diff --git a/plugins/python-build/bin/python-build b/plugins/python-build/bin/python-build
index 2dc6d068..20b17342 100755
--- a/plugins/python-build/bin/python-build
+++ b/plugins/python-build/bin/python-build
@@ -1958,6 +1958,11 @@ build_package_verify_py312() {
   build_package_verify_py311 "$1" "${2:-3.12}"
 }
 
+# Post-install check for Python 3.13.x
+build_package_verify_py313() {
+  build_package_verify_py312 "$1" "${2:-3.13}"
+}
+
 # Post-install check for Python 3.x rolling release scripts
 # XXX: Will need splitting into project-specific ones if there emerge
 # multiple rolling-release scripts with different checks needed
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.12-dev b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.12-dev
index ba0b8fe6..8b9d23b2 100644
--- a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.12-dev
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.12-dev
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ export PYTHON_BUILD_TCLTK_USE_PKGCONFIG=1
 export PYTHON_BUILD_CONFIGURE_WITH_DSYMUTIL=1
 install_package "openssl-1.1.1k" "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1k.tar.gz#892a0875b9872acd04a9fde79b1f943075d5ea162415de3047c327df33fbaee5" mac_openssl --if has_broken_mac_openssl
 install_package "readline-8.0" "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-8.0.tar.gz#e339f51971478d369f8a053a330a190781acb9864cf4c541060f12078948e461" mac_readline --if has_broken_mac_readline
-install_git "Python-3.12-dev" "https://github.com/python/cpython" main standard verify_py312 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
+install_git "Python-3.12-dev" "https://github.com/python/cpython" 3.12 standard verify_py312 copy_python_gdb ensurepip
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.13-dev b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.13-dev
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5384da3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/python-build/share/python-build/3.13-dev
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+prefer_openssl11
+export PYTHON_BUILD_CONFIGURE_WITH_OPENSSL=1
+export PYTHON_BUILD_TCLTK_USE_PKGCONFIG=1
+export PYTHON_BUILD_CONFIGURE_WITH_DSYMUTIL=1
+install_package "openssl-1.1.1k" "https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.1.1k.tar.gz#892a0875b9872acd04a9fde79b1f943075d5ea162415de3047c327df33fbaee5" mac_openssl --if has_broken_mac_openssl
+install_package "readline-8.0" "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/readline/readline-8.0.tar.gz#e339f51971478d369f8a053a330a190781acb9864cf4c541060f12078948e461" mac_readline --if has_broken_mac_readline
+install_git "Python-3.13-dev" "https://github.com/python/cpython" main standard verify_py313 copy_python_gdb ensurepip