diff --git a/library/kani/src/arbitrary.rs b/library/kani/src/arbitrary.rs
index f16f06165d29..0b3fb5084091 100644
--- a/library/kani/src/arbitrary.rs
+++ b/library/kani/src/arbitrary.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,24 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+impl<T> Arbitrary for std::rc::Rc<T>
+where
+    T: Arbitrary,
+{
+    fn any() -> Self {
+        std::rc::Rc::new(T::any())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Arbitrary for std::sync::Arc<T>
+where
+    T: Arbitrary,
+{
+    fn any() -> Self {
+        std::sync::Arc::new(T::any())
+    }
+}
+
 impl Arbitrary for std::time::Duration {
     fn any() -> Self {
         const NANOS_PER_SEC: u32 = 1_000_000_000;
diff --git a/tests/kani/Arbitrary/rc_arc.rs b/tests/kani/Arbitrary/rc_arc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8dee0066ee52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kani/Arbitrary/rc_arc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright Kani Contributors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR MIT
+
+// Check that Rc<T> and Arc<T> implement Arbitrary (like Box<T>), producing an
+// unconstrained value of the pointee type behind shared-ownership indirection.
+
+use std::rc::Rc;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+#[derive(kani::Arbitrary)]
+struct Point {
+    x: u8,
+    y: u8,
+}
+
+#[kani::proof]
+fn check_rc() {
+    let p: Rc<Point> = kani::any();
+    kani::cover!(p.x == 255 && p.y == 0, "extreme values are generated");
+}
+
+#[kani::proof]
+fn check_arc() {
+    let v: Arc<i32> = kani::any();
+    kani::cover!(*v == i32::MIN, "extreme values are generated");
+    kani::cover!(*v == 42, "specific values are generated");
+}
+
+#[kani::proof]
+fn check_nested() {
+    let v: Rc<Arc<u8>> = kani::any();
+    kani::cover!(**v == 7, "nested smart pointers are generated");
+}