diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI-wheels.yaml b/.github/workflows/CI-wheels.yaml
index c89bc1f2..0609c507 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI-wheels.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI-wheels.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build wheels on ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [macos-26, windows-2025, ubuntu-26.04]
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d9621761..ddd1713a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Add a CI job building the documentation on every PR/push so this kind of breakage is caught automatically (#279)
 - Add support for Python 3.15 (#281)
+- Build wheels against the stable ABI (abi3) so a single wheel per platform covers all supported CPython versions (#263)
 
 ## [3.13.1] - 2026-10-05
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 04c7080b..3198a0aa 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -383,6 +383,11 @@ def can_sign_apple(self) -> bool:
             ]
         )
 
+    @property
+    def can_use_limited_api(self) -> bool:
+        """whether runtime can use ABIv3 (free-threaded cannot)"""
+        return not self.profiling and not sysconfig.get_config_var("Py_GIL_DISABLED")
+
 
 config = Config()
 
@@ -403,6 +408,8 @@ def get_cython_extension() -> list[Extension]:
             ("CYTHON_USE_SYS_MONITORING", "0"),
         ]
         compiler_directives.update(linetrace="true")
+    elif config.can_use_limited_api:
+        define_macros += [("Py_LIMITED_API", "0x030B0000")]
 
     include_dirs: list[str] = []
     library_dirs: list[str] = []
@@ -458,11 +465,30 @@ def get_cython_extension() -> list[Extension]:
         extra_compile_args=extra_compile_args,
         language="c++",
         define_macros=define_macros,
+        py_limited_api=config.can_use_limited_api,
     )
     return cythonize([wrapper_extension], compiler_directives=compiler_directives)
 
 
 class LibzimBuildExt(build_ext):
+
+    def get_ext_filename(self, ext_name):
+        # set proper filename for abi3 usage on all Python versions
+        filename = super().get_ext_filename(ext_name)
+
+        if not config.can_use_limited_api:
+            return filename
+
+        if config.platform == "Windows":
+            ext_path = Path(*ext_name.split("."))
+            return str(ext_path.with_suffix(".pyd"))
+        else:
+            ext_suffix = sysconfig.get_config_var("EXT_SUFFIX")
+            filename = (
+                filename[: -len(ext_suffix)] + ".abi3" + os.path.splitext(ext_suffix)[1]
+            )
+        return filename
+
     def finalize_options(self):
         """Workaround for rpath bug in distutils for macOS"""
         super().finalize_options()
@@ -637,4 +663,9 @@ def run(self):
         "repair_win_wheel": RepairWindowsWheel,
     },
     ext_modules=ext_modules,
+    options=(
+        {"bdist_wheel": {"py_limited_api": "cp311"}}
+        if config.can_use_limited_api
+        else {}
+    ),
 )