diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index 35d87eff34deb1..9e21a0989fd29c 100644
--- a/Lib/socket.py
+++ b/Lib/socket.py
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ def send_fds(sock, buffers, fds, flags=0, address=None):
         Send the list of file descriptors fds over an AF_UNIX socket.
         """
         return sock.sendmsg(buffers, [(_socket.SOL_SOCKET,
-            _socket.SCM_RIGHTS, array.array("i", fds))])
+            _socket.SCM_RIGHTS, array.array("i", fds))], flags, address)
     __all__.append("send_fds")
 
 if hasattr(_socket.socket, "recvmsg"):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index d33cc052d1cd4f..a68c60b0e8899f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -7219,6 +7219,30 @@ def close_fds(fds):
             data = os.read(rfd, 100)
             self.assertEqual(data,  str(index).encode())
 
+    def testSendAndRecvFdsByAddress(self):
+        rfd, wfd = os.pipe()
+        self.addCleanup(os.close, rfd)
+        self.addCleanup(os.close, wfd)
+
+        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+        address = socket_helper.create_unix_domain_name()
+        self.addCleanup(os_helper.unlink, address)
+        socket_helper.bind_unix_socket(sock, address)
+
+        socket.send_fds(sock, [MSG], [rfd], 0, address)
+
+        # request more data and file descriptors than expected
+        msg, (rfd2,), flags, addr = socket.recv_fds(sock, len(MSG) * 2, 2)
+        self.addCleanup(os.close, rfd2)
+        self.assertEqual(msg, MSG)
+        self.assertEqual(flags, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(addr, address)
+
+        # test that the file descriptor is connected
+        os.write(wfd, b'data')
+        data = os.read(rfd2, 100)
+        self.assertEqual(data,  b'data')
+
 
 def setUpModule():
     thread_info = threading_helper.threading_setup()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-11-20-15-00.gh-issue-127840.pt8fiQ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-11-20-15-00.gh-issue-127840.pt8fiQ.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..51eaaa96ebaa07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-11-20-15-00.gh-issue-127840.pt8fiQ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix :func:`socket.send_fds` ignoring flags and address parameters.