diff --git a/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
index e52fe7bc022..b6cbc702933 100644
--- a/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/tee/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ rustix = { workspace = true, features = ["stdio", "fs"] }
 tempfile = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["benchmark"] }
 
+[target.'cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))'.dependencies]
+rustix = { workspace = true, features = ["pipe"] }
+uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["pipes"] }
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "tee"
 path = "src/main.rs"
diff --git a/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs b/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
index f4a5876ee4f..817e26bf981 100644
--- a/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ use uucore::signals::ensure_stdout_not_broken;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use uucore::signals::{disable_pipe_errors, ignore_interrupts};
 
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
+use rustix::fd::AsFd;
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
+use uucore::pipes::{MAX_ROOTLESS_PIPE_SIZE, pipe, splice, splice_exact};
+
 #[uucore::main]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let matches = uucore::clap_localization::handle_clap_result(uu_app(), args)?;
@@ -150,17 +155,86 @@ struct MultiWriter {
 impl MultiWriter {
     /// Copies all bytes from the input buffer to the output buffer
     /// without buffering which is POSIX requirement.
-    pub fn copy_unbuffered<R: Read>(&mut self, mut input: R) -> Result<()> {
-        // todo: support splice() and tee() fast-path at here
+    pub fn copy_unbuffered(&mut self, mut input: NamedReader) -> Result<()> {
+        #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
+        macro_rules! splice_or_fallback {
+            ($pipe:expr, $writer:expr, $len:expr) => {
+                let fd = $writer.inner.as_fd();
+                if splice_exact($pipe, &fd, $len).is_err() {
+                    debug_assert!($len <= MAX_ROOTLESS_PIPE_SIZE, "unexpected RAM usage");
+                    let mut drain = Vec::with_capacity($len);
+                    let mut reader = ($pipe).take($len as u64);
+                    let res = (|| {
+                        reader.read_to_end(&mut drain)?;
+                        $writer.inner.write_all(&drain)?;
+                        $writer.inner.flush()
+                    })();
+                    if let Err(e) = res {
+                        if let Err(e) = process_error(
+                            self.output_error_mode,
+                            e,
+                            $writer,
+                            &mut self.ignored_errors,
+                        ) {
+                            self.aborted.get_or_insert(e);
+                        }
+                        $writer.name.clear(); //mark as exited
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+        }
+        #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
+        {
+            let (pipe_read, pipe_write) = pipe()?; // needed to duplicate input
+            let (pipe2_read, pipe2_write) = pipe()?; // force-tee() even output is not pipe
+            let input = input.inner.as_fd();
+            // improve throughput
+            let _ = rustix::pipe::fcntl_setpipe_size(
+                self.writers[0].inner.as_fd(),
+                MAX_ROOTLESS_PIPE_SIZE,
+            );
+            'splice: loop {
+                match splice(&input, &pipe_write, MAX_ROOTLESS_PIPE_SIZE) {
+                    Ok(0) => return Ok(()),
+                    Err(_) => break 'splice,
+                    Ok(s) => {
+                        if let Some((last, others)) = self.writers.split_last_mut() {
+                            for other in others {
+                                // do not consume input
+                                assert_eq!(
+                                    uucore::pipes::tee(&pipe_read, &pipe2_write, s),
+                                    Ok(s),
+                                    "tee() between internal pipes should not be blocked"
+                                );
+                                splice_or_fallback!(&pipe2_read, other, s);
+                            }
+                            // last one consumes input
+                            splice_or_fallback!(&pipe_read, last, s);
+                        } else {
+                            // all writers exited
+                            return Err(Error::from(ErrorKind::Other));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                self.writers.retain(|w| !w.name.is_empty());
+                if let Some(e) = self.aborted.take() {
+                    return Err(e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
         // The implementation for this function is adopted from the generic buffer copy implementation from
         // the standard library:
         // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/2feb91181882e525e698c4543063f4d0296fcf91/library/std/src/io/copy.rs#L271-L297
 
         // Use buffer size from std implementation
         // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/2feb91181882e525e698c4543063f4d0296fcf91/library/std/src/sys/io/mod.rs#L44
+        #[allow(clippy::items_after_statements)]
         const BUF_SIZE: usize = 8 * 1024;
+        #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android")))]
         let mut buffer = [0u8; BUF_SIZE];
-        // fast-path for small input. needs 2+ read to catch end of file
+        // fast-path for small input on the platform missing splice
+        // needs 2+ read to catch end of file
+        #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android")))]
         for _ in 0..2 {
             match input.read(&mut buffer) {
                 Ok(0) => return Ok(()), // end of file
@@ -290,3 +364,13 @@ impl Read for NamedReader {
         })
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
+impl AsFd for Writer {
+    fn as_fd(&self) -> rustix::fd::BorrowedFd<'_> {
+        match self {
+            Self::File(f) => f.as_fd(),
+            Self::Stdout(s) => s.as_fd(),
+        }
+    }
+}