diff --git a/conda_smithy/linter/utils.py b/conda_smithy/linter/utils.py
index e0cfff20a..b339963da 100644
--- a/conda_smithy/linter/utils.py
+++ b/conda_smithy/linter/utils.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     "poetry-core",
     "pdm-backend",
     "pdm-pep517",
+    "pymsbuild",
     "meson-python",
     "scikit-build-core",
     "maturin",
diff --git a/news/pymsbuild.rst b/news/pymsbuild.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f14964094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/pymsbuild.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* Add ``pymsbuild`` as another build backend