diff --git a/newsfragments/4733.fixed.md b/newsfragments/4733.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bcf3dbad823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/4733.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix unresolved symbol link failures (due to linking to wrong DLL) when compiling for Python 3.13t with `abi3` features enabled.
diff --git a/pyo3-build-config/src/impl_.rs b/pyo3-build-config/src/impl_.rs
index 3a0915b4c8e..30684344e39 100644
--- a/pyo3-build-config/src/impl_.rs
+++ b/pyo3-build-config/src/impl_.rs
@@ -1649,7 +1649,7 @@ fn default_lib_name_windows(
         // CPython bug: linking against python3_d.dll raises error
         // https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/101614
         Ok(format!("python{}{}_d", version.major, version.minor))
-    } else if abi3 && !(implementation.is_pypy() || implementation.is_graalpy()) {
+    } else if abi3 && !(gil_disabled || implementation.is_pypy() || implementation.is_graalpy()) {
         if debug {
             Ok(WINDOWS_ABI3_DEBUG_LIB_NAME.to_owned())
         } else {
@@ -2544,6 +2544,21 @@ mod tests {
             .unwrap(),
             "python313t",
         );
+        assert_eq!(
+            super::default_lib_name_windows(
+                PythonVersion {
+                    major: 3,
+                    minor: 13
+                },
+                CPython,
+                true, // abi3 true should not affect the free-threaded lib name
+                false,
+                false,
+                true,
+            )
+            .unwrap(),
+            "python313t",
+        );
         assert_eq!(
             super::default_lib_name_windows(
                 PythonVersion {