diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-11-17-08-16-30.gh-issue-141659.QNi9Aj.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-11-17-08-16-30.gh-issue-141659.QNi9Aj.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..eeb055c6012a12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-11-17-08-16-30.gh-issue-141659.QNi9Aj.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix bad file descriptor errors from ``_posixsubprocess`` on AIX.
diff --git a/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c b/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
index 0219a3360fd6b1..6f0a6d1d4e37fe 100644
--- a/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
+++ b/Modules/_posixsubprocess.c
@@ -514,7 +514,13 @@ _close_open_fds_maybe_unsafe(int start_fd, int *fds_to_keep,
         proc_fd_dir = NULL;
     else
 #endif
+#if defined(_AIX)
+        char fd_path[PATH_MAX];
+        snprintf(fd_path, sizeof(fd_path), "/proc/%ld/fd", (long)getpid());
+        proc_fd_dir = opendir(fd_path);
+#else
         proc_fd_dir = opendir(FD_DIR);
+#endif
     if (!proc_fd_dir) {
         /* No way to get a list of open fds. */
         _close_range_except(start_fd, -1, fds_to_keep, fds_to_keep_len,