python
diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
 import sys
 import functools
 import itertools
+import struct
 try:
     import _wmi
 except ImportError:
@@ -204,6 +205,13 @@ def libc_ver(executable=None, lib='', version='', chunksize=16384):
         binary = f.read(chunksize)
         pos = 0
         while pos < len(binary):
+            # We first check 'musl' in the binary, because the next
+            # condition of looking for 'libc' in binary will be
+            # true for the case of musl.
+            if b'musl' in binary:
+                mv = _get_musl_version(executable)
+                return "musl", mv
+
             if b'libc' in binary or b'GLIBC' in binary:
                 m = libc_search.search(binary, pos)
             else:
@@ -1355,6 +1363,121 @@ def freedesktop_os_release():
     return _os_release_cache.copy()
 
 
+### musl libc version support
+# These functions were copied and adapted from the packaging module:
+# https://github.com/pypa/packaging/blob/4d8534061364e3cbfee582192ab81a095ec2db51/src/packaging/_musllinux.py
+# https://github.com/pypa/packaging/blob/4d8534061364e3cbfee582192ab81a095ec2db51/src/packaging/_elffile.py
+
+class ELFInvalid(ValueError):
+    pass
+
+
+class ELFFile:
+    """
+    Representation of an ELF executable.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, f):
+        self._f = f
+
+        try:
+            ident = self._read("16B")
+        except struct.error:
+            raise ELFInvalid("unable to parse identification")
+        magic = bytes(ident[:4])
+        if magic != b"\x7fELF":
+            raise ELFInvalid(f"invalid magic: {magic!r}")
+
+        self.capacity = ident[4]  # Format for program header (bitness).
+        self.encoding = ident[5]  # Data structure encoding (endianness).
+
+        try:
+            # e_fmt: Format for program header.
+            # p_fmt: Format for section header.
+            # p_idx: Indexes to find p_type, p_offset, and p_filesz.
+            e_fmt, self._p_fmt, self._p_idx = {
+                (1, 1): ("<HHIIIIIHHH", "<IIIIIIII", (0, 1, 4)),  # 32-bit LSB.
+                (1, 2): (">HHIIIIIHHH", ">IIIIIIII", (0, 1, 4)),  # 32-bit MSB.
+                (2, 1): ("<HHIQQQIHHH", "<IIQQQQQQ", (0, 2, 5)),  # 64-bit LSB.
+                (2, 2): (">HHIQQQIHHH", ">IIQQQQQQ", (0, 2, 5)),  # 64-bit MSB.
+            }[(self.capacity, self.encoding)]
+        except KeyError:
+            raise ELFInvalid(
+                f"unrecognized capacity ({self.capacity}) or "
+                f"encoding ({self.encoding})"
+            )
+
+        try:
+            (
+                _,
+                self.machine,  # Architecture type.
+                _,
+                _,
+                self._e_phoff,  # Offset of program header.
+                _,
+                self.flags,  # Processor-specific flags.
+                _,
+                self._e_phentsize,  # Size of section.
+                self._e_phnum,  # Number of sections.
+            ) = self._read(e_fmt)
+        except struct.error as e:
+            raise ELFInvalid("unable to parse machine and section information") from e
+
+    def _read(self, fmt):
+        return struct.unpack(fmt, self._f.read(struct.calcsize(fmt)))
+
+    @property
+    def interpreter(self):
+        """
+        The path recorded in the ``PT_INTERP`` section header.
+        """
+        for index in range(self._e_phnum):
+            self._f.seek(self._e_phoff + self._e_phentsize * index)
+            try:
+                data = self._read(self._p_fmt)
+            except struct.error:
+                continue
+            if data[self._p_idx[0]] != 3:  # Not PT_INTERP.
+                continue
+            self._f.seek(data[self._p_idx[1]])
+            return os.fsdecode(self._f.read(data[self._p_idx[2]])).strip("\0")
+        return None
+
+def _parse_musl_version(output):
+    lines = [n for n in (n.strip() for n in output.splitlines()) if n]
+    if len(lines) < 2 or lines[0][:4] != "musl":
+        return None
+    m = re.match(r"Version (\d+)\.(\d+)", lines[1])
+    if not m:
+        return None
+    return f"{m.group(1)}.{m.group(2)}"
+
+
+@functools.lru_cache()
+def _get_musl_version(executable):
+    """Detect currently-running musl runtime version.
+
+    This is done by checking the specified executable's dynamic linking
+    information, and invoking the loader to parse its output for a version
+    string. If the loader is musl, the output would be something like::
+
+        musl libc (x86_64)
+        Version 1.2.2
+        Dynamic Program Loader
+    """
+    import subprocess
+
+    try:
+        with open(executable, "rb") as f:
+            ld = ELFFile(f).interpreter
+    except (OSError, TypeError, ValueError):
+        return None
+    if ld is None or "musl" not in ld:
+        return None
+    proc = subprocess.run([ld], stderr=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
+    return _parse_musl_version(proc.stderr)
+
+
 ### Command line interface
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -379,6 +379,27 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kw):
         return wrapper
     return decorator
 
+def requires_musl():
+    """Decorator raising SkipTest if the musl is not available."""
+    import subprocess
+    if sys.platform == "darwin":
+        _cmd = "otool -L"
+    elif sys.platform == "linux":
+        _cmd = "ldd"
+    else:
+        return False
+
+    proc = subprocess.run(_cmd.split(), stderr=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
+
+    if "musl" in proc.stderr:
+        skip = False
+    else:
+        skip = True
+
+    return unittest.skipIf(
+        skip,
+        f"musl is not available in this platform",
+    )
 
 def skip_if_buildbot(reason=None):
     """Decorator raising SkipTest if running on a buildbot."""

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_platform.py b/Lib/test/test_platform.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import io
 import os
 import copy
 import pickle
@@ -68,6 +69,9 @@
 """
 
 
+ELFFILE_HEADER = b"\x7fELF\x02\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
+
+
 class PlatformTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def clear_caches(self):
         platform._platform_cache.clear()
@@ -538,6 +542,49 @@ def test_parse_os_release(self):
         self.assertEqual(info, expected)
         self.assertEqual(len(info["SPECIALS"]), 5)
 
+    def test_parse_musl_version(self):
+        output = """\
+musl libc (x86_64)
+Version 1.2.3
+Dynamic Program Loader
+Usage: /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 [options] [--] pathname [args]
+        """
+        self.assertEqual(platform._parse_musl_version(output), "1.2")
+
+    @support.requires_subprocess()
+    @support.requires_musl()
+    def test_libc_ver_musl(self):
+        self.assertEqual(platform.libc_ver(), ("musl", "1.2"))
+
+
+@support.requires_musl()
+class ELFFileTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_get_interpreter(self):
+        with open(sys.executable, "rb") as f:
+            elffile = platform.ELFFile(f)
+            self.assertEqual(elffile.interpreter, "/lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1")
+
+    def test_init_invalid_magic(self):
+        BAD_ELFFILE_HEADER = b"\x7fBAD\x02\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
+        f = io.BytesIO(BAD_ELFFILE_HEADER)
+        self.assertRaisesRegex(
+            platform.ELFInvalid,
+            "invalid magic:",
+            platform.ELFFile,
+            f,
+        )
+
+    def test_init_parse_error(self):
+        EMPTY_ELF_HEADER = b"\x00"
+        f = io.BytesIO(EMPTY_ELF_HEADER)
+        self.assertRaisesRegex(
+            platform.ELFInvalid,
+            "unable to parse identification",
+            platform.ELFFile,
+            f,
+        )
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-04-28-15-01-07.gh-issue-87414.r6fYP1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-04-28-15-01-07.gh-issue-87414.r6fYP1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add musl support to ``platform.libc_ver`` function.
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		@@ -0,0 +1 @@
		Add musl support to ``platform.libc_ver`` function.