diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2023-08-28-17-58-46.gh-issue-85283.-4lp73.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2023-08-28-17-58-46.gh-issue-85283.-4lp73.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The ``_scproxy`` C extension is now built with the :ref:`limited C API
+<limited-c-api>`. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Modules/_scproxy.c b/Modules/_scproxy.c
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--- a/Modules/_scproxy.c
+++ b/Modules/_scproxy.c
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
  * Helper method for urllib to fetch the proxy configuration settings
  * using the SystemConfiguration framework.
  */
+#define Py_LIMITED_API 0x030d0000
+
 #include <Python.h>
 #include <SystemConfiguration/SystemConfiguration.h>