4 files changed, 34 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/import.rst b/Doc/c-api/import.rst
index 6db2023..7aacc21 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/import.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/import.rst
@@ -98,27 +98,40 @@ Importing Modules
    an exception set on failure (the module still exists in this case).
 
 
-.. c:function:: PyObject* PyImport_AddModuleObject(PyObject *name)
+.. c:function:: PyObject* PyImport_AddModuleRef(const char *name)
+
+   Return the module object corresponding to a module name.
+
+   The *name* argument may be of the form ``package.module``. First check the
+   modules dictionary if there's one there, and if not, create a new one and
+   insert it in the modules dictionary.
+
+   Return a :term:`strong reference` to the module on success. Return ``NULL``
+   with an exception set on failure.
 
-   Return the module object corresponding to a module name.  The *name* argument
-   may be of the form ``package.module``. First check the modules dictionary if
-   there's one there, and if not, create a new one and insert it in the modules
-   dictionary. Return ``NULL`` with an exception set on failure.
+   The module name *name* is decoded from UTF-8.
 
-   .. note::
+   This function does not load or import the module; if the module wasn't
+   already loaded, you will get an empty module object. Use
+   :c:func:`PyImport_ImportModule` or one of its variants to import a module.
+   Package structures implied by a dotted name for *name* are not created if
+   not already present.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.13
+
+
+.. c:function:: PyObject* PyImport_AddModuleObject(PyObject *name)
 
-      This function does not load or import the module; if the module wasn't already
-      loaded, you will get an empty module object. Use :c:func:`PyImport_ImportModule`
-      or one of its variants to import a module.  Package structures implied by a
-      dotted name for *name* are not created if not already present.
+   Similar to :c:func:`PyImport_AddModuleRef`, but return a :term:`borrowed
+   reference` and *name* is a Python :class:`str` object.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
 
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyImport_AddModule(const char *name)
 
-   Similar to :c:func:`PyImport_AddModuleObject`, but the name is a UTF-8
-   encoded string instead of a Unicode object.
+   Similar to :c:func:`PyImport_AddModuleRef`, but return a :term:`borrowed
+   reference`.
 
 
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyImport_ExecCodeModule(const char *name, PyObject *co)
diff --git a/Doc/data/refcounts.dat b/Doc/data/refcounts.dat
index f5628ab..d707cc3 100644
--- a/Doc/data/refcounts.dat
+++ b/Doc/data/refcounts.dat
@@ -974,6 +974,9 @@ PyCoro_New:PyFrameObject*:frame:0:
 PyCoro_New:PyObject*:name:0:
 PyCoro_New:PyObject*:qualname:0:
 
+PyImport_AddModuleRef:PyObject*::+1:
+PyImport_AddModuleRef:const char*:name::
+
 PyImport_AddModule:PyObject*::0:reference borrowed from sys.modules
 PyImport_AddModule:const char*:name::
 
diff --git a/Doc/data/stable_abi.dat b/Doc/data/stable_abi.dat
index 80806ae..a3fde01 100644
--- a/Doc/data/stable_abi.dat
+++ b/Doc/data/stable_abi.dat
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ type,PyGetSetDef,3.2,,full-abi
 var,PyGetSetDescr_Type,3.2,,
 function,PyImport_AddModule,3.2,,
 function,PyImport_AddModuleObject,3.7,,
+function,PyImport_AddModuleRef,3.13,,
 function,PyImport_AppendInittab,3.2,,
 function,PyImport_ExecCodeModule,3.2,,
 function,PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx,3.2,,
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
index 735715f..bbe02a9 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
@@ -426,6 +426,11 @@ New Features
   APIs accepting the format codes always use ``Py_ssize_t`` for ``#`` formats.
   (Contributed by Inada Naoki in :gh:`104922`.)
 
+* Add :c:func:`PyImport_AddModuleRef`: similar to
+  :c:func:`PyImport_AddModule`, but return a :term:`strong reference` instead
+  of a :term:`borrowed reference`.
+  (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`105922`.)
+
 
 Porting to Python 3.13
 ----------------------