diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index aa26ec4..cbbbd26 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -8680,13 +8680,19 @@ os_close_impl(PyObject *module, int fd)
 }
 
 /* Our selection logic for which function to use is as follows:
- * 1. If closefrom(2) is available, we'll attempt to use that next if we're
+ * 1. If close_range(2) is available, always prefer that; it's better for
+ *    contiguous ranges like this than fdwalk(3) which entails iterating over
+ *    the entire fd space and simply doing nothing for those outside the range.
+ * 2. If closefrom(2) is available, we'll attempt to use that next if we're
  *    closing up to sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX).
- * 1a. Fallback to fdwalk(3) if we're not closing up to sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX),
+ * 2a. Fallback to fdwalk(3) if we're not closing up to sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX),
  *    as that will be more performant if the range happens to have any chunk of
  *    non-opened fd in the middle.
- * 1b. If fdwalk(3) isn't available, just do a plain close(2) loop.
+ * 2b. If fdwalk(3) isn't available, just do a plain close(2) loop.
  */
+#ifdef HAVE_CLOSE_RANGE
+#define USE_CLOSE_RANGE
+#else
 #ifdef __FreeBSD__
 #define USE_CLOSEFROM
 #endif /* __FreeBSD__ */
@@ -8694,6 +8700,7 @@ os_close_impl(PyObject *module, int fd)
 #ifdef HAVE_FDWALK
 #define USE_FDWALK
 #endif /* HAVE_FDWALK */
+#endif /* HAVE_CLOSE_RANGE */
 
 #ifdef USE_FDWALK
 static int
@@ -8722,6 +8729,10 @@ _Py_closerange(int first, int last)
 #endif
 
     first = Py_MAX(first, 0);
+#ifdef USE_CLOSE_RANGE
+#error yes
+    close_range(first, last, 0);
+#else
 #ifdef USE_CLOSEFROM
     if (last >= sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX)) {
         /* Any errors encountered while closing file descriptors are ignored */
@@ -8743,6 +8754,7 @@ _Py_closerange(int first, int last)
         }
     }
 #endif /* USE_FDWALK */
+#endif /* USE_CLOSE_RANGE */
 }
 
 /*[clinic input]
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 29d5f4c..6272717 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -11601,8 +11601,8 @@ fi
 
 # checks for library functions
 for ac_func in alarm accept4 setitimer getitimer bind_textdomain_codeset chown \
- clock confstr copy_file_range ctermid dup3 execv explicit_bzero explicit_memset \
- faccessat fchmod fchmodat fchown fchownat \
+ clock confstr close_range copy_file_range ctermid dup3 execv explicit_bzero \
+ explicit_memset faccessat fchmod fchmodat fchown fchownat \
  fdwalk fexecve fdopendir fork fpathconf fstatat ftime ftruncate futimesat \
  futimens futimes gai_strerror getentropy \
  getgrgid_r getgrnam_r \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 240ddeb..4a5ecf4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3616,8 +3616,8 @@ fi
 
 # checks for library functions
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(alarm accept4 setitimer getitimer bind_textdomain_codeset chown \
- clock confstr copy_file_range ctermid dup3 execv explicit_bzero explicit_memset \
- faccessat fchmod fchmodat fchown fchownat \
+ clock confstr close_range copy_file_range ctermid dup3 execv explicit_bzero \
+ explicit_memset faccessat fchmod fchmodat fchown fchownat \
  fdwalk fexecve fdopendir fork fpathconf fstatat ftime ftruncate futimesat \
  futimens futimes gai_strerror getentropy \
  getgrgid_r getgrnam_r \
diff --git a/pyconfig.h.in b/pyconfig.h.in
index 76a1047..32b8cdb 100644
--- a/pyconfig.h.in
+++ b/pyconfig.h.in
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `clock_settime' function. */
 #undef HAVE_CLOCK_SETTIME
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `close_range' function. */
+#undef HAVE_CLOSE_RANGE
+
 /* Define if the C compiler supports computed gotos. */
 #undef HAVE_COMPUTED_GOTOS