diff --git a/Lib/test/test_clinic.py b/Lib/test/test_clinic.py
index cf3eeaadf00..a60f087ef28 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_clinic.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_clinic.py
@@ -3698,6 +3698,39 @@ class LimitedCAPIFunctionalTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
                     func(1., "2")
 
+    def test_get_file_descriptor(self):
+        # test 'file descriptor' converter: call PyObject_AsFileDescriptor()
+        get_fd = _testclinic_limited.get_file_descriptor
+
+        class MyInt(int):
+            pass
+
+        class MyFile:
+            def __init__(self, fd):
+                self._fd = fd
+            def fileno(self):
+                return self._fd
+
+        for fd in (0, 1, 2, 5, 123_456):
+            self.assertEqual(get_fd(fd), fd)
+
+            myint = MyInt(fd)
+            self.assertEqual(get_fd(myint), fd)
+
+            myfile = MyFile(fd)
+            self.assertEqual(get_fd(myfile), fd)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(OverflowError):
+            get_fd(2**256)
+        with self.assertWarnsRegex(RuntimeWarning,
+                                   "bool is used as a file descriptor"):
+            get_fd(True)
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            get_fd(1.0)
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            get_fd("abc")
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            get_fd(None)
 
 
 class PermutationTests(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/Modules/_testclinic_limited.c b/Modules/_testclinic_limited.c
index 1a73c04aecb..29f1b7c13e4 100644
--- a/Modules/_testclinic_limited.c
+++ b/Modules/_testclinic_limited.c
@@ -105,12 +105,30 @@ my_double_sum_impl(PyObject *module, double x, double y)
 }
 
 
+/*[clinic input]
+get_file_descriptor -> int
+
+    file as fd: fildes
+    /
+
+Get a file descriptor.
+[clinic start generated code]*/
+
+static int
+get_file_descriptor_impl(PyObject *module, int fd)
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=80051ebad54db8a8 input=82e2a1418848cd5b]*/
+{
+    return fd;
+}
+
+
 static PyMethodDef tester_methods[] = {
     TEST_EMPTY_FUNCTION_METHODDEF
     MY_INT_FUNC_METHODDEF
     MY_INT_SUM_METHODDEF
     MY_FLOAT_SUM_METHODDEF
     MY_DOUBLE_SUM_METHODDEF
+    GET_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_METHODDEF
     {NULL, NULL}
 };
 
diff --git a/Modules/clinic/_testclinic_limited.c.h b/Modules/clinic/_testclinic_limited.c.h
index 690e782b839..94897f4c6dc 100644
--- a/Modules/clinic/_testclinic_limited.c.h
+++ b/Modules/clinic/_testclinic_limited.c.h
@@ -173,4 +173,37 @@ my_double_sum(PyObject *module, PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs)
 exit:
     return return_value;
 }
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=bb9f6b8c5d9e6a79 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(get_file_descriptor__doc__,
+"get_file_descriptor($module, file, /)\n"
+"--\n"
+"\n"
+"Get a file descriptor.");
+
+#define GET_FILE_DESCRIPTOR_METHODDEF    \
+    {"get_file_descriptor", (PyCFunction)get_file_descriptor, METH_O, get_file_descriptor__doc__},
+
+static int
+get_file_descriptor_impl(PyObject *module, int fd);
+
+static PyObject *
+get_file_descriptor(PyObject *module, PyObject *arg)
+{
+    PyObject *return_value = NULL;
+    int fd;
+    int _return_value;
+
+    fd = PyObject_AsFileDescriptor(arg);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        goto exit;
+    }
+    _return_value = get_file_descriptor_impl(module, fd);
+    if ((_return_value == -1) && PyErr_Occurred()) {
+        goto exit;
+    }
+    return_value = PyLong_FromLong((long)_return_value);
+
+exit:
+    return return_value;
+}
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=03fd7811c056dc74 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
diff --git a/Tools/clinic/clinic.py b/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
index 4c7c4dca37c..c81af5e696e 100755
--- a/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
+++ b/Tools/clinic/clinic.py
@@ -3800,18 +3800,19 @@ class fildes_converter(CConverter):
     type = 'int'
     converter = '_PyLong_FileDescriptor_Converter'
 
-    def converter_init(self, *, accept: TypeSet = {int, NoneType}) -> None:
-        self.add_include('pycore_fileutils.h',
-                         '_PyLong_FileDescriptor_Converter()')
-
-    def _parse_arg(self, argname: str, displayname: str) -> str | None:
-        return self.format_code("""
-            {paramname} = PyObject_AsFileDescriptor({argname});
-            if ({paramname} == -1) {{{{
-                goto exit;
-            }}}}
-            """,
-            argname=argname)
+    def parse_arg(self, argname: str, displayname: str, *, limited_capi: bool) -> str | None:
+        if limited_capi:
+            return self.format_code("""
+                {paramname} = PyObject_AsFileDescriptor({argname});
+                if ({paramname} < 0) {{{{
+                    goto exit;
+                }}}}
+                """,
+                argname=argname)
+        else:
+            self.add_include('pycore_fileutils.h',
+                             '_PyLong_FileDescriptor_Converter()')
+            return super().parse_arg(argname, displayname, limited_capi=limited_capi)
 
 
 class float_converter(CConverter):