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diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 32fbadc447..e5d7ae15dd 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -5911,6 +5911,34 @@ posix_getgroups(PyObject *self, PyObject *noargs)
gid_t* alt_grouplist = grouplist;
int n;
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+ /* Issue #17557: As of OS X 10.8, getgroups(2) no longer raises EINVAL if
+ * there are more groups than can fit in grouplist. Therefore, on OS X
+ * always first call getgroups with length 0 to get the actual number
+ * of groups.
+ */
+ n = getgroups(0, NULL);
+ if (n < 0) {
+ return posix_error();
+ } else if (n <= MAX_GROUPS) {
+ /* groups will fit in existing array */
+ alt_grouplist = grouplist;
+ } else {
+ alt_grouplist = PyMem_Malloc(n * sizeof(gid_t));
+ if (alt_grouplist == NULL) {
+ errno = EINVAL;
+ return posix_error();
+ }
+ }
+
+ n = getgroups(n, alt_grouplist);
+ if (n == -1) {
+ if (alt_grouplist != grouplist) {
+ PyMem_Free(alt_grouplist);
+ }
+ return posix_error();
+ }
+#else
n = getgroups(MAX_GROUPS, grouplist);
if (n < 0) {
if (errno == EINVAL) {
@@ -5937,6 +5965,8 @@ posix_getgroups(PyObject *self, PyObject *noargs)
return posix_error();
}
}
+#endif
+
result = PyList_New(n);
if (result != NULL) {
int i;