diff --git a/Lib/sysconfig.py b/Lib/sysconfig.py
index 730d33dfe1e..d70088039c9 100644
--- a/Lib/sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/sysconfig.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ if _HAS_USER_BASE:
             'platstdlib': '{userbase}/lib/python',
             'purelib': '{userbase}/lib/python/site-packages',
             'platlib': '{userbase}/lib/python/site-packages',
-            'include': '{userbase}/include',
+            'include': '{userbase}/include/python{py_version_short}',
             'scripts': '{userbase}/bin',
             'data': '{userbase}',
             },
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2021-07-12-15-42-02.bpo-41972.yUjE8j.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2021-07-12-15-42-02.bpo-41972.yUjE8j.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6c70c07669f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2021-07-12-15-42-02.bpo-41972.yUjE8j.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The framework build's user header path in sysconfig is changed to add a
+'pythonX.Y' component to match distutils's behavior.