diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2023-08-08-05-48-33.gh-issue-107585.GbieTV.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2023-08-08-05-48-33.gh-issue-107585.GbieTV.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..49d826f7954122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2023-08-08-05-48-33.gh-issue-107585.GbieTV.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix the libpython ``.lib`` name when targetting the stable ABI in debug
+builds on MSVC.
diff --git a/PC/pyconfig.h b/PC/pyconfig.h
index ac20129cd30fcc..b0a38b5763b965 100644
--- a/PC/pyconfig.h
+++ b/PC/pyconfig.h
@@ -307,13 +307,19 @@ Py_NO_ENABLE_SHARED to find out.  Also support MS_NO_COREDLL for b/w compat */
                         /* So MSVC users need not specify the .lib
                         file in their Makefile (other compilers are
                         generally taken care of by distutils.) */
+#                       if defined(Py_LIMITED_API)
+#                               define PINNED_VER "3"
+#                       else
+#                               define PINNED_VER "313"
+#                       endif /* Py_LIMITED_API */
 #                       if defined(_DEBUG)
-#                               pragma comment(lib,"python313_d.lib")
-#                       elif defined(Py_LIMITED_API)
-#                               pragma comment(lib,"python3.lib")
+#                               define DEBUG_SUFFIX "_d"
 #                       else
-#                               pragma comment(lib,"python313.lib")
+#                               define DEBUG_SUFFIX ""
 #                       endif /* _DEBUG */
+#                       pragma comment(lib, "python" PINNED_VER DEBUG_SUFFIX ".lib")
+#                       undef PINNED_VER
+#                       undef DEBUG_SUFFIX
 #               endif /* _MSC_VER */
 #       endif /* Py_BUILD_CORE */
 #endif /* MS_COREDLL */