diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d37eb4447ad11af..7cd3537ec270a54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ jobs:
           --config-cache \
           --with-pydebug \
           --prefix=/opt/python-dev \
+          --with-readline=apple \
           --with-openssl="$(brew --prefix openssl@3.0)"
     - name: Build CPython
       run: make -j4
diff --git a/Doc/using/configure.rst b/Doc/using/configure.rst
index 6279b0efbf93210..e09a1805c359a5e 100644
--- a/Doc/using/configure.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/configure.rst
@@ -515,13 +515,17 @@ Libraries options
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
-.. cmdoption:: --with-readline=editline
+.. cmdoption:: --with-readline=readline|editline|apple
 
-   Use ``editline`` library for backend of the :mod:`readline` module.
+   Desinate a backend library of the :mod:`readline` module.
 
-   Define the ``WITH_EDITLINE`` macro.
+   readline: default backend
+   editline: Define the ``WITH_EDITLINE`` macro.
+   apple: Define the ``WITH_APPLE_READLINE`` macro.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.10
+   .. versionchanged: 3.13
+      ``apple`` for macOS specific backend library option is added.
 
 .. cmdoption:: --without-readline
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f022efb42c019f7..cfa9cdf5b6d9e98 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -23765,6 +23765,8 @@ then :
     with_readline=edit ;; #(
   yes|readline) :
     with_readline=readline ;; #(
+  apple) :
+    with_readline=apple ;; #(
   no) :
      ;; #(
   *) :
@@ -23773,27 +23775,23 @@ then :
 esac
 
 else $as_nop
-  with_readline=default
+  with_readline=readline
 
 fi
 
 
-if test "x$with_readline" = xdefault
+if test "x$with_readline" = xapple
 then :
 
   case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in #(
   Darwin/*) :
     printf "%s\n" "#define WITH_APPLE_READLINE 1" >>confdefs.h
- ;; #(
+ with_readline=readline ;; #(
   *) :
      ;;
 esac
 
 fi
-if test "x$with_readline" = xdefault
-then :
-  with_readline=readline
-fi
 
 if test "x$with_readline" = xreadline
 then :