diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index 6d67b3d..cbadff7 100644
--- a/Lib/socket.py
+++ b/Lib/socket.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 import _socket
 from _socket import *
 
-import os, sys, io
+import os, sys, io, selectors
 from enum import IntEnum
 
 try:
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@
     __all__.append("errorTab")
 
 
+class _GiveupOnSendfile(Exception): pass
+
+
 class socket(_socket.socket):
 
     """A subclass of _socket.socket adding the makefile() method."""
@@ -233,6 +236,149 @@
         text.mode = mode
         return text
 
+    if hasattr(os, 'sendfile'):
+
+        def _sendfile_use_sendfile(self, file, offset=0, count=None):
+            self._check_sendfile_params(file, offset, count)
+            sockno = self.fileno()
+            try:
+                fileno = file.fileno()
+            except (AttributeError, io.UnsupportedOperation) as err:
+                raise _GiveupOnSendfile(err)  # not a regular file
+            try:
+                fsize = os.fstat(fileno).st_size
+            except OSError:
+                raise _GiveupOnSendfile(err)  # not a regular file
+            if not fsize:
+                return 0  # empty file
+            blocksize = fsize if not count else count
+
+            timeout = self.gettimeout()
+            if timeout == 0:
+                raise ValueError("non-blocking sockets are not supported")
+            # poll/select have the advantage of not requiring any
+            # extra file descriptor, contrarily to epoll/kqueue
+            # (also, they require a single syscall).
+            if hasattr(selectors, 'PollSelector'):
+                selector = selectors.PollSelector()
+            else:
+                selector = selectors.SelectSelector()
+            selector.register(sockno, selectors.EVENT_WRITE)
+
+            total_sent = 0
+            # localize variable access to minimize overhead
+            selector_select = selector.select
+            os_sendfile = os.sendfile
+            try:
+                while True:
+                    if timeout and not selector_select(timeout):
+                        raise _socket.timeout('timed out')
+                    if count:
+                        blocksize = count - total_sent
+                        if blocksize <= 0:
+                            break
+                    try:
+                        sent = os_sendfile(sockno, fileno, offset, blocksize)
+                    except BlockingIOError:
+                        if not timeout:
+                            # Block until the socket is ready to send some
+                            # data; avoids hogging CPU resources.
+                            selector_select()
+                        continue
+                    except OSError as err:
+                        if total_sent == 0:
+                            # We can get here for different reasons, the main
+                            # one being 'file' is not a regular mmap(2)-like
+                            # file, in which case we'll fall back on using
+                            # plain send().
+                            raise _GiveupOnSendfile(err)
+                        raise err from None
+                    else:
+                        if sent == 0:
+                            break  # EOF
+                        offset += sent
+                        total_sent += sent
+                return total_sent
+            finally:
+                if total_sent > 0 and hasattr(file, 'seek'):
+                    file.seek(offset)
+    else:
+        def _sendfile_use_sendfile(self, file, offset=0, count=None):
+            raise _GiveupOnSendfile(
+                "os.sendfile() not available on this platform")
+
+    def _sendfile_use_send(self, file, offset=0, count=None):
+        self._check_sendfile_params(file, offset, count)
+        if self.gettimeout() == 0:
+            raise ValueError("non-blocking sockets are not supported")
+        if offset:
+            file.seek(offset)
+        blocksize = min(count, 8192) if count else 8192
+        total_sent = 0
+        # localize variable access to minimize overhead
+        file_read = file.read
+        sock_send = self.send
+        try:
+            while True:
+                if count:
+                    blocksize = min(count - total_sent, blocksize)
+                    if blocksize <= 0:
+                        break
+                data = memoryview(file_read(blocksize))
+                if not data:
+                    break  # EOF
+                while True:
+                    try:
+                        sent = sock_send(data)
+                    except BlockingIOError:
+                        continue
+                    else:
+                        total_sent += sent
+                        if sent < len(data):
+                            data = data[sent:]
+                        else:
+                            break
+            return total_sent
+        finally:
+            if total_sent > 0 and hasattr(file, 'seek'):
+                file.seek(offset + total_sent)
+
+    def _check_sendfile_params(self, file, offset, count):
+        if 'b' not in getattr(file, 'mode', 'b'):
+            raise ValueError("file should be opened in binary mode")
+        if not self.type & SOCK_STREAM:
+            raise ValueError("only SOCK_STREAM type sockets are supported")
+        if count is not None:
+            if not isinstance(count, int):
+                raise TypeError(
+                    "count must be a positive integer (got {!r})".format(count))
+            if count <= 0:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "count must be a positive integer (got {!r})".format(count))
+
+    def sendfile(self, file, offset=0, count=None):
+        """sendfile(file[, offset[, count]]) -> sent
+
+        Send a file until EOF is reached by using high-performance
+        os.sendfile() and return the total number of bytes which
+        were sent.
+        *file* must be a regular file object opened in binary mode.
+        If os.sendfile() is not available (e.g. Windows) or file is
+        not a regular file socket.send() will be used instead.
+        *offset* tells from where to start reading the file.
+        If specified, *count* is the total number of bytes to transmit
+        as opposed to sending the file until EOF is reached.
+        File position is updated on return or also in case of error in
+        which case file.tell() can be used to figure out the number of
+        bytes which were sent.
+        The socket must be of SOCK_STREAM type.
+        Non-blocking sockets are not supported.
+        """
+        try:
+            return self._sendfile_use_sendfile(file, offset, count)
+        except _GiveupOnSendfile:
+            return self._sendfile_use_send(file, offset, count)
+
     def _decref_socketios(self):
         if self._io_refs > 0:
             self._io_refs -= 1