libc call, fd is valid
-        let flags = unsafe { libc::fcntl(fd, libc::F_GETFL) };
+        let flags = unsafe { libc::fcntl(fd, libc::F_GETFD) };
 
         if flags == -1 {
           return Err(fail(fds));
         }
         // SAFETY: libc call, fd is valid
-        let ret = unsafe { libc::fcntl(fd, libc::F_SETFL, flags | flag) };
+        let ret = unsafe { libc::fcntl(fd, libc::F_SETFD, flags | flag) };
         if ret == -1 {
           return Err(fail(fds));
         }
@@ -323,13 +324,9 @@ pub fn bi_pipe_pair_raw(
         std::io::Error::last_os_error()
       }
 
-      // SOCK_NONBLOCK is not supported on macOS.
-      (fcntl)(fds[0], libc::O_NONBLOCK)?;
-      (fcntl)(fds[1], libc::O_NONBLOCK)?;
-
       // SOCK_CLOEXEC is not supported on macOS.
-      (fcntl)(fds[0], libc::FD_CLOEXEC)?;
-      (fcntl)(fds[1], libc::FD_CLOEXEC)?;
+      fcntl(fds[0], libc::FD_CLOEXEC)?;
+      fcntl(fds[1], libc::FD_CLOEXEC)?;
     }
 
     let fd1 = fds[0];
diff --git a/tests/specs/node/child_process_extra_pipes/main.out b/tests/specs/node/child_process_extra_pipes/main.out
index 694126b924..436afd2f75 100644
--- a/tests/specs/node/child_process_extra_pipes/main.out
+++ b/tests/specs/node/child_process_extra_pipes/main.out
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-data: hello world
 [UNORDERED_START]
 child closed
+got: hello world
 pipe closed
 [UNORDERED_END]
diff --git a/tests/specs/node/child_process_extra_pipes/main.ts b/tests/specs/node/child_process_extra_pipes/main.ts
index a3683fe9ee..2837cdc53c 100644
--- a/tests/specs/node/child_process_extra_pipes/main.ts
+++ b/tests/specs/node/child_process_extra_pipes/main.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import child_process from "node:child_process";
-import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";
 import console from "node:console";
 
 const child = child_process.spawn("./test-pipe/target/debug/test-pipe", [], {
@@ -8,19 +7,32 @@ const child = child_process.spawn("./test-pipe/target/debug/test-pipe", [], {
 
 const extra = child.stdio[4];
 
-const p = Promise.withResolvers();
+if (!extra) {
+  throw new Error("no extra pipe");
+}
+
+const p = Promise.withResolvers<void>();
+
+let got = "";
 
 child.on("close", () => {
   console.log("child closed");
-  p.resolve();
+  console.log("got:", got);
+  if (got === "hello world") {
+    p.resolve();
+  } else {
+    p.reject(new Error(`wanted "hello world", got "${got}"`));
+  }
 });
 
 extra.on("data", (d) => {
-  console.log("data:", d.toString().trim());
+  got += d.toString();
 });
 
 extra.on("close", () => {
   console.log("pipe closed");
 });
 
+extra.write("start");
+
 await p.promise;
diff --git a/tests/specs/node/child_process_extra_pipes/test-pipe/src/main.rs b/tests/specs/node/child_process_extra_pipes/test-pipe/src/main.rs
index 192f827313..acc034830f 100644
--- a/tests/specs/node/child_process_extra_pipes/test-pipe/src/main.rs
+++ b/tests/specs/node/child_process_extra_pipes/test-pipe/src/main.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,31 @@
+use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::prelude::*;
 use std::os::fd::FromRawFd;
-use std::os::unix::net::UnixStream;
 
 fn main() {
   #[cfg(unix)]
   {
-    let mut stream = unsafe { UnixStream::from_raw_fd(4) };
+    let mut pipe = unsafe { File::from_raw_fd(4) };
 
-    stream.write_all(b"hello world\n").unwrap();
+    let mut read = 0;
+    let mut buf = [0u8; 1024];
+    loop {
+      if read > 4 {
+        assert_eq!(&buf[..5], b"start");
+        break;
+      }
+      match pipe.read(&mut buf) {
+        Ok(n) => {
+          read += n;
+        }
+        Ok(0) => {
+          return;
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+          eprintln!("GOT ERROR: {e:?}");
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    pipe.write_all(b"hello world").unwrap();
   }
 }