diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f60732b..090e118 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ sdist.include = [
   "src/gpubackendtools/cutils/gbt_global.h",
   "src/gpubackendtools/cutils/pybind11_cuda_array_interface.hpp", 
   "src/gpubackendtools/cutils/cmake_functions.cmake",
+  "src/gpubackendtools/cutils/gbt_binding.hpp"
 ]
 sdist.exclude = [
   ".devcontainer/",
diff --git a/src/gpubackendtools/__init__.py b/src/gpubackendtools/__init__.py
index 48631c6..daded45 100644
--- a/src/gpubackendtools/__init__.py
+++ b/src/gpubackendtools/__init__.py
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@
 from .parallelbase import ParallelModuleBase
 
 from .globals import Globals
-from .cutils import GBTCpuBackend, GBTCuda11xBackend, GBTCuda12xBackend
+from .cutils import GBTCpuBackend, GBTCuda11xBackend, GBTCuda12xBackend, GBTCuda13xBackend
 
 add_backends = {
     "gbt_cpu": GBTCpuBackend,
     "gbt_cuda11x": GBTCuda11xBackend,
     "gbt_cuda12x": GBTCuda12xBackend,
+    "gbt_cuda13x": GBTCuda13xBackend,
 }
 
 Globals().backends_manager.add_backends(add_backends)
diff --git a/src/gpubackendtools/cutils/__init__.py b/src/gpubackendtools/cutils/__init__.py
index 4322492..bed048d 100644
--- a/src/gpubackendtools/cutils/__init__.py
+++ b/src/gpubackendtools/cutils/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import abc
 from typing import Optional, Sequence, TypeVar, Union
 
-from ..gpubackendtools import BackendMethods, CpuBackend, Cuda11xBackend, Cuda12xBackend
+from ..gpubackendtools import BackendMethods, CpuBackend, Cuda11xBackend, Cuda12xBackend, Cuda13xBackend
 from ..exceptions import *
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass
@@ -126,6 +126,39 @@ def cuda12x_module_loader():
             CubicSpline=gbt_backend_cuda12x.interp.CubicSplineGPU,
             xp=cupy,
         )
+    
+class GBTCuda13xBackend(Cuda13xBackend, GBTBackend):
+    """Implementation of CUDA 13.x backend"""
+    _backend_name : str = "gbt_backend_cuda13x"
+    _name = "gbt_cuda13x"
+    
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        Cuda13xBackend.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        GBTBackend.__init__(self, self.cuda13x_module_loader())
+        
+    @staticmethod
+    def cuda13x_module_loader():
+        try:
+            import gbt_backend_cuda13x.interp
+
+        except (ModuleNotFoundError, ImportError) as e:
+            raise BackendUnavailableException(
+                "'cuda13x' backend could not be imported."
+            ) from e
+
+        try:
+            import cupy
+        except (ModuleNotFoundError, ImportError) as e:
+            raise MissingDependencies(
+                "'cuda13x' backend requires cupy", pip_deps=["cupy-cuda13x"]
+            ) from e
+
+        return GBTBackendMethods(
+            interpolate_wrap=gbt_backend_cuda13x.interp.interpolate_wrap,
+            CubicSplineWrap=gbt_backend_cuda13x.interp.CubicSplineWrapGPU,
+            CubicSpline=gbt_backend_cuda13x.interp.CubicSplineGPU,
+            xp=cupy,
+        )
 
 """List of existing backends, per default order of preference."""
 # TODO: __all__ ?