diff --git a/Lib/fractions.py b/Lib/fractions.py
index cb05ae7c2003f0..937b5110bb0da1 100644
--- a/Lib/fractions.py
+++ b/Lib/fractions.py
@@ -170,7 +170,11 @@ def _round_to_figures(n, d, figures):
     (?P<zeropad>0(?=[0-9]))?
     (?P<minimumwidth>[0-9]+)?
     (?P<thousands_sep>[,_])?
-    (?:\.(?P<precision>[0-9]+))?
+    (?:\.
+        (?=[,_0-9])  # lookahead for digit or separator
+        (?P<precision>[0-9]+)?
+        (?P<frac_separators>[,_])?
+    )?
     (?P<presentation_type>[eEfFgG%])
 """, re.DOTALL | re.VERBOSE).fullmatch
 
@@ -499,6 +503,7 @@ def _format_float_style(self, match):
         minimumwidth = int(match["minimumwidth"] or "0")
         thousands_sep = match["thousands_sep"]
         precision = int(match["precision"] or "6")
+        frac_sep = match["frac_separators"] or ""
         presentation_type = match["presentation_type"]
         trim_zeros = presentation_type in "gG" and not alternate_form
         trim_point = not alternate_form
@@ -552,6 +557,9 @@ def _format_float_style(self, match):
         if trim_zeros:
             frac_part = frac_part.rstrip("0")
         separator = "" if trim_point and not frac_part else "."
+        if frac_sep:
+            frac_part = frac_sep.join(frac_part[pos:pos + 3]
+                                      for pos in range(0, len(frac_part), 3))
         trailing = separator + frac_part + suffix
 
         # Do zero padding if required.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fractions.py b/Lib/test/test_fractions.py
index d1d2739856c092..ad7fcbfc90a538 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_fractions.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fractions.py
@@ -1322,6 +1322,8 @@ def test_format_e_presentation_type(self):
             # Thousands separators
             (F('1234567.123456'), ',.5e', '1.23457e+06'),
             (F('123.123456'), '012_.2e', '0_001.23e+02'),
+            # Thousands separators for fractional part (or for integral too)
+            (F('1234567.123456'), '.5_e', '1.234_57e+06'),
             # z flag is legal, but never makes a difference to the output
             (F(-1, 7**100), 'z.6e', '-3.091690e-85'),
         ]
@@ -1447,6 +1449,12 @@ def test_format_f_presentation_type(self):
             (F('1234567'), ',.2f', '1,234,567.00'),
             (F('12345678'), ',.2f', '12,345,678.00'),
             (F('12345678'), ',f', '12,345,678.000000'),
+            # Thousands separators for fractional part (or for integral too)
+            (F('123456.789123123'), '._f', '123456.789_123'),
+            (F('123456.789123123'), '.7_f', '123456.789_123_1'),
+            (F('123456.789123123'), '.9_f', '123456.789_123_123'),
+            (F('123456.789123123'), '.,f', '123456.789,123'),
+            (F('123456.789123123'), '_.,f', '123_456.789,123'),
             # Underscore as thousands separator
             (F(2, 3), '_.2f', '0.67'),
             (F(2, 3), '_.7f', '0.6666667'),
@@ -1623,6 +1631,11 @@ def test_invalid_formats(self):
             '.f',
             '.g',
             '.%',
+            # Thousands separators before precision
+            '._6e',
+            '._6f',
+            '._6g',
+            '._6%',
             # Z instead of z for negative zero suppression
             'Z.2f'
             # z flag not supported for general formatting
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-04-07-10-20-16.gh-issue-87790.X2SjJe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-04-07-10-20-16.gh-issue-87790.X2SjJe.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..be2a30d69cab45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-04-07-10-20-16.gh-issue-87790.X2SjJe.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Support underscore and comma as thousands separators in the fractional part
+for :class:`~fractions.Fraction`'s formatting.  Patch by Sergey B Kirpichev.