diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e605fe0a9..c6df9a1c0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ python:
   - "3.6"
   - "3.7"
   - "3.8"
+  - "3.9"
 dist: xenial
 addons:
   apt:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8ea8be741..d25896ffb 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
         'Framework :: Django',
         'Framework :: Django :: 1.11',
         'Framework :: Django :: 2.0',
diff --git a/tests/tests.py b/tests/tests.py
index 52c3a6eb7..75dad26a4 100644
--- a/tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/tests.py
@@ -225,6 +225,33 @@ def test_get_manylinux_python38(self):
             self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(path))
             os.remove(path)
 
+    def test_get_manylinux_python39(self):
+        z = Zappa(runtime="python3.9")
+        self.assertIsNotNone(z.get_cached_manylinux_wheel("psycopg2-binary", "2.9.1"))
+        self.assertIsNone(z.get_cached_manylinux_wheel("derp_no_such_thing", "0.0"))
+
+        # mock with a known manylinux wheel package so that code for downloading them gets invoked
+        mock_installed_packages = {"psycopg2-binary": "2.8.4"}
+        with mock.patch(
+            "zappa.core.Zappa.get_installed_packages",
+            return_value=mock_installed_packages,
+        ):
+            z = Zappa(runtime="python3.9")
+            path = z.create_lambda_zip(handler_file=os.path.realpath(__file__))
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(path))
+            os.remove(path)
+
+        # same, but with an ABI3 package
+        mock_installed_packages = {"cryptography": "2.8"}
+        with mock.patch(
+            "zappa.core.Zappa.get_installed_packages",
+            return_value=mock_installed_packages,
+        ):
+            z = Zappa(runtime="python3.9")
+            path = z.create_lambda_zip(handler_file=os.path.realpath(__file__))
+            self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(path))
+            os.remove(path)
+
     def test_getting_installed_packages(self, *args):
         z = Zappa(runtime="python3.6")
 
diff --git a/zappa/__init__.py b/zappa/__init__.py
index 8c1d448fa..355a88078 100644
--- a/zappa/__init__.py
+++ b/zappa/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import sys
 
-SUPPORTED_VERSIONS = [(3, 6), (3, 7), (3, 8)]
+SUPPORTED_VERSIONS = [(3, 6), (3, 7), (3, 8), (3, 9)]
 
 if sys.version_info[:2] not in SUPPORTED_VERSIONS:
     formatted_supported_versions = [
diff --git a/zappa/core.py b/zappa/core.py
index 78fc5ff5b..dc9d80719 100644
--- a/zappa/core.py
+++ b/zappa/core.py
@@ -309,15 +309,17 @@ def __init__(
             self.manylinux_suffix_start = "cp36m"
         elif self.runtime == "python3.7":
             self.manylinux_suffix_start = "cp37m"
-        else:
+        elif self.runtime == "python3.8":
             # The 'm' has been dropped in python 3.8+ since builds with and without pymalloc are ABI compatible
             # See https://github.com/pypa/manylinux for a more detailed explanation
             self.manylinux_suffix_start = "cp38"
+        else:
+            self.manylinux_suffix_start = "cp39"
 
         # AWS Lambda supports manylinux1/2010 and manylinux2014
         manylinux_suffixes = ("2014", "2010", "1")
         self.manylinux_wheel_file_match = re.compile(
-            f'^.*{self.manylinux_suffix_start}-manylinux({"|".join(manylinux_suffixes)})_x86_64.whl$'
+            f'^.*{self.manylinux_suffix_start}-(manylinux_\d+_\d+_x86_64[.])?manylinux({"|".join(manylinux_suffixes)})_x86_64.whl$'
         )
         self.manylinux_wheel_abi3_file_match = re.compile(
             f'^.*cp3.-abi3-manylinux({"|".join(manylinux_suffixes)})_x86_64.whl$'
diff --git a/zappa/utilities.py b/zappa/utilities.py
index 6149a575a..d146971e7 100644
--- a/zappa/utilities.py
+++ b/zappa/utilities.py
@@ -200,8 +200,10 @@ def get_runtime_from_python_version():
             return "python3.6"
         elif sys.version_info[1] <= 7:
             return "python3.7"
-        else:
+        elif sys.version_info[1] <= 8:
             return "python3.8"
+        else:
+            return "python3.9"
 
 
 ##