diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index 4f07b9f6040d24..740f49cc6329e3 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -421,7 +421,8 @@ Directory and files operations
 
    .. availability:: Unix, Windows.
 
-.. function:: chown(path, user=None, group=None)
+.. function:: chown(path, user=None, group=None, *, dir_fd=None, \
+                    follow_symlinks=True)
 
    Change owner *user* and/or *group* of the given *path*.
 
@@ -436,6 +437,8 @@ Directory and files operations
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.13
+      Added *dir_fd* and *follow_symlinks* parameters.
 
 .. function:: which(cmd, mode=os.F_OK | os.X_OK, path=None)
 
diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index 94b09509008b0b..3bb7822ce4e95b 100644
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -1442,11 +1442,19 @@ def disk_usage(path):
         return _ntuple_diskusage(total, used, free)
 
 
-def chown(path, user=None, group=None):
+def chown(path, user=None, group=None, *, dir_fd=None, follow_symlinks=True):
     """Change owner user and group of the given path.
 
     user and group can be the uid/gid or the user/group names, and in that case,
     they are converted to their respective uid/gid.
+
+    If dir_fd is not None, it should be a file descriptor open to a directory;
+    path will then be relative to that directory.
+    dir_fd may not be implemented on your platform.
+    If it is unavailable, using it will raise a NotImplementedError.
+
+    If follow_symlinks is not set and path is a symbolic link, the owner of the
+    symlink will be changed instead of the file it points to.
     """
     sys.audit('shutil.chown', path, user, group)
 
@@ -1472,7 +1480,8 @@ def chown(path, user=None, group=None):
         if _group is None:
             raise LookupError("no such group: {!r}".format(group))
 
-    os.chown(path, _user, _group)
+    os.chown(path, _user, _group, dir_fd=dir_fd,
+             follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
 
 def get_terminal_size(fallback=(80, 24)):
     """Get the size of the terminal window.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
index 60e88d57b2b23d..79f9f7efb1b24a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_shutil.py
@@ -2107,6 +2107,7 @@ def test_disk_usage(self):
     def test_chown(self):
         dirname = self.mkdtemp()
         filename = tempfile.mktemp(dir=dirname)
+        dirfd = os.open(dirname, os.O_RDONLY)
         write_file(filename, 'testing chown function')
 
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
@@ -2128,7 +2129,7 @@ def test_chown(self):
         gid = os.getgid()
 
         def check_chown(path, uid=None, gid=None):
-            s = os.stat(filename)
+            s = os.stat(path)
             if uid is not None:
                 self.assertEqual(uid, s.st_uid)
             if gid is not None:
@@ -2142,6 +2143,17 @@ def check_chown(path, uid=None, gid=None):
         check_chown(filename, uid)
         shutil.chown(filename, group=gid)
         check_chown(filename, gid=gid)
+        shutil.chown(os.path.basename(filename), uid, gid, dir_fd=dirfd)
+        check_chown(filename, uid, gid)
+        shutil.chown(os.path.basename(filename), user=uid, dir_fd=dirfd)
+        check_chown(filename, uid)
+        shutil.chown(os.path.basename(filename), group=gid, dir_fd=dirfd)
+        check_chown(filename, gid=gid)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError):
+            shutil.chown('invalid-file', user=uid, dir_fd=dirfd)
+            shutil.chown('invalid-file', group=gid, dir_fd=dirfd)
+            shutil.chown('invalid-file', user=uid, group=gid, dir_fd=dirfd)
 
         shutil.chown(dirname, uid, gid)
         check_chown(dirname, uid, gid)
@@ -2149,8 +2161,14 @@ def check_chown(path, uid=None, gid=None):
         check_chown(dirname, uid)
         shutil.chown(dirname, user=uid)
         check_chown(dirname, uid)
+        shutil.chown(dirname, user=uid, follow_symlinks=True)
+        check_chown(dirname, uid)
         shutil.chown(dirname, group=gid)
         check_chown(dirname, gid=gid)
+        shutil.chown(dirname, group=gid, follow_symlinks=True)
+        check_chown(dirname, gid=gid)
+        shutil.chown(dirname, user=uid, group=gid, follow_symlinks=True)
+        check_chown(dirname, uid=uid, gid=gid)
 
         try:
             user = pwd.getpwuid(uid)[0]
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-04-21-18-11-23.gh-issue-62308.-TEHIG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-04-21-18-11-23.gh-issue-62308.-TEHIG.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9c4e03c06c4eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-04-21-18-11-23.gh-issue-62308.-TEHIG.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added the *dir_fd* & *follow_symlinks* parameters to :func:`shutil.chown`.