diff --git a/build_rust.py b/build_rust.py
index 662474dcb47..31ef841d8f0 100644
--- a/build_rust.py
+++ b/build_rust.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ def build(setup_kwargs: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         target="synapse.synapse_rust",
         path=cargo_toml_path,
         binding=Binding.PyO3,
-        py_limited_api=True,
         # We force always building in release mode, as we can't tell the
         # difference between using `poetry` in development vs production.
         debug=False,
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index d916c627a03..218d905763a 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -2585,13 +2585,13 @@ testing-integration = ["build[virtualenv]", "filelock (>=3.4.0)", "jaraco.envs (
 
 [[package]]
 name = "setuptools-rust"
-version = "1.8.1"
+version = "1.9.0"
 description = "Setuptools Rust extension plugin"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "setuptools-rust-1.8.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:94b1dd5d5308b3138d5b933c3a2b55e6d6927d1a22632e509fcea9ddd0f7e486"},
-    {file = "setuptools_rust-1.8.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b5324493949ccd6aa0c03890c5f6b5f02de4512e3ac1697d02e9a6c02b18aa8e"},
+    {file = "setuptools-rust-1.9.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:704df0948f2e4cc60c2596ad6e840ea679f4f43e58ed4ad0c1857807240eab96"},
+    {file = "setuptools_rust-1.9.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:409caf49dcf7ad9bd510b4bf4011fbad504e745fae98f57fe1c06f3a97719638"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fb310589f75..59b371acd3d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ furo = ">=2022.12.7,<2025.0.0"
 # runtime errors caused by build system changes.
 # We are happy to raise these upper bounds upon request,
 # provided we check that it's safe to do so (i.e. that CI passes).
-requires = ["poetry-core>=1.1.0,<=1.9.0", "setuptools_rust>=1.3,<=1.8.1"]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.1.0,<=1.9.0", "setuptools_rust>=1.3,<=1.8.1", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 
@@ -400,13 +400,13 @@ skip = "cp36* cp37* pp37* *-musllinux_i686 pp*aarch64 *-musllinux_aarch64"
 
 # We need a rust compiler
 before-all =  "curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- --default-toolchain stable -y --profile minimal"
-environment= { PATH = "$PATH:$HOME/.cargo/bin" }
+environment = { PATH = "$PATH:$HOME/.cargo/bin", DIST_EXTRA_CONFIG = "/tmp/bdist.ini" }
 
 # For some reason if we don't manually clean the build directory we
 # can end up polluting the next build with a .so that is for the wrong
 # Python version.
-before-build = "rm -rf {project}/build"
-build-frontend = "build"
+before-build = "rm -rf {project}/build && echo '[bdist_wheel]\npy_limited_api=cp38\n' > $DIST_EXTRA_CONFIG"
+build-frontend = "build; args: --config-setting=--build-option=--py-limited-api=cp38"  # Build ABI3 wheels for 3.8+
 test-command = "python -c 'from synapse.synapse_rust import sum_as_string; print(sum_as_string(1, 2))'"