diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 01c9840..314662a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -227,3 +227,83 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish
         working-directory: npm
         run: npm publish --provenance --access public
+
+  build-wheels:
+    name: Build wheel (${{ matrix.target }})
+    needs: release
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            manylinux: '2_28'
+          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            manylinux: '2_28'
+          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            manylinux: musllinux_1_2
+          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            manylinux: musllinux_1_2
+          - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
+            os: macos-latest
+            manylinux: 'off'
+          - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
+            os: macos-latest
+            manylinux: 'off'
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Align Cargo version with tag
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
+          # Force the wheel version to match the release tag in case the in-repo
+          # Cargo.toml was not bumped before tagging. Mirrors the npm step above.
+          sed -i.bak -E "0,/^version = \"[^\"]*\"$/s//version = \"${VERSION}\"/" \
+            crates/clickhousectl/Cargo.toml
+          rm crates/clickhousectl/Cargo.toml.bak
+
+      - name: Build wheel
+        uses: PyO3/maturin-action@e83996d129638aa358a18fbd1dfb82f0b0fb5d3b # v1.51.0
+        with:
+          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
+          manylinux: ${{ matrix.manylinux }}
+          working-directory: pypi
+          args: --release --out dist
+
+      - name: Upload wheel artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          name: wheel-${{ matrix.target }}
+          path: pypi/dist/*.whl
+
+  publish-pypi:
+    name: Publish to PyPI
+    needs: build-wheels
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    # `id-token: write` is required for PyPI OIDC trusted publishing. The
+    # publisher action picks up OIDC automatically when no token input is
+    # provided.
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Download wheel artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
+        with:
+          path: wheels
+          pattern: wheel-*
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - name: Publish
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@cef221092ed1bacb1cc03d23a2d87d1d172e277b # v1.14.0
+        with:
+          packages-dir: wheels
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9ccd964..7e46b74 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 /npm/package-lock.json
 /npm/*.tgz
 /npm/README.md
+/pypi/target/
+/pypi/dist/
 .env
 /.env
 /.env.local
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 176685c..b5c0c82 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ cargo add -p clickhouse-cloud-api url
 - If the user references a GitHub issue (e.g. "work on issue 3"), use `gh issue view 3` to get the details, then create a branch like `issue-3-short-description`.
 - Update `README.md` and any relevant documentation as part of the change — PRs should include doc updates for new or changed functionality.
 - Commit to the branch, push, and create a PR with `gh pr create`.
-- Releases are done by tagging `main` (e.g. `git tag v0.1.4 && git push origin v0.1.4`), which triggers the GitHub Actions release workflow. Bump all of these to the same version in lockstep: `crates/clickhousectl/Cargo.toml` (`version` and the `clickhouse-cloud-api` dep version), `crates/clickhouse-cloud-api/Cargo.toml`, and `npm/package.json`. The workflow also re-aligns `npm/package.json` to the tag at publish time, but bump it in the repo too so the source-of-truth matches. Release-time secrets: `CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN` for crates.io; npm uses OIDC trusted publishing (configured one-time on npmjs.com against this repo, `release.yml`, and the `publish-npm` job).
+- Releases are done by tagging `main` (e.g. `git tag v0.1.4 && git push origin v0.1.4`), which triggers the GitHub Actions release workflow. Bump all of these to the same version in lockstep: `crates/clickhousectl/Cargo.toml` (`version` and the `clickhouse-cloud-api` dep version), `crates/clickhouse-cloud-api/Cargo.toml`, and `npm/package.json`. The workflow also re-aligns `npm/package.json` to the tag at publish time, but bump it in the repo too so the source-of-truth matches. `pypi/pyproject.toml` does *not* need a manual bump — maturin pulls the wheel version from `crates/clickhousectl/Cargo.toml` (via `dynamic = ["version"]`), and the `build-wheels` job also re-aligns the Cargo version to the tag at publish time. Release-time secrets: `CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN` for crates.io; npm uses OIDC trusted publishing (configured one-time on npmjs.com against this repo, `release.yml`, and the `publish-npm` job); PyPI uses OIDC trusted publishing (configured one-time on pypi.org against this repo, `release.yml`, and the `publish-pypi` job).
 
 ## Testing locally
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8e614c7..bb92c06 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@ npm install -g clickhousectl
 
 This installs an npm wrapper package that downloads the matching prebuilt binary from `builds.clickhouse.com` at install time. Both `clickhousectl` and `chctl` are exposed as commands. If you use `npm install --ignore-scripts`, the download is skipped — fall back to one of the other install paths.
 
+### pip
+
+```bash
+pip install clickhousectl
+# or
+pipx install clickhousectl
+# or
+uv tool install clickhousectl
+```
+
+This installs a prebuilt wheel containing the matching `clickhousectl` binary. Linux (glibc and musl, x86_64 and aarch64) and macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon) wheels are published to PyPI.
+
 ### From crates.io
 
 Builds from source:
diff --git a/pypi/pyproject.toml b/pypi/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a88cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pypi/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["maturin>=1.7,<2.0"]
+build-backend = "maturin"
+
+[project]
+name = "clickhousectl"
+dynamic = ["version", "description", "license", "readme", "authors", "urls"]
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+keywords = ["clickhouse", "cli", "database", "cloud"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "Environment :: Console",
+    "Topic :: Database",
+]
+
+[tool.maturin]
+bindings = "bin"
+manifest-path = "../crates/clickhousectl/Cargo.toml"
+strip = true