Sunderland will introduce two safe-standing areas as part of a "multi-million pound investment" at the Stadium of Light for next season.
The Wearsiders will turn over 2,000 seats at the Roker End and another 1,000 in the upper North Stand into standing spaces for supporters.
Clubs were permitted safe-standing sections from the start of the 2022-23 season, after legislation changes.
However, strict criteria around safety must be met to achieve a licence.
These include increased closed-circuit television capability, advanced steward training and the imposing of a strict 'one space, one person' rule.
Previously, in the wake of the Hillsborough disaster in which 97 Liverpool supporters died after a crush at the terraced, standing Leppings Lane end in the 1989 FA Cup semi-final, clubs in the top two divisions were required to have all-seater stadiums.