diff --git a/salt/hg/files/hg/wsgi/python.wsgi b/salt/hg/files/hg/wsgi/python.wsgi
index 058bbaa1..b1eb056d 100644
--- a/salt/hg/files/hg/wsgi/python.wsgi
+++ b/salt/hg/files/hg/wsgi/python.wsgi
@@ -3,9 +3,4 @@ from mercurial import encoding
 
 CONFIG = '/srv/hg/repos.conf'
 encoding.encoding = 'utf-8'
-{% if grains["oscodename"] == "noble" %}
-application = hgwebdir(CONFIG.encode())
-{% else %}
 application = hgwebdir(CONFIG)
-{% endif %}
-
diff --git a/salt/hg/files/hg/wsgi/python3.wsgi b/salt/hg/files/hg/wsgi/python3.wsgi
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5632caaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/salt/hg/files/hg/wsgi/python3.wsgi
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from mercurial.hgweb.hgwebdir_mod import hgwebdir
+from mercurial import encoding
+
+CONFIG = '/srv/hg/repos.conf'
+encoding.encoding = 'utf-8'
+application = hgwebdir(CONFIG.encode())
diff --git a/salt/hg/init.sls b/salt/hg/init.sls
index 369c7542..a4135a20 100644
--- a/salt/hg/init.sls
+++ b/salt/hg/init.sls
@@ -58,6 +58,26 @@ hg-user:
     - file_mode: "0755"
     - require:
       - user: hg-user
+    - exclude_pat:
+      - python*.wsgi
+
+{% if grains["oscodename"] == "noble" %}
+/srv/hg/wsgi/python3.wsgi:
+  file.managed:
+    - source: salt://hg/files/hg/wsgi/python3.wsgi
+    - user: hg
+    - mode: "0755"
+    - require:
+      - file: /srv/hg/wsgi
+{% else %}
+/srv/hg/wsgi/python.wsgi:
+  file.managed:
+    - source: salt://hg/files/hg/wsgi/python.wsgi
+    - user: hg
+    - mode: "0755"
+    - require:
+      - file: /srv/hg/wsgi
+{% endif %}
 
 /srv/hg/src:
   file.recurse: