diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-06-19-21-05-15.gh-issue-120602.UyDARz.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-06-19-21-05-15.gh-issue-120602.UyDARz.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0d90ec3bb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-06-19-21-05-15.gh-issue-120602.UyDARz.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Correctly handle LLVM installs with ``LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX`` when building
+with ``--enable-experimental-jit``.
diff --git a/Tools/jit/_llvm.py b/Tools/jit/_llvm.py
index 45bd69ff861..606f280a14d 100644
--- a/Tools/jit/_llvm.py
+++ b/Tools/jit/_llvm.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import typing
 
 _LLVM_VERSION = 18
-_LLVM_VERSION_PATTERN = re.compile(rf"version\s+{_LLVM_VERSION}\.\d+\.\d+\s+")
+_LLVM_VERSION_PATTERN = re.compile(rf"version\s+{_LLVM_VERSION}\.\d+\.\d+\S*\s+")
 
 _P = typing.ParamSpec("_P")
 _R = typing.TypeVar("_R")