diff --git a/_glua-tests/issues.lua b/_glua-tests/issues.lua
index 514d0b7a..013dbc05 100644
--- a/_glua-tests/issues.lua
+++ b/_glua-tests/issues.lua
@@ -457,3 +457,13 @@ function test()
   assert(c == 1)
   assert(type(c) == "number")
 end
+
+-- issue #455
+function test()
+  local path = "."
+  local fd, _, code = io.open(path, "r")
+  assert(fd ~= nil)
+  local _, _, ecode = fd:read(1)
+  assert(ecode == 1)
+end
+test()
diff --git a/iolib.go b/iolib.go
index b59e82b2..e5c49f5f 100644
--- a/iolib.go
+++ b/iolib.go
@@ -404,10 +404,10 @@ normalreturn:
 	return L.GetTop() - top
 
 errreturn:
-	L.RaiseError(err.Error())
-	//L.Push(LNil)
-	//L.Push(LString(err.Error()))
-	return 2
+	L.Push(LNil)
+	L.Push(LString(err.Error()))
+	L.Push(LNumber(1)) // C-Lua compatibility: Original Lua pushes errno to the stack
+	return 3
 }
 
 var fileSeekOptions = []string{"set", "cur", "end"}