diff --git a/Doc/Makefile b/Doc/Makefile
index b8896da4a91869..87ba4d053cac79 100644
--- a/Doc/Makefile
+++ b/Doc/Makefile
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ dist-html:
 	cp -pPR build/html dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-html
 	tar -C dist -cf dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-html.tar python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-html
 	bzip2 -9 -k dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-html.tar
+	xz -9 -k dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-html.tar
 	(cd dist; zip -q -r -9 python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-html.zip python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-html)
 	rm -r dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-html
 	rm dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-html.tar
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ dist-text:
 	cp -pPR build/text dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-text
 	tar -C dist -cf dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-text.tar python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-text
 	bzip2 -9 -k dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-text.tar
+	xz -9 -k dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-text.tar
 	(cd dist; zip -q -r -9 python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-text.zip python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-text)
 	rm -r dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-text
 	rm dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-text.tar
@@ -239,9 +241,10 @@ dist-pdf:
 	# as otherwise the full latexmk process is run twice.
 	# ($$ is needed to escape the $; https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Basics-of-Variable-References)
 	-sed -i 's/: all-$$(FMT)/:/' build/latex/Makefile
-	(cd build/latex; $(MAKE) clean && $(MAKE) --jobs=$$((`nproc`+1)) --output-sync LATEXMKOPTS='-quiet' all-pdf && $(MAKE) FMT=pdf zip bz2)
+	(cd build/latex; $(MAKE) clean && $(MAKE) --jobs=$$((`nproc`+1)) --output-sync LATEXMKOPTS='-quiet' all-pdf && $(MAKE) FMT=pdf zip bz2 xz)
 	cp build/latex/docs-pdf.zip dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-pdf-a4.zip
 	cp build/latex/docs-pdf.tar.bz2 dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2
+	cp build/latex/docs-pdf.tar.xz dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-pdf-a4.tar.xz
 	@echo "Build finished and archived!"
 
 .PHONY: dist-epub
@@ -267,6 +270,7 @@ dist-texinfo:
 	cp -pPR build/texinfo dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-texinfo
 	tar -C dist -cf dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-texinfo.tar python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-texinfo
 	bzip2 -9 -k dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-texinfo.tar
+	xz -9 -k dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-texinfo.tar
 	(cd dist; zip -q -r -9 python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-texinfo.zip python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-texinfo)
 	rm -r dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-texinfo
 	rm dist/python-$(DISTVERSION)-docs-texinfo.tar
diff --git a/Doc/tools/templates/download.html b/Doc/tools/templates/download.html
index 45ec436fee72d7..912c8a348c28c6 100644
--- a/Doc/tools/templates/download.html
+++ b/Doc/tools/templates/download.html
@@ -25,26 +25,31 @@ <h1>{% trans %}Download Python {{ dl_version }} Documentation{% endtrans %}</h1>
     <th>{% trans %}Format{% endtrans %}</th>
     <th>{% trans %}Packed as .zip{% endtrans %}</th>
     <th>{% trans %}Packed as .tar.bz2{% endtrans %}</th>
+    <th>{% trans %}Packed as .tar.xz{% endtrans %}</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td>{% trans %}PDF{% endtrans %}</td>
     <td>{% trans download_size="17" %}<a href="{{ dl_base }}/python-{{ dl_version }}-docs-pdf-a4.zip">Download</a> (ca. {{ download_size }} MiB){% endtrans %}</td>
     <td>{% trans download_size="17" %}<a href="{{ dl_base }}/python-{{ dl_version }}-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2">Download</a> (ca. {{ download_size }} MiB){% endtrans %}</td>
+    <td>{% trans download_size="17" %}<a href="{{ dl_base }}/python-{{ dl_version }}-docs-pdf-a4.tar.xz">Download</a> (ca. {{ download_size }} MiB){% endtrans %}</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td>{% trans %}HTML{% endtrans %}</td>
     <td>{% trans download_size="13" %}<a href="{{ dl_base }}/python-{{ dl_version }}-docs-html.zip">Download</a> (ca. {{ download_size }} MiB){% endtrans %}</td>
-    <td>{% trans download_size="8" %}<a href="{{ dl_base }}/python-{{ dl_version }}-docs-html.tar.bz2">Download</a> (ca. {{ download_size }} MiB){% endtrans %}</td>
+    <td>{% trans download_size="10" %}<a href="{{ dl_base }}/python-{{ dl_version }}-docs-html.tar.bz2">Download</a> (ca. {{ download_size }} MiB){% endtrans %}</td>
+    <td>{% trans download_size="8" %}<a href="{{ dl_base }}/python-{{ dl_version }}-docs-html.tar.xz">Download</a> (ca. {{ download_size }} MiB){% endtrans %}</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td>{% trans %}Plain text{% endtrans %}</td>
     <td>{% trans download_size="4" %}<a href="{{ dl_base }}/python-{{ dl_version }}-docs-text.zip">Download</a> (ca. {{ download_size }} MiB){% endtrans %}</td>
     <td>{% trans download_size="3" %}<a href="{{ dl_base }}/python-{{ dl_version }}-docs-text.tar.bz2">Download</a> (ca. {{ download_size }} MiB){% endtrans %}</td>
+    <td>{% trans download_size="3" %}<a href="{{ dl_base }}/python-{{ dl_version }}-docs-text.tar.xz">Download</a> (ca. {{ download_size }} MiB){% endtrans %}</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td>{% trans %}Texinfo{% endtrans %}</td>
     <td>{% trans download_size="9" %}<a href="{{ dl_base }}/python-{{ dl_version }}-docs-texinfo.zip">Download</a> (ca. {{ download_size }} MiB){% endtrans %}</td>
     <td>{% trans download_size="7" %}<a href="{{ dl_base }}/python-{{ dl_version }}-docs-texinfo.tar.bz2">Download</a> (ca. {{ download_size }} MiB){% endtrans %}</td>
+    <td>{% trans download_size="7" %}<a href="{{ dl_base }}/python-{{ dl_version }}-docs-texinfo.tar.xz">Download</a> (ca. {{ download_size }} MiB){% endtrans %}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
     <td>{% trans %}EPUB{% endtrans %}</td>
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2025-01-25-23-22-00.gh-issue-64940.abh812.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2025-01-25-23-22-00.gh-issue-64940.abh812.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..79215c338adcae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2025-01-25-23-22-00.gh-issue-64940.abh812.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add the format .tar.xz to documentation build distributions.