diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py
index 9da8b6724e1cec..79930268e25097 100644
--- a/Lib/site.py
+++ b/Lib/site.py
@@ -578,10 +578,10 @@ def register_readline():
         def write_history():
             try:
                 readline_module.write_history_file(history)
-            except (FileNotFoundError, PermissionError):
+            except (FileNotFoundError, PermissionError, OSError) as e:
                 # home directory does not exist or is not writable
                 # https://bugs.python.org/issue19891
-                pass
+                _warn(f'failed to open the history file for writing: {e}', RuntimeWarning)
 
         atexit.register(write_history)
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-19-07-27-52.gh-issue-128066.85NlMB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-19-07-27-52.gh-issue-128066.85NlMB.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..eeae8f1fc666c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-19-07-27-52.gh-issue-128066.85NlMB.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed pyrepl history saving on read-only file systems.