diff --git a/.github/workflows/maturin.yml b/.github/workflows/maturin.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1413f01475
Binary files /dev/null and b/.github/workflows/maturin.yml differ
diff --git a/candle-pyo3/Cargo.toml b/candle-pyo3/Cargo.toml
index 0241d2b29a..488404bf06 100644
--- a/candle-pyo3/Cargo.toml
+++ b/candle-pyo3/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ candle = { path = "../candle-core", version = "0.3.0", package = "candle-core" }
 candle-nn = { path = "../candle-nn", version = "0.3.0" }
 half = { workspace = true }
 intel-mkl-src = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-pyo3 = { version = "0.19.0", features = ["extension-module"] }
+pyo3 = { version = "0.19.0", features = ["extension-module", "abi3-py38"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 pyo3-build-config = "0.19"