diff --git a/src/wp-includes/canonical.php b/src/wp-includes/canonical.php
index 764668cccded4..2fb3d74bb9c3e 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/canonical.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/canonical.php
@@ -1078,4 +1078,37 @@ function wp_redirect_admin_locations() {
 		wp_redirect( wp_login_url() );
 		exit;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Filters the well-known change password URL (/.well-known/change-password).
+	 *
+	 * By default visiting the well-known change password URL will redirect to
+	 * the user's profile page when requested by a browser or password manager.
+	 *
+	 * Sites with a custom URL structure for modifying the passwords can modify
+	 * the destination with this filter.
+	 *
+	 * The resulting URL is redirected using {@see wp_safe_redirect}, if the
+	 * filtered URL is on an external host, that host will need to be included
+	 * as an allowed host via the {@see 'allowed_redirect_hosts'} filter.
+	 *
+	 * @since 7.2.0
+	 *
+	 * @param string $change_password_url The URL to redirect to. Default is the user profile page.
+	 */
+	$change_password_url = apply_filters( 'wp_change_password_url', admin_url( 'profile.php' ) );
+
+	/*
+	 * The well-known change-password URL is always at the root of the origin
+	 * per the spec (https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-change-password-url/), so
+	 * only the root-relative path is matched here, regardless of whether
+	 * WordPress is installed in a subdirectory.
+	 */
+	if (
+		'/.well-known/change-password' === untrailingslashit( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] )
+		&& $change_password_url
+		&& wp_safe_redirect( $change_password_url )
+	) {
+		exit;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/canonical/changePassword.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/canonical/changePassword.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c72052930d286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/canonical/changePassword.php
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Tests for the /.well-known/change-password redirect.
+ *
+ * @group canonical
+ * @group rewrite
+ * @group query
+ * @ticket 51173
+ */
+class Tests_Canonical_ChangePassword extends WP_UnitTestCase {
+	public function set_up() {
+		parent::set_up();
+		$this->set_permalink_structure( '/%postname%/' );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the redirect URL triggered by wp_redirect_admin_locations()
+	 * for the given REQUEST_URI, or null if no redirect fires.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $request_uri Requested URL.
+	 * @return string|null Redirect destination, null if no redirect.
+	 */
+	private function get_redirect_for( $request_uri ) {
+		$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $request_uri;
+
+		global $wp_query;
+		$wp_query->is_404 = true;
+
+		$captured = null;
+
+		$capture = static function ( $location ) use ( &$captured ) {
+			$captured = $location;
+			return false;
+		};
+
+		// Runs late to ensure filters added by other tests fire first.
+		add_filter( 'wp_redirect', $capture, 20 );
+		wp_redirect_admin_locations();
+		return $captured;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @covers ::wp_redirect_admin_locations
+	 */
+	public function test_well_known_change_password_redirects_to_profile() {
+		$redirect = $this->get_redirect_for( '/.well-known/change-password' );
+		$this->assertNotNull( $redirect, 'A redirect should fire for the well-known change-password URL.' );
+		$this->assertSame( admin_url( 'profile.php' ), $redirect, 'Should redirect to the profile page.' );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @covers ::wp_redirect_admin_locations
+	 */
+	public function test_well_known_change_password_with_trailing_slash_redirects_to_profile() {
+		$redirect = $this->get_redirect_for( '/.well-known/change-password/' );
+		$this->assertNotNull( $redirect, 'A redirect should fire for the trailing-slash variant.' );
+		$this->assertSame( admin_url( 'profile.php' ), $redirect, 'Trailing slash variant should also redirect to the profile page.' );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @covers ::wp_redirect_admin_locations
+	 */
+	public function test_well_known_change_password_no_redirect_without_pretty_permalinks() {
+		$this->set_permalink_structure( '' );
+
+		$redirect = $this->get_redirect_for( '/.well-known/change-password' );
+
+		$this->assertNull( $redirect, 'Should not redirect when pretty permalinks are disabled.' );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @covers ::wp_redirect_admin_locations
+	 */
+	public function test_wp_change_password_url_filter() {
+		$custom_url = 'https://example.com/my-account/change-password/';
+		$url_filter = static fn() => $custom_url;
+
+		add_filter(
+			'allowed_redirect_hosts',
+			static function ( $hosts ) {
+				$hosts[] = 'example.com';
+				return $hosts;
+			}
+		);
+
+		add_filter( 'wp_change_password_url', $url_filter );
+		$redirect = $this->get_redirect_for( '/.well-known/change-password' );
+		$this->assertSame( $custom_url, $redirect );
+	}
+}