diff --git a/Lib/test/test_build_details.py b/Lib/test/test_build_details.py
index 05ce163a337881..33ade161fb5058 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_build_details.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_build_details.py
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ def test_base_interpreter(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(os.path.realpath(value), os.path.realpath(sys.executable))
 
+    @needs_installed_python
+    def test_c_api(self):
+        value = self.key('c_api')
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(value['headers'], 'Python.h')))
+        version = sysconfig.get_config_var('VERSION')
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(os.path.join(value['pkgconfig_path'], f'python-{version}.pc')))
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2025-05-24-16-59-20.gh-issue-134632.i0W2hc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2025-05-24-16-59-20.gh-issue-134632.i0W2hc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f41c8744b8aaa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2025-05-24-16-59-20.gh-issue-134632.i0W2hc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fixed ``build-details.json`` generation to use ``INCLUDEPY``, in order to
+reference the ``pythonX.Y`` subdirectory of the include directory, as
+required in :pep:`739`, instead of the top-level include directory.
diff --git a/Tools/build/generate-build-details.py b/Tools/build/generate-build-details.py
index 87e262065ec87b..8cd23e2f54f529 100644
--- a/Tools/build/generate-build-details.py
+++ b/Tools/build/generate-build-details.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def generate_data(schema_version: str) -> collections.defaultdict[str, Any]:
     PY3LIBRARY = sysconfig.get_config_var('PY3LIBRARY')
     LIBPYTHON = sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBPYTHON')
     LIBPC = sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBPC')
-    INCLUDEDIR = sysconfig.get_config_var('INCLUDEDIR')
+    INCLUDEPY = sysconfig.get_config_var('INCLUDEPY')
 
     if os.name == 'posix':
         # On POSIX, LIBRARY is always the static library, while LDLIBRARY is the
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ def generate_data(schema_version: str) -> collections.defaultdict[str, Any]:
     if has_static_library:
         data['libpython']['static'] = os.path.join(LIBDIR, LIBRARY)
 
-    data['c_api']['headers'] = INCLUDEDIR
+    data['c_api']['headers'] = INCLUDEPY
     if LIBPC:
         data['c_api']['pkgconfig_path'] = LIBPC