diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/sunos_virtinfo.yml b/changelogs/fragments/sunos_virtinfo.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14528099eae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/sunos_virtinfo.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - sunos - remove hard coding of virtinfo command in facts gathering code (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84357).
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/virtual/sunos.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/virtual/sunos.py
index 7a595f701a5..6c6ffb291a1 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/virtual/sunos.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/virtual/sunos.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
-# This file is part of Ansible
-#
-# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# Copyright: Contributors to the Ansible project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
@@ -77,7 +65,7 @@ class SunOSVirtual(Virtual):
         if virtinfo:
             # The output of virtinfo is different whether we are on a machine with logical
             # domains ('LDoms') on a T-series or domains ('Domains') on a M-series. Try LDoms first.
-            rc, out, err = self.module.run_command("/usr/sbin/virtinfo -p")
+            rc, out, err = self.module.run_command([virtinfo, '-p'])
             # The output contains multiple lines with different keys like this:
             #   DOMAINROLE|impl=LDoms|control=false|io=false|service=false|root=false
             # The output may also be not formatted and the returncode is set to 0 regardless of the error condition:
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/facts/virtual/test_sunos.py b/test/units/module_utils/facts/virtual/test_sunos.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f003247ecf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/facts/virtual/test_sunos.py
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright: Contributors to the Ansible project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from ansible.module_utils.facts.virtual.sunos import SunOSVirtual
+
+
+class MockVirtualSysctl(SunOSVirtual):
+    def __init__(self, module):
+        self.module = module
+
+
+def mock_get_bin_path(filename):
+    cmd_bins = {
+        "zonename": "/usr/bin/zonename",
+        "virtinfo": "/usr/sbin/virtinfo",
+    }
+    return cmd_bins.get(filename, None)
+
+
+def test_get_virtual_facts_global(mocker):
+    module = mocker.Mock()
+    module.get_bin_path.side_effect = mock_get_bin_path
+    module.run_command.return_value = (0, "global", "")
+    mixin = MockVirtualSysctl(module=module)
+    guest_facts = mixin.get_virtual_facts()
+    expected = {
+        "virtualization_tech_guest": set(),
+        "virtualization_tech_host": set(["zone"]),
+    }
+
+    assert guest_facts == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("guest_tech", "expected_guest"),
+    [
+        pytest.param(
+            "VMware",
+            "vmware",
+            id="VMware",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            "VirtualBox",
+            "virtualbox",
+            id="VirtualBox",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_get_virtual_facts_guest(mocker, guest_tech, expected_guest):
+    module = mocker.Mock()
+    module.get_bin_path.side_effect = [
+        "/usr/bin/zonename",
+        "/usr/sbin/modinfo",
+        "/usr/sbin/virtinfo",
+    ]
+    module.run_command.side_effect = [
+        (0, "local", ""),
+        (0, guest_tech, ""),
+        (0, "", ""),
+    ]
+    mixin = MockVirtualSysctl(module=module)
+    guest_facts = mixin.get_virtual_facts()
+    expected = {
+        "virtualization_tech_guest": set([expected_guest, "zone"]),
+        "virtualization_tech_host": set(),
+        "virtualization_type": expected_guest,
+        "virtualization_role": "guest",
+        "container": "zone",
+    }
+
+    assert guest_facts == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("guest_tech", "expected_guest"),
+    [
+        pytest.param(
+            "VMware",
+            "vmware",
+            id="VMware",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            "VirtualBox",
+            "virtualbox",
+            id="VirtualBox",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_get_virtual_facts_ldoms(mocker, guest_tech, expected_guest):
+    module = mocker.Mock()
+    module.get_bin_path.side_effect = [
+        "/usr/bin/zonename",
+        "/usr/sbin/modinfo",
+        "/usr/sbin/virtinfo",
+    ]
+    module.run_command.side_effect = [
+        (0, "local", ""),
+        (0, guest_tech, ""),
+        (0, "DOMAINROLE|impl=LDoms", ""),
+    ]
+    mixin = MockVirtualSysctl(module=module)
+    guest_facts = mixin.get_virtual_facts()
+    expected = {
+        "virtualization_tech_guest": set(["ldom", expected_guest, "zone"]),
+        "virtualization_tech_host": set(),
+        "virtualization_type": "ldom",
+        "virtualization_role": "guest",
+        "container": "zone",
+    }
+
+    assert guest_facts == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("guest_tech", "expected_guest"),
+    [
+        pytest.param(
+            "VMware",
+            "vmware",
+            id="VMware",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            "VirtualBox",
+            "virtualbox",
+            id="VirtualBox",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            "Parallels",
+            "parallels",
+            id="Parallels",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            "HVM domU",
+            "xen",
+            id="Xen",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            "KVM",
+            "kvm",
+            id="KVM",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_get_virtual_facts_smbios(mocker, guest_tech, expected_guest):
+    module = mocker.Mock()
+    module.get_bin_path.side_effect = [
+        "/usr/bin/zonename",
+        None,
+        None,
+        "/usr/sbin/smbios",
+    ]
+    module.run_command.side_effect = [
+        (0, "local", ""),
+        (0, guest_tech, ""),
+    ]
+    mixin = MockVirtualSysctl(module=module)
+    guest_facts = mixin.get_virtual_facts()
+    expected = {
+        "virtualization_tech_guest": set([expected_guest, "zone"]),
+        "virtualization_tech_host": set(),
+        "virtualization_type": expected_guest,
+        "virtualization_role": "guest",
+        "container": "zone",
+    }
+
+    assert guest_facts == expected
+
+
+def test_get_virtual_facts_openvz(mocker):
+    mocker.patch("os.path.exists", return_value=True)
+    module = mocker.Mock()
+    module.get_bin_path.side_effect = [
+        None,  # zonename
+        "/usr/sbin/virtinfo",
+    ]
+    module.run_command.return_value = (0, "", "")
+    mixin = MockVirtualSysctl(module=module)
+    guest_facts = mixin.get_virtual_facts()
+    expected = {
+        "virtualization_role": "guest",
+        "virtualization_tech_guest": set(["virtuozzo"]),
+        "virtualization_tech_host": set(),
+        "virtualization_type": "virtuozzo",
+    }
+
+    assert guest_facts == expected