diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 5037ae89ae3154..dd10a07abf9145 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -4757,11 +4757,18 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 
       Performs ``os.closerange(fd, INF)``.
 
+   .. data:: POSIX_SPAWN_CHDIR
+
+      (``os.POSIX_SPAWN_CHDIR``, *path*)
+
+      Performs ``os.chdir(path)``.
+
    These tuples correspond to the C library
    :c:func:`!posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen`,
    :c:func:`!posix_spawn_file_actions_addclose`,
-   :c:func:`!posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2`, and
-   :c:func:`!posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_np` API calls used to prepare
+   :c:func:`!posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2`,
+   :c:func:`!posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_np`, and
+   :c:func:`!posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir_np` API calls used to prepare
    for the :c:func:`!posix_spawn` call itself.
 
    The *setpgroup* argument will set the process group of the child to the value
@@ -4805,8 +4812,11 @@ written in Python, such as a mail server's external command delivery program.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.13
       *env* parameter accepts ``None``.
-      ``os.POSIX_SPAWN_CLOSEFROM`` is available on platforms where
-      :c:func:`!posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_np` exists.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.14
+      ``os.POSIX_SPAWN_CLOSEFROM`` and ``os.POSIX_SPAWN_CHDIR`` are available
+      on platforms where :c:func:`!posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_np`
+      and :c:func:`!posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir_np` exist.
 
    .. availability:: Unix, not WASI, not Android, not iOS.
 
diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index 749c728db729ae..4c6633e35f7be4 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -749,6 +749,7 @@ def _use_posix_spawn():
 # These are primarily fail-safe knobs for negatives. A True value does not
 # guarantee the given libc/syscall API will be used.
 _USE_POSIX_SPAWN = _use_posix_spawn()
+_HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_CHDIR = hasattr(os, 'POSIX_SPAWN_CHDIR')
 _HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_CLOSEFROM = hasattr(os, 'POSIX_SPAWN_CLOSEFROM')
 
 
@@ -1757,7 +1758,7 @@ def _get_handles(self, stdin, stdout, stderr):
                     errread, errwrite)
 
 
-        def _posix_spawn(self, args, executable, env, restore_signals, close_fds,
+        def _posix_spawn(self, args, executable, env, restore_signals, close_fds, cwd,
                          p2cread, p2cwrite,
                          c2pread, c2pwrite,
                          errread, errwrite):
@@ -1784,6 +1785,9 @@ def _posix_spawn(self, args, executable, env, restore_signals, close_fds,
                 if fd != -1:
                     file_actions.append((os.POSIX_SPAWN_DUP2, fd, fd2))
 
+            if cwd is not None:
+                file_actions.append((os.POSIX_SPAWN_CHDIR, cwd))
+
             if close_fds:
                 file_actions.append((os.POSIX_SPAWN_CLOSEFROM, 3))
 
@@ -1836,7 +1840,7 @@ def _execute_child(self, args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
                     and preexec_fn is None
                     and (not close_fds or _HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_CLOSEFROM)
                     and not pass_fds
-                    and cwd is None
+                    and (cwd is None or _HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_CHDIR)
                     and (p2cread == -1 or p2cread > 2)
                     and (c2pwrite == -1 or c2pwrite > 2)
                     and (errwrite == -1 or errwrite > 2)
@@ -1846,7 +1850,8 @@ def _execute_child(self, args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
                     and gids is None
                     and uid is None
                     and umask < 0):
-                self._posix_spawn(args, executable, env, restore_signals, close_fds,
+                self._posix_spawn(args, executable, env, restore_signals,
+                                  close_fds, cwd,
                                   p2cread, p2cwrite,
                                   c2pread, c2pwrite,
                                   errread, errwrite)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index 81d97a88f07bdd..fbb8084150e3e5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -1841,6 +1841,7 @@ def _get_chdir_exception(self):
                       self._nonexistent_dir)
         return desired_exception
 
+    @mock.patch("subprocess._HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_CHDIR", new=False)
     def test_exception_cwd(self):
         """Test error in the child raised in the parent for a bad cwd."""
         desired_exception = self._get_chdir_exception()
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index f3ce1fb632226e..27093f95ea890a 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -7127,6 +7127,9 @@ enum posix_spawn_file_actions_identifier {
 #ifdef HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDCLOSEFROM_NP
     ,POSIX_SPAWN_CLOSEFROM
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDCHDIR_NP
+    ,POSIX_SPAWN_CHDIR
+#endif
 };
 
 #if defined(HAVE_SCHED_SETPARAM) || defined(HAVE_SCHED_SETSCHEDULER) || defined(POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDULER) || defined(POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDPARAM)
@@ -7277,7 +7280,7 @@ parse_posix_spawn_flags(PyObject *module, const char *func_name, PyObject *setpg
 static int
 parse_file_actions(PyObject *file_actions,
                    posix_spawn_file_actions_t *file_actionsp,
-                   PyObject *temp_buffer)
+                   PyObject *temp_buffer, PyObject** cwd)
 {
     PyObject *seq;
     PyObject *file_action = NULL;
@@ -7384,6 +7387,27 @@ parse_file_actions(PyObject *file_actions,
                 }
                 break;
             }
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDCHDIR_NP
+            case POSIX_SPAWN_CHDIR: {
+                PyObject *path;
+                if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(file_action, "OO&"
+                        ";A chdir file_action tuple must have 2 elements",
+                        &tag_obj, PyUnicode_FSConverter, &path))
+                {
+                    goto fail;
+                }
+                errno = posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir_np(file_actionsp,
+                        PyBytes_AS_STRING(path));
+                if (errno) {
+                    posix_error();
+                    Py_DECREF(path);
+                    goto fail;
+                }
+                Py_XDECREF(*cwd);
+                *cwd = path;
+                break;
+            }
 #endif
             default: {
                 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
@@ -7421,6 +7445,7 @@ py_posix_spawn(int use_posix_spawnp, PyObject *module, path_t *path, PyObject *a
     Py_ssize_t argc, envc;
     PyObject *result = NULL;
     PyObject *temp_buffer = NULL;
+    PyObject *cwd = NULL;
     pid_t pid;
     int err_code;
 
@@ -7486,7 +7511,7 @@ py_posix_spawn(int use_posix_spawnp, PyObject *module, path_t *path, PyObject *a
         if (!temp_buffer) {
             goto exit;
         }
-        if (parse_file_actions(file_actions, &file_actions_buf, temp_buffer)) {
+        if (parse_file_actions(file_actions, &file_actions_buf, temp_buffer, &cwd)) {
             goto exit;
         }
         file_actionsp = &file_actions_buf;
@@ -7518,6 +7543,17 @@ py_posix_spawn(int use_posix_spawnp, PyObject *module, path_t *path, PyObject *a
 
     if (err_code) {
         errno = err_code;
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDCHDIR_NP
+        if (errno == ENOENT && cwd != NULL) {
+            /* ENOENT can occur when either the path of the executable or the
+             * cwd given via file_actions doesn't exist. Since it's not feasible
+             * to determine which of those paths caused the problem, we return
+             * an exception with both. */
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_FileNotFoundError, "Either '%S' or '%s' doesn't exist.",
+                         path->object, PyBytes_AS_STRING(cwd));
+            goto exit;
+        }
+#endif
         PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilenameObject(PyExc_OSError, path->object);
         goto exit;
     }
@@ -7539,6 +7575,7 @@ py_posix_spawn(int use_posix_spawnp, PyObject *module, path_t *path, PyObject *a
     if (argvlist) {
         free_string_array(argvlist, argc);
     }
+    Py_XDECREF(cwd);
     Py_XDECREF(temp_buffer);
     return result;
 }
@@ -17576,6 +17613,9 @@ all_ins(PyObject *m)
 #ifdef HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDCLOSEFROM_NP
     if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, POSIX_SPAWN_CLOSEFROM)) return -1;
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDCHDIR_NP
+    if (PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, POSIX_SPAWN_CHDIR)) return -1;
+#endif
 #endif
 
 #if defined(HAVE_SPAWNV) || defined (HAVE_RTPSPAWN)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a058553480ca5a..d2a29f9313722f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -19554,6 +19554,12 @@ if test "x$ac_cv_func_posix_spawnp" = xyes
 then :
   printf "%s\n" "#define HAVE_POSIX_SPAWNP 1" >>confdefs.h
 
+fi
+ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir_np" "ac_cv_func_posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir_np"
+if test "x$ac_cv_func_posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir_np" = xyes
+then :
+  printf "%s\n" "#define HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDCHDIR_NP 1" >>confdefs.h
+
 fi
 ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_np" "ac_cv_func_posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_np"
 if test "x$ac_cv_func_posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_np" = xyes
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 23bd81ed4431b9..6de0500581d05f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5144,7 +5144,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([ \
   lockf lstat lutimes madvise mbrtowc memrchr mkdirat mkfifo mkfifoat \
   mknod mknodat mktime mmap mremap nice openat opendir pathconf pause pipe \
   pipe2 plock poll posix_fadvise posix_fallocate posix_openpt posix_spawn posix_spawnp \
-  posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_np \
+  posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir_np posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_np \
   pread preadv preadv2 process_vm_readv \
   pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np pthread_condattr_setclock pthread_init \
   pthread_kill pthread_get_name_np pthread_getname_np pthread_set_name_np
diff --git a/pyconfig.h.in b/pyconfig.h.in
index dbf7865447bc2e..808dcad06ace24 100644
--- a/pyconfig.h.in
+++ b/pyconfig.h.in
@@ -949,6 +949,10 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the 'posix_spawnp' function. */
 #undef HAVE_POSIX_SPAWNP
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the 'posix_spawn_file_actions_addchdir_np'
+   function. */
+#undef HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDCHDIR_NP
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the 'posix_spawn_file_actions_addclosefrom_np'
    function. */
 #undef HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN_FILE_ACTIONS_ADDCLOSEFROM_NP