diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3060bc4d2..03fbc87c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 ### Bug Fixes:
 
+- fix(compute): add Python starter kit to the static config ([#1877](https://github.com/fastly/cli/pull/1877))
+
 ### Enhancements:
 
 - feat(audit-log): add event-mapping command group ([#1875](https://github.com/fastly/cli/pull/1875))
diff --git a/pkg/commands/compute/language_test.go b/pkg/commands/compute/language_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38b7cb795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/commands/compute/language_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package compute_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	toml "github.com/pelletier/go-toml"
+
+	"github.com/fastly/cli/pkg/commands/compute"
+	"github.com/fastly/cli/pkg/config"
+)
+
+// TestStaticConfigStarterKits validates that every language the CLI offers at
+// the `compute init` prompt has at least one starter kit in the static config
+// embedded into the binary.
+//
+// The starter kits are injected into the static config at build time by
+// ./scripts/config.sh, which holds its own hardcoded list of starter kit
+// repositories. Adding a language without also updating that list leaves users
+// of the new language unable to init a project (see CDTOOL-1707), and this test
+// is here to catch that drift.
+//
+// NOTE: The static config is generated, not committed, so run `make config`
+// before running this test locally.
+func TestStaticConfigStarterKits(t *testing.T) {
+	var f config.File
+	if err := toml.Unmarshal(config.Static, &f); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to unmarshal the static config: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, language := range compute.NewLanguages(f.StarterKits) {
+		// The 'other' language is for users bringing their own Wasm binary and so
+		// has no starter kits by design.
+		if language.Name == "other" {
+			continue
+		}
+		if len(language.StarterKits) == 0 {
+			t.Errorf("no starter kits found in the static config for language %q: add its starter kit repositories to the 'kits' list in ./scripts/config.sh", language.Name)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/scripts/config.sh b/scripts/config.sh
index c9cd2f0dc..667272085 100755
--- a/scripts/config.sh
+++ b/scripts/config.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ kits=(
 	compute-starter-kit-typescript
 	compute-starter-kit-cpp-default
 	compute-starter-kit-cpp-empty
+	compute-starter-kit-python-default
 )
 
 function parse() {