diff --git a/hspec-core.cabal b/hspec-core.cabal
--- a/hspec-core.cabal
+++ b/hspec-core.cabal
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:             hspec-core
-version:          2.11.0
+version:          2.11.0.1
 license:          MIT
 license-file:     LICENSE
 copyright:        (c) 2011-2023 Simon Hengel,
diff --git a/src/Test/Hspec/Core/Config.hs b/src/Test/Hspec/Core/Config.hs
--- a/src/Test/Hspec/Core/Config.hs
+++ b/src/Test/Hspec/Core/Config.hs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import           Prelude ()
 import           Test.Hspec.Core.Compat
 
+import           GHC.IO.Exception (IOErrorType(UnsupportedOperation))
 import           System.IO
 import           System.IO.Error
 import           System.Exit
@@ -148,10 +149,13 @@
 
 readGlobalConfigFile :: IO (Maybe ConfigFile)
 readGlobalConfigFile = do
-  mHome <- tryJust (guard . isDoesNotExistError) getHomeDirectory
+  mHome <- tryJust (guard . isPotentialHomeDirError) getHomeDirectory
   case mHome of
     Left _ -> return Nothing
     Right home -> readConfigFile (home </> ".hspec")
+  where
+    isPotentialHomeDirError e =
+      isDoesNotExistError e || ioeGetErrorType e == UnsupportedOperation
 
 readLocalConfigFile :: IO (Maybe ConfigFile)
 readLocalConfigFile = do
diff --git a/version.yaml b/version.yaml
--- a/version.yaml
+++ b/version.yaml
@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
-&version 2.11.0
+&version 2.11.0.1