diff --git a/Include/pyabi.h b/Include/pyabi.h
index 8c4ae281a43faf..21a6ab0c1ee6ea 100644
--- a/Include/pyabi.h
+++ b/Include/pyabi.h
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
  *
  *  (Don't use Py_TARGET_ABI3T directly. It's currently only used to set these
  *   2 macros, and defined for users' convenience.)
+ *
+ * This logic is currently partially duplicated in PC/pyconfig.h.
  */
 #if defined(Py_LIMITED_API) && defined(Py_GIL_DISABLED) \
         && !defined(Py_TARGET_ABI3T)
diff --git a/PC/pyconfig.h b/PC/pyconfig.h
index a126fca6f5aafb..72a475777b7ad0 100644
--- a/PC/pyconfig.h
+++ b/PC/pyconfig.h
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ Py_NO_ENABLE_SHARED to find out.  Also support MS_NO_COREDLL for b/w compat */
 #                       if defined(Py_GIL_DISABLED)
 #                       if defined(Py_DEBUG)
 #                               pragma comment(lib,"python315t_d.lib")
-#                       elif defined(Py_LIMITED_API)
+#                       elif defined(Py_LIMITED_API) || defined(Py_TARGET_ABI3T)
 #                               pragma comment(lib,"python3t.lib")
 #                       else
 #                               pragma comment(lib,"python315t.lib")
@@ -339,6 +339,8 @@ Py_NO_ENABLE_SHARED to find out.  Also support MS_NO_COREDLL for b/w compat */
 #                       else /* Py_GIL_DISABLED */
 #                       if defined(Py_DEBUG)
 #                               pragma comment(lib,"python315_d.lib")
+#                       elif defined(Py_TARGET_ABI3T)
+#                               pragma comment(lib,"python3t.lib")
 #                       elif defined(Py_LIMITED_API)
 #                               pragma comment(lib,"python3.lib")
 #                       else
diff --git a/PCbuild/abi3t-compat.vcxproj b/PCbuild/abi3t-compat.vcxproj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..48ae567aef832f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PCbuild/abi3t-compat.vcxproj
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|ARM">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>ARM</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|ARM64">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>ARM64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGInstrument|ARM">
+      <Configuration>PGInstrument</Configuration>
+      <Platform>ARM</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGInstrument|ARM64">
+      <Configuration>PGInstrument</Configuration>
+      <Platform>ARM64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGInstrument|Win32">
+      <Configuration>PGInstrument</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGInstrument|x64">
+      <Configuration>PGInstrument</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGUpdate|ARM">
+      <Configuration>PGUpdate</Configuration>
+      <Platform>ARM</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGUpdate|ARM64">
+      <Configuration>PGUpdate</Configuration>
+      <Platform>ARM64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGUpdate|Win32">
+      <Configuration>PGUpdate</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="PGUpdate|x64">
+      <Configuration>PGUpdate</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|ARM">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>ARM</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|ARM64">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>ARM64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <ProjectGuid>{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}</ProjectGuid>
+    <RootNamespace>abi3t-compat</RootNamespace>
+    <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
+    <SupportPGO>false</SupportPGO>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="python.props" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
+    <TargetName>$(PyAbi3tCompatDllName)</TargetName>
+    <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="pyproject.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_ProjectFileVersion>10.0.30319.1</_ProjectFileVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutDir>$(BuildPath)$(PyAbi3tCompatDllDir)\</OutDir>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>PYTHON_DLL_NAME="$(PyDllName)";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <NoEntryPoint>true</NoEntryPoint>
+    </Link>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\PC\python3dll.c" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ResourceCompile Include="..\PC\python_nt.rc" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
+  </ImportGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/PCbuild/abi3t-compat.vcxproj.filters b/PCbuild/abi3t-compat.vcxproj.filters
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..37510e3c7398f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PCbuild/abi3t-compat.vcxproj.filters
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Filter Include="Source Files">
+      <UniqueIdentifier>{4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF}</UniqueIdentifier>
+      <Extensions>cpp;c;cc;cxx;def;odl;idl;hpj;bat;asm;asmx</Extensions>
+    </Filter>
+    <Filter Include="Resource Files">
+      <UniqueIdentifier>{67DA6AB6-F800-4c08-8B7A-83BB121AAD01}</UniqueIdentifier>
+      <Extensions>rc;ico;cur;bmp;dlg;rc2;rct;bin;rgs;gif;jpg;jpeg;jpe;resx;tiff;tif;png;wav</Extensions>
+    </Filter>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\PC\python3dll.c">
+      <Filter>Source Files</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ResourceCompile Include="..\PC\python_nt.rc">
+      <Filter>Resource Files</Filter>
+    </ResourceCompile>
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/PCbuild/pcbuild.proj b/PCbuild/pcbuild.proj
index 7a5327bf016cea..71958f92b24328 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pcbuild.proj
+++ b/PCbuild/pcbuild.proj
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
     </Projects>
     <!-- python3.dll -->
     <Projects Include="python3dll.vcxproj" />
+    <!-- abi3t-compat\python3t.dll -->
+    <Projects Include="abi3t-compat.vcxproj" />
     <!-- py[w].exe -->
     <Projects Include="pylauncher.vcxproj;pywlauncher.vcxproj" />
     <!-- pyshellext.dll -->
diff --git a/PCbuild/pcbuild.sln b/PCbuild/pcbuild.sln
index 7296ea75301157..f6d445822e6dfe 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pcbuild.sln
+++ b/PCbuild/pcbuild.sln
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "python", "python.vcxproj",
 		{78D80A15-BD8C-44E2-B49E-1F05B0A0A687} = {78D80A15-BD8C-44E2-B49E-1F05B0A0A687}
 		{86937F53-C189-40EF-8CE8-8759D8E7D480} = {86937F53-C189-40EF-8CE8-8759D8E7D480}
 		{885D4898-D08D-4091-9C40-C700CFE3FC5A} = {885D4898-D08D-4091-9C40-C700CFE3FC5A}
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2} = {947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}
 		{900342D7-516A-4469-B1AD-59A66E49A25F} = {900342D7-516A-4469-B1AD-59A66E49A25F}
 		{9E48B300-37D1-11DD-8C41-005056C00008} = {9E48B300-37D1-11DD-8C41-005056C00008}
 		{9EC7190A-249F-4180-A900-548FDCF3055F} = {9EC7190A-249F-4180-A900-548FDCF3055F}
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "_multiprocessing", "_multip
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "python3dll", "python3dll.vcxproj", "{885D4898-D08D-4091-9C40-C700CFE3FC5A}"
 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "abi3t-compat", "abi3t-compat.vcxproj", "{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}"
+EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "xxlimited", "xxlimited.vcxproj", "{F749B822-B489-4CA5-A3AD-CE078F5F338A}"
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "_testbuffer", "_testbuffer.vcxproj", "{A2697BD3-28C1-4AEC-9106-8B748639FD16}"
@@ -984,6 +987,38 @@ Global
 		{885D4898-D08D-4091-9C40-C700CFE3FC5A}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
 		{885D4898-D08D-4091-9C40-C700CFE3FC5A}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
 		{885D4898-D08D-4091-9C40-C700CFE3FC5A}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.Debug|ARM.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.Debug|ARM.Build.0 = Debug|ARM
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.Debug|ARM64.Build.0 = Debug|ARM64
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.PGInstrument|ARM.ActiveCfg = PGInstrument|ARM
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.PGInstrument|ARM.Build.0 = PGInstrument|ARM
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.PGInstrument|ARM64.ActiveCfg = PGInstrument|ARM64
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.PGInstrument|ARM64.Build.0 = PGInstrument|ARM64
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.PGInstrument|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.PGInstrument|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.PGInstrument|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.PGInstrument|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.PGUpdate|ARM.ActiveCfg = PGUpdate|ARM
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.PGUpdate|ARM.Build.0 = PGUpdate|ARM
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.PGUpdate|ARM64.ActiveCfg = PGUpdate|ARM64
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.PGUpdate|ARM64.Build.0 = PGUpdate|ARM64
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.PGUpdate|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.PGUpdate|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.PGUpdate|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.PGUpdate|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.Release|ARM.ActiveCfg = Release|ARM
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.Release|ARM.Build.0 = Release|ARM
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.Release|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Release|ARM64
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.Release|ARM64.Build.0 = Release|ARM64
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{947BB5F5-6025-4A4F-8182-1B175469F8D2}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 		{F749B822-B489-4CA5-A3AD-CE078F5F338A}.Debug|ARM.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM
 		{F749B822-B489-4CA5-A3AD-CE078F5F338A}.Debug|ARM64.ActiveCfg = Debug|ARM64
 		{F749B822-B489-4CA5-A3AD-CE078F5F338A}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
diff --git a/PCbuild/pyproject.props b/PCbuild/pyproject.props
index 94ae718d58c4ba..5cff8777be6c40 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pyproject.props
+++ b/PCbuild/pyproject.props
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     <_PlatformPreprocessorDefinition Condition="$(Platform) == 'x64'">_WIN64;</_PlatformPreprocessorDefinition>
     <_PlatformPreprocessorDefinition Condition="$(Platform) == 'x64' and $(PlatformToolset) != 'ClangCL'">_M_X64;$(_PlatformPreprocessorDefinition)</_PlatformPreprocessorDefinition>
     <_Py3NamePreprocessorDefinition>PY3_DLLNAME=L"$(Py3DllName)$(PyDebugExt)";</_Py3NamePreprocessorDefinition>
+    <_Abi3tCompatDllNamePreprocessorDefinition Condition="$(DisableGil) != 'true'">ABI3T_COMPAT_DLLNAME=L"$(PyAbi3tCompatDllDir)\\$(PyAbi3tCompatDllName)$(PyDebugExt)";</_Abi3tCompatDllNamePreprocessorDefinition>
     <_FreeThreadedPreprocessorDefinition Condition="$(DisableGil) == 'true'">Py_GIL_DISABLED=1;</_FreeThreadedPreprocessorDefinition>
     <_PymallocHugepagesPreprocessorDefinition Condition="$(UsePymallocHugepages) == 'true'">PYMALLOC_USE_HUGEPAGES=1;</_PymallocHugepagesPreprocessorDefinition>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(PySourcePath)Include;$(PySourcePath)Include\internal;$(PySourcePath)Include\internal\mimalloc;$(PySourcePath)PC;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;$(_Py3NamePreprocessorDefinition)$(_PlatformPreprocessorDefinition)$(_DebugPreprocessorDefinition)$(_PyStatsPreprocessorDefinition)$(_PydPreprocessorDefinition)$(_FreeThreadedPreprocessorDefinition)$(_PymallocHugepagesPreprocessorDefinition)%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(SupportPGO)' and ($(Configuration) == 'PGInstrument' or $(Configuration) == 'PGUpdate')">_Py_USING_PGO=1;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="$(DisableGil) != 'true'">$(_Abi3tCompatDllNamePreprocessorDefinition)%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
 
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
diff --git a/PCbuild/python.props b/PCbuild/python.props
index 3ad8d81dfc9a95..28175e6b1b8f2e 100644
--- a/PCbuild/python.props
+++ b/PCbuild/python.props
@@ -244,6 +244,9 @@
     <!-- The name of the resulting pythonX.dll (without the extension) -->
     <Py3DllName Condition="$(DisableGil) == 'true'">python3t</Py3DllName>
     <Py3DllName Condition="$(Py3DllName) == ''">python3</Py3DllName>
+    <!-- The directory & name (without extension) of abi3t-compat\pythonXt.dll -->
+    <PyAbi3tCompatDllDir>abi3t-compat</PyAbi3tCompatDllDir>
+    <PyAbi3tCompatDllName>python3t</PyAbi3tCompatDllName>
 
     <!-- The version and platform tag to include in .pyd filenames -->
     <PydTag Condition="$(ArchName) == 'win32'">.cp$(MajorVersionNumber)$(MinorVersionNumber)-win32</PydTag>
diff --git a/Python/dynload_win.c b/Python/dynload_win.c
index de9b0a77817a63..b479595192ec84 100644
--- a/Python/dynload_win.c
+++ b/Python/dynload_win.c
@@ -169,7 +169,16 @@ _Py_CheckPython3(void)
        use that DLL */
     if (PyWin_DLLhModule && GetModuleFileNameW(PyWin_DLLhModule, py3path, MAXPATHLEN)) {
         wchar_t *p = wcsrchr(py3path, L'\\');
+
         if (p) {
+#ifdef ABI3T_COMPAT_DLLNAME
+            wcscpy(p + 1, ABI3T_COMPAT_DLLNAME);
+            hPython3 = LoadLibraryExW(py3path, NULL, LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DEFAULT_DIRS);
+            if (hPython3 != NULL) {
+                return 1;
+            }
+#endif
+
             wcscpy(p + 1, PY3_DLLNAME);
             hPython3 = LoadLibraryExW(py3path, NULL, LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DEFAULT_DIRS);
             if (hPython3 != NULL) {
@@ -178,6 +187,13 @@ _Py_CheckPython3(void)
         }
     }
 
+#ifdef ABI3T_COMPAT_DLLNAME
+    hPython3 = LoadLibraryExW(ABI3T_COMPAT_DLLNAME, NULL, LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_APPLICATION_DIR);
+    if (hPython3 != NULL) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+#endif
+
     /* If we can locate python3.dll in our application dir,
        use that DLL */
     hPython3 = LoadLibraryExW(PY3_DLLNAME, NULL, LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_APPLICATION_DIR);
diff --git a/Tools/msi/core/core_files.wxs b/Tools/msi/core/core_files.wxs
index 145e1471247aa1..b481d17a7b9397 100644
--- a/Tools/msi/core/core_files.wxs
+++ b/Tools/msi/core/core_files.wxs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
     <Fragment>
         <ComponentGroup Id="core_dll">
+            <Component Id="python_abi3tcompat.dll" Directory="InstallDirectory" Guid="*">
+                <File Id="python_abi3tcompat.dll" Name="abi3t-compat\python$(var.MajorVersionNumber)t.dll" KeyPath="yes" />
+            </Component>
             <Component Id="python_stable.dll" Directory="InstallDirectory" Guid="*">
                 <File Id="python_stable.dll" Name="python$(var.MajorVersionNumber).dll" KeyPath="yes" />
             </Component>