diff --git a/.vscode/cspell.dictionaries/workspace.wordlist.txt b/.vscode/cspell.dictionaries/workspace.wordlist.txt
index 72f2d95f11e..04a1402158b 100644
--- a/.vscode/cspell.dictionaries/workspace.wordlist.txt
+++ b/.vscode/cspell.dictionaries/workspace.wordlist.txt
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ uutils
 
 # * function names
 getcwd
+setpipe
 
 # * other
 getlimits
diff --git a/src/uu/cat/src/splice.rs b/src/uu/cat/src/splice.rs
index a8b01e22605..14e88dd6e44 100644
--- a/src/uu/cat/src/splice.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cat/src/splice.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ use super::{CatResult, FdReadable, InputHandle};
 use rustix::io::{read, write};
 use std::os::{fd::AsFd, unix::io::AsRawFd};
 
-use uucore::pipes::{pipe, splice, splice_exact};
+use uucore::pipes::{MAX_ROOTLESS_PIPE_SIZE, pipe, splice, splice_exact};
 
-const SPLICE_SIZE: usize = 1024 * 128;
 const BUF_SIZE: usize = 1024 * 16;
 
 /// This function is called from `write_fast()` on Linux and Android. The
@@ -24,27 +23,40 @@ pub(super) fn write_fast_using_splice<R: FdReadable, S: AsRawFd + AsFd>(
     handle: &InputHandle<R>,
     write_fd: &S,
 ) -> CatResult<bool> {
-    let (pipe_rd, pipe_wr) = pipe()?;
-
-    loop {
-        match splice(&handle.reader, &pipe_wr, SPLICE_SIZE) {
-            Ok(n) => {
-                if n == 0 {
-                    return Ok(false);
+    const FIRST_PIPE_SIZE: usize = 64 * 1024;
+    if splice(&handle.reader, &write_fd, FIRST_PIPE_SIZE).is_ok() {
+        // fcntl improves performance for large file which is large overhead for small files
+        let _ = rustix::pipe::fcntl_setpipe_size(write_fd, MAX_ROOTLESS_PIPE_SIZE);
+        loop {
+            match splice(&handle.reader, &write_fd, MAX_ROOTLESS_PIPE_SIZE) {
+                Ok(1..) => {}
+                Ok(0) => return Ok(false),
+                Err(_) => return Ok(true),
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        // output is not pipe. Needs broker to use splice() which is high cost for small files
+        let (pipe_rd, pipe_wr) = pipe()?;
+        loop {
+            match splice(&handle.reader, &pipe_wr, MAX_ROOTLESS_PIPE_SIZE) {
+                Ok(n) => {
+                    if n == 0 {
+                        return Ok(false);
+                    }
+                    if splice_exact(&pipe_rd, write_fd, n).is_err() {
+                        // If the first splice manages to copy to the intermediate
+                        // pipe, but the second splice to stdout fails for some reason
+                        // we can recover by copying the data that we have from the
+                        // intermediate pipe to stdout using normal read/write. Then
+                        // we tell the caller to fall back.
+                        copy_exact(&pipe_rd, write_fd, n)?;
+                        return Ok(true);
+                    }
                 }
-                if splice_exact(&pipe_rd, write_fd, n).is_err() {
-                    // If the first splice manages to copy to the intermediate
-                    // pipe, but the second splice to stdout fails for some reason
-                    // we can recover by copying the data that we have from the
-                    // intermediate pipe to stdout using normal read/write. Then
-                    // we tell the caller to fall back.
-                    copy_exact(&pipe_rd, write_fd, n)?;
+                Err(_) => {
                     return Ok(true);
                 }
             }
-            Err(_) => {
-                return Ok(true);
-            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/pipes.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/pipes.rs
index 776cf2711aa..2615912c08d 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/pipes.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/pipes.rs
@@ -4,21 +4,26 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
 //! Thin zero-copy-related wrappers around functions from the `rustix` crate.
+
+#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
+use rustix::pipe::{SpliceFlags, fcntl_setpipe_size};
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
 use std::fs::File;
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
 use std::os::fd::AsFd;
-
-#[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
-use rustix::pipe::SpliceFlags;
+pub const MAX_ROOTLESS_PIPE_SIZE: usize = 1024 * 1024;
 
 /// A wrapper around [`rustix::pipe::pipe`] that ensures the pipe is cleaned up.
 ///
 /// Returns two `File` objects: everything written to the second can be read
 /// from the first.
+/// This is used only for resolving the limitation for splice: one of a input or output should be pipe
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "android"))]
 pub fn pipe() -> std::io::Result<(File, File)> {
     let (read, write) = rustix::pipe::pipe()?;
+    // improve performance for splice
+    let _ = fcntl_setpipe_size(&read, MAX_ROOTLESS_PIPE_SIZE);
+
     Ok((File::from(read), File::from(write)))
 }