diff --git a/ci-targets.yaml b/ci-targets.yaml
index b1f53aa8..70078e87 100644
--- a/ci-targets.yaml
+++ b/ci-targets.yaml
@@ -264,13 +264,12 @@ linux:
       - debug
       - noopt
       - lto
-    # freethreaded builds require mimalloc which is not available on musl yet
-    # build_options_conditional:
-    #   - options:
-    #       - freethreaded+debug
-    #       - freethreaded+noopt
-    #       - freethreaded+lto
-    #     minimum-python-version: "3.13"
+    build_options_conditional:
+      - options:
+          - freethreaded+debug
+          - freethreaded+noopt
+          - freethreaded+lto
+        minimum-python-version: "3.13"
     run: true
 
   x86_64_v2-unknown-linux-musl:
@@ -291,13 +290,12 @@ linux:
       - debug
       - noopt
       - lto
-    # freethreaded builds require mimalloc which is not available on musl yet
-    # build_options_conditional:
-    #   - options:
-    #       - freethreaded+debug
-    #       - freethreaded+noopt
-    #       - freethreaded+lto
-    #     minimum-python-version: "3.13"
+    build_options_conditional:
+      - options:
+          - freethreaded+debug
+          - freethreaded+noopt
+          - freethreaded+lto
+        minimum-python-version: "3.13"
     run: true
 
   x86_64_v3-unknown-linux-musl:
@@ -318,13 +316,12 @@ linux:
       - debug
       - noopt
       - lto
-    # freethreaded builds require mimalloc which is not available on musl yet
-    # build_options_conditional:
-    #   - options:
-    #       - freethreaded+debug
-    #       - freethreaded+noopt
-    #       - freethreaded+lto
-    #     minimum-python-version: "3.13"
+    build_options_conditional:
+      - options:
+          - freethreaded+debug
+          - freethreaded+noopt
+          - freethreaded+lto
+        minimum-python-version: "3.13"
     run: true
 
   x86_64_v4-unknown-linux-musl:
@@ -345,13 +342,12 @@ linux:
       - debug
       - noopt
       - lto
-    # freethreaded builds require mimalloc which is not available on musl yet
-    # build_options_conditional:
-    #   - options:
-    #       - freethreaded+debug
-    #       - freethreaded+noopt
-    #       - freethreaded+lto
-    #     minimum-python-version: "3.13"
+    build_options_conditional:
+      - options:
+          - freethreaded+debug
+          - freethreaded+noopt
+          - freethreaded+lto
+        minimum-python-version: "3.13"
     run: true
 
 windows:
diff --git a/cpython-unix/build-cpython.sh b/cpython-unix/build-cpython.sh
index bd045e91..68d0bde2 100755
--- a/cpython-unix/build-cpython.sh
+++ b/cpython-unix/build-cpython.sh
@@ -401,6 +401,22 @@ if [ "${CC}" = "musl-clang" ]; then
     done
 fi
 
+# To enable mimalloc (which is hard requirement for free-threaded versions, but preferred in
+# general), we need `stdatomic.h` which is not provided by musl. It's a part of the include files
+# that are part of clang. But musl-clang eliminates them from the default include path. So copy it
+# into place.
+if [[ "${CC}" = "musl-clang" && -n "${PYTHON_MEETS_MINIMUM_VERSION_3_13}" ]]; then
+    for h in /tools/${TOOLCHAIN}/lib/clang/*/include/stdatomic.h; do
+        filename=$(basename "$h")
+        if [ -e "/tools/host/include/${filename}" ]; then
+            echo "${filename} already exists; don't need to copy!"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        cp "$h" /tools/host/include/
+    done
+fi
+
+
 if [ -n "${CPYTHON_STATIC}" ]; then
     CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -static"
     CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -static"
@@ -416,8 +432,8 @@ if [ -n "${CPYTHON_DEBUG}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Explicitly enable mimalloc on 3.13+, it's already included by default but with this it'll fail
-# if it's missing from the system. The musl builds do not supprt mimalloc yet.
-if [[ -n "${PYTHON_MEETS_MINIMUM_VERSION_3_13}" && "${CC}" != "musl-clang" ]]; then
+# if it's missing from the system.
+if [[ -n "${PYTHON_MEETS_MINIMUM_VERSION_3_13}" ]]; then
     CONFIGURE_FLAGS="${CONFIGURE_FLAGS} --with-mimalloc"
 fi