diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index a4ce2c0290bc93..5ae0a20b112988 100644
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -317,7 +317,8 @@ def _copyxattr(src, dst, *, follow_symlinks=True):
         try:
             names = os.listxattr(src, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
         except OSError as e:
-            if e.errno not in (errno.ENOTSUP, errno.ENODATA, errno.EINVAL):
+            if e.errno not in (errno.ENOTSUP, errno.ENODATA, errno.EINVAL,
+                               errno.ENOSYS):
                 raise
             return
         for name in names:
@@ -325,8 +326,8 @@ def _copyxattr(src, dst, *, follow_symlinks=True):
                 value = os.getxattr(src, name, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
                 os.setxattr(dst, name, value, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
             except OSError as e:
-                if e.errno not in (errno.EPERM, errno.ENOTSUP, errno.ENODATA,
-                                   errno.EINVAL):
+                if e.errno not in (errno.EPERM, errno.EACCES, errno.ENOTSUP,
+                                   errno.ENODATA, errno.EINVAL):
                     raise
 else:
     def _copyxattr(*args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-10-11-01-44.bpo-38893.HNE1L4.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-10-11-01-44.bpo-38893.HNE1L4.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..00b59bdabb144d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-10-11-01-44.bpo-38893.HNE1L4.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+:func:`shutil.copystat` now ignores :const:`errno.ENOSYS` and
+:const:`errno.EACCES` when copying extended file attributes.
+:func:`os.listxattr` can fail with ENOSYS on some file systems (e.g. NFS).
+An LSM may block :func:`os.setxattr` for security attributes like
+``security.selinux``.