diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 8531162943ae35..bf01f7ff4f835c 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -1926,6 +1926,13 @@ Modules/getbuildinfo.o: $(PARSER_OBJS) \
 	      -DGITBRANCH="\"`LC_ALL=C $(GITBRANCH)`\"" \
 	      -o $@ $(srcdir)/Modules/getbuildinfo.c
 
+ifdef UNVERSIONED_COMPILER
+Python/getcompiler.o: $(srcdir)/Python/getcompiler.c Makefile
+	$(CC) -c $(PY_CORE_CFLAGS) \
+		-DCOMPILER='"$(UNVERSIONED_COMPILER)"' \
+		-o $@ $(srcdir)/Python/getcompiler.c
+endif
+
 Modules/getpath.o: $(srcdir)/Modules/getpath.c Python/frozen_modules/getpath.h Makefile $(PYTHON_HEADERS)
 	$(CC) -c $(PY_CORE_CFLAGS) -DPYTHONPATH='"$(PYTHONPATH)"' \
 		-DPREFIX='"$(host_prefix)"' \
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-01-21-19-28-11.gh-issue-144121.gaqpK-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-01-21-19-28-11.gh-issue-144121.gaqpK-.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d830d100b75d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-01-21-19-28-11.gh-issue-144121.gaqpK-.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Make it possible for the COMPILER definition in getcompiler.c to be static
+in order to make builds reproducible.