diff --git a/Modules/readline.c b/Modules/readline.c
index 2531b236b6ef178..9dc717a4587cbd6 100644
--- a/Modules/readline.c
+++ b/Modules/readline.c
@@ -1019,10 +1019,16 @@ on_hook(PyObject *func)
 static int
 #if defined(_RL_FUNCTION_TYPEDEF)
 on_startup_hook(void)
+{
+#elif defined(__APPLE__) && defined(WITH_APPLE_READLINE)
+on_startup_hook(const char *text, int state)
+{
+  (void)text;
+  (void)state;
 #else
 on_startup_hook(void)
-#endif
 {
+#endif
     int r;
     PyGILState_STATE gilstate = PyGILState_Ensure();
     r = on_hook(readlinestate_global->startup_hook);
@@ -1034,10 +1040,16 @@ on_startup_hook(void)
 static int
 #if defined(_RL_FUNCTION_TYPEDEF)
 on_pre_input_hook(void)
+{
+#elif defined(__APPLE__) && defined(WITH_APPLE_READLINE)
+on_pre_input_hook(const char *text, int state)
+{
+  (void)text;
+  (void)state;
 #else
 on_pre_input_hook(void)
-#endif
 {
+#endif
     int r;
     PyGILState_STATE gilstate = PyGILState_Ensure();
     r = on_hook(readlinestate_global->pre_input_hook);
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 57e3307266c0b17..f022efb42c019f7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -23755,6 +23755,7 @@ fi
 
 
 
+
 # Check whether --with-readline was given.
 if test ${with_readline+y}
 then :
@@ -23772,11 +23773,28 @@ then :
 esac
 
 else $as_nop
-  with_readline=readline
+  with_readline=default
 
 fi
 
 
+if test "x$with_readline" = xdefault
+then :
+
+  case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in #(
+  Darwin/*) :
+    printf "%s\n" "#define WITH_APPLE_READLINE 1" >>confdefs.h
+ ;; #(
+  *) :
+     ;;
+esac
+
+fi
+if test "x$with_readline" = xdefault
+then :
+  with_readline=readline
+fi
+
 if test "x$with_readline" = xreadline
 then :
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6fb6e1106470368..fdec6eb46da690e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5813,6 +5813,7 @@ dnl library (tinfo ncursesw ncurses termcap). We now assume that libreadline
 dnl or readline.pc provide correct linker information.
 
 AH_TEMPLATE([WITH_EDITLINE], [Define to build the readline module against libedit.])
+AH_TEMPLATE([WITH_APPLE_READLINE], [Define to build the readline module agains apple builtin readline.])
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(
   [readline],
@@ -5822,6 +5823,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(
     AS_CASE([$with_readline],
       [editline|edit], [with_readline=edit],
       [yes|readline], [with_readline=readline],
+      [apple], [with_readline=apple],
       [no], [],
       [AC_MSG_ERROR([proper usage is --with(out)-readline@<:@=editline|readline|no@:>@])]
     )
@@ -5829,6 +5831,13 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(
   [with_readline=readline]
 )
 
+dnl gh-105323: Need to handle the macOS editline as an alias of readline.
+AS_VAR_IF([with_readline], [apple], [
+  AS_CASE([$ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release],
+    [Darwin/*], [AC_DEFINE([WITH_APPLE_READLINE]) with_readline=readline],
+    [])]
+)
+
 AS_VAR_IF([with_readline], [readline], [
   PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBREADLINE], [readline], [
     LIBREADLINE=readline
diff --git a/pyconfig.h.in b/pyconfig.h.in
index 418ccade8e8bb15..1c34784aae74ab9 100644
--- a/pyconfig.h.in
+++ b/pyconfig.h.in
@@ -1791,6 +1791,9 @@
 /* Define if WINDOW in curses.h offers a field _flags. */
 #undef WINDOW_HAS_FLAGS
 
+/* Define to build the readline module agains apple builtin readline. */
+#undef WITH_APPLE_READLINE
+
 /* Define if you want build the _decimal module using a coroutine-local rather
    than a thread-local context */
 #undef WITH_DECIMAL_CONTEXTVAR