diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-10-11-26-14.gh-issue-123892.2gzIrz.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-10-11-26-14.gh-issue-123892.2gzIrz.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bef534427d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-10-11-26-14.gh-issue-123892.2gzIrz.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add ``"_wmi"`` to :data:`sys.stdlib_module_names`. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Python/stdlib_module_names.h b/Python/stdlib_module_names.h
index 4d595d98445..c8cdb933bb1 100644
--- a/Python/stdlib_module_names.h
+++ b/Python/stdlib_module_names.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ static const char* _Py_stdlib_module_names[] = {
 "_weakref",
 "_weakrefset",
 "_winapi",
+"_wmi",
 "_zoneinfo",
 "abc",
 "annotationlib",
diff --git a/Tools/build/check_extension_modules.py b/Tools/build/check_extension_modules.py
index cef97a4799e..66b2a262e11 100644
--- a/Tools/build/check_extension_modules.py
+++ b/Tools/build/check_extension_modules.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ WINDOWS_MODULES = {
     "_overlapped",
     "_testconsole",
     "_winapi",
+    "_wmi",
     "msvcrt",
     "nt",
     "winreg",