diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index 1700b429ab0..8424693fc60 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -5543,6 +5543,20 @@ class TestLinuxAbstractNamespace(unittest.TestCase):
             s.bind(bytearray(b"\x00python\x00test\x00"))
             self.assertEqual(s.getsockname(), b"\x00python\x00test\x00")
 
+    def testAutobind(self):
+        # Check that binding to an empty string binds to an available address
+        # in the abstract namespace as specified in unix(7) "Autobind feature".
+        abstract_address = b"^\0[0-9a-f]{5}"
+        with socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s1:
+            s1.bind("")
+            self.assertRegex(s1.getsockname(), abstract_address)
+            # Each socket is bound to a different abstract address.
+            with socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s2:
+                s2.bind("")
+                self.assertRegex(s2.getsockname(), abstract_address)
+                self.assertNotEqual(s1.getsockname(), s2.getsockname())
+
+
 @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(socket, 'AF_UNIX'), 'test needs socket.AF_UNIX')
 class TestUnixDomain(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -5612,6 +5626,11 @@ class TestUnixDomain(unittest.TestCase):
         self.addCleanup(os_helper.unlink, path)
         self.assertEqual(self.sock.getsockname(), path)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'linux', 'Linux specific test')
+    def testEmptyAddress(self):
+        # Test that binding empty address fails.
+        self.assertRaises(OSError, self.sock.bind, "")
+
 
 class BufferIOTest(SocketConnectedTest):
     """
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-07-14-00-43-52.gh-issue-94821.e17ghU.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-07-14-00-43-52.gh-issue-94821.e17ghU.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf7885aef8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-07-14-00-43-52.gh-issue-94821.e17ghU.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix binding of unix socket to empty address on Linux to use an available
+address from the abstract namespace, instead of "\0".
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index 55e19ffab5c..9b4155e164f 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -1724,8 +1724,10 @@ getsockaddrarg(PySocketSockObject *s, PyObject *args,
 
         struct sockaddr_un* addr = &addrbuf->un;
 #ifdef __linux__
-        if (path.len > 0 && *(const char *)path.buf == 0) {
-            /* Linux abstract namespace extension */
+        if (path.len == 0 || *(const char *)path.buf == 0) {
+            /* Linux abstract namespace extension:
+               - Empty address auto-binding to an abstract address
+               - Address that starts with null byte */
             if ((size_t)path.len > sizeof addr->sun_path) {
                 PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OSError,
                                 "AF_UNIX path too long");