diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2023-08-26-02-11-01.gh-issue-85283.RzMWia.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2023-08-26-02-11-01.gh-issue-85283.RzMWia.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..dc177bcf508e6e
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+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2023-08-26-02-11-01.gh-issue-85283.RzMWia.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The ``_testimportmultiple`` C extension is now built with the :ref:`limited C
+API <limited-c-api>`. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Modules/_testimportmultiple.c b/Modules/_testimportmultiple.c
index 1caeb66eb8c858..7a24146cb55ba9 100644
--- a/Modules/_testimportmultiple.c
+++ b/Modules/_testimportmultiple.c
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
  * file (issue16421). This file defines 3 modules (_testimportmodule,
  * foo, bar), only the first one is called the same as the compiled file.
  */
-#include<Python.h>
+
+#define Py_LIMITED_API 0x030d0000
+
+#include <Python.h>
 
 static struct PyModuleDef _testimportmultiple = {
     PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,