diff --git a/Lib/test/test_winconsoleio.py b/Lib/test/test_winconsoleio.py
index 209e4464e1a..a10d63dfdc9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_winconsoleio.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_winconsoleio.py
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ class WindowsConsoleIOTests(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(0, f.fileno())
             f.close()   # multiple close should not crash
             f.close()
+            with self.assertWarns(RuntimeWarning):
+                with ConIO(False):
+                    pass
 
         try:
             f = ConIO(1, 'w')
@@ -55,6 +58,9 @@ class WindowsConsoleIOTests(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(1, f.fileno())
             f.close()
             f.close()
+            with self.assertWarns(RuntimeWarning):
+                with ConIO(False):
+                    pass
 
         try:
             f = ConIO(2, 'w')
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-17-18-12-39.gh-issue-115538.PBiRQB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-17-18-12-39.gh-issue-115538.PBiRQB.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fda2ebf7593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-03-17-18-12-39.gh-issue-115538.PBiRQB.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:class:`_io.WindowsConsoleIO` now emit a warning if a boolean value is
+passed as a filedescriptor argument.
diff --git a/Modules/_io/winconsoleio.c b/Modules/_io/winconsoleio.c
index 54e15555417..ec5c298066a 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/winconsoleio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/winconsoleio.c
@@ -298,6 +298,13 @@ _io__WindowsConsoleIO___init___impl(winconsoleio *self, PyObject *nameobj,
             self->fd = -1;
     }
 
+    if (PyBool_Check(nameobj)) {
+        if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_RuntimeWarning,
+                "bool is used as a file descriptor", 1))
+        {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
     fd = PyLong_AsInt(nameobj);
     if (fd < 0) {
         if (!PyErr_Occurred()) {