diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index de82453aa56e1a..27550554a4e87f 100644
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
COPY_BUFSIZE = 1024 * 1024 if _WINDOWS else 64 * 1024
# This should never be removed, see rationale in:
# https://bugs.python.org/issue43743#msg393429
-_USE_CP_SENDFILE = hasattr(os, "sendfile") and sys.platform.startswith("linux")
+# senfile on solaris systems is capable of copying on regular file descriptors.
+_USE_CP_SENDFILE = hasattr(os, "sendfile") and sys.platform.startswith(("linux", "sunos"))
_HAS_FCOPYFILE = posix and hasattr(posix, "_fcopyfile") # macOS
# CMD defaults in Windows 10
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ def _fastcopy_fcopyfile(fsrc, fdst, flags):
def _fastcopy_sendfile(fsrc, fdst):
"""Copy data from one regular mmap-like fd to another by using
high-performance sendfile(2) syscall.
- This should work on Linux >= 2.6.33 only.
+ This should work on Linux >= 2.6.33 and Solaris systems.
"""
# Note: copyfileobj() is left alone in order to not introduce any
# unexpected breakage. Possible risks by using zero-copy calls
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-02-06-15-53-30.bpo-46658.oRp0C-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-02-06-15-53-30.bpo-46658.oRp0C-.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c29457c80859ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-02-06-15-53-30.bpo-46658.oRp0C-.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Enable use of :func:`os.sendfile` in :mod:`shlib` on Solaris based systems.
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