diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_opt.py b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_opt.py
index 7be1c9eebb3bf9..b77a1b81bea0b4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_opt.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_opt.py
@@ -2191,17 +2191,154 @@ def testfunc(n):
         self.assertNotIn("_TO_BOOL_BOOL", uops)
         self.assertIn("_GUARD_IS_TRUE_POP", uops)
 
-    def test_call_isinstance_tuple_of_classes(self):
+    def test_call_isinstance_tuple_of_classes_is_true(self):
         def testfunc(n):
             x = 0
             for _ in range(n):
-                # A tuple of classes is currently not optimized,
-                # so this is only narrowed to bool:
                 y = isinstance(42, (int, str))
                 if y:
                     x += 1
             return x
 
+        res, ex = self._run_with_optimizer(testfunc, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
+        self.assertEqual(res, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(ex)
+        uops = get_opnames(ex)
+        self.assertNotIn("_CALL_ISINSTANCE", uops)
+        self.assertNotIn("_TO_BOOL_BOOL", uops)
+        self.assertNotIn("_GUARD_IS_TRUE_POP", uops)
+        self.assertIn("_BUILD_TUPLE", uops)
+        self.assertIn("_POP_CALL_TWO_LOAD_CONST_INLINE_BORROW", uops)
+
+    def test_call_isinstance_tuple_of_classes_is_false(self):
+        def testfunc(n):
+            x = 0
+            for _ in range(n):
+                y = isinstance(42, (bool, str))
+                if not y:
+                    x += 1
+            return x
+
+        res, ex = self._run_with_optimizer(testfunc, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
+        self.assertEqual(res, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(ex)
+        uops = get_opnames(ex)
+        self.assertNotIn("_CALL_ISINSTANCE", uops)
+        self.assertNotIn("_TO_BOOL_BOOL", uops)
+        self.assertNotIn("_GUARD_IS_FALSE_POP", uops)
+        self.assertIn("_BUILD_TUPLE", uops)
+        self.assertIn("_POP_CALL_TWO_LOAD_CONST_INLINE_BORROW", uops)
+
+    def test_call_isinstance_tuple_of_classes_true_unknown_1(self):
+        def testfunc(n):
+            x = 0
+            for _ in range(n):
+                # One of the classes is unknown, but it comes
+                # after a known class, so we can narrow to True
+                y = isinstance(42, (int, eval('str')))
+                if y:
+                    x += 1
+            return x
+
+        res, ex = self._run_with_optimizer(testfunc, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
+        self.assertEqual(res, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(ex)
+        uops = get_opnames(ex)
+        self.assertNotIn("_CALL_ISINSTANCE", uops)
+        self.assertNotIn("_TO_BOOL_BOOL", uops)
+        self.assertNotIn("_GUARD_IS_FALSE_POP", uops)
+        self.assertIn("_BUILD_TUPLE", uops)
+        self.assertIn("_POP_CALL_TWO_LOAD_CONST_INLINE_BORROW", uops)
+
+    def test_call_isinstance_tuple_of_classes_true_unknown_2(self):
+        def testfunc(n):
+            x = 0
+            for _ in range(n):
+                # One of the classes is unknown, so we can't narrow
+                # to True or False, only bool
+                y = isinstance(42, (eval('str'), int))
+                if y:
+                    x += 1
+            return x
+
+        res, ex = self._run_with_optimizer(testfunc, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
+        self.assertEqual(res, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(ex)
+        uops = get_opnames(ex)
+        self.assertIn("_CALL_ISINSTANCE", uops)
+        self.assertNotIn("_TO_BOOL_BOOL", uops)
+        self.assertIn("_GUARD_IS_TRUE_POP", uops)
+
+    def test_call_isinstance_tuple_of_classes_true_unknown_3(self):
+        def testfunc(n):
+            x = 0
+            for _ in range(n):
+                # One of the classes is unknown, so we can't narrow
+                # to True or False, only bool
+                y = isinstance(42, (str, eval('int')))
+                if y:
+                    x += 1
+            return x
+
+        res, ex = self._run_with_optimizer(testfunc, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
+        self.assertEqual(res, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(ex)
+        uops = get_opnames(ex)
+        self.assertIn("_CALL_ISINSTANCE", uops)
+        self.assertNotIn("_TO_BOOL_BOOL", uops)
+        self.assertIn("_GUARD_IS_TRUE_POP", uops)
+
+    def test_call_isinstance_tuple_of_classes_true_unknown_4(self):
+        def testfunc(n):
+            x = 0
+            for _ in range(n):
+                # One of the classes is unknown, so we can't narrow
+                # to True or False, only bool
+                y = isinstance(42, (eval('int'), str))
+                if y:
+                    x += 1
+            return x
+
+        res, ex = self._run_with_optimizer(testfunc, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
+        self.assertEqual(res, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(ex)
+        uops = get_opnames(ex)
+        self.assertIn("_CALL_ISINSTANCE", uops)
+        self.assertNotIn("_TO_BOOL_BOOL", uops)
+        self.assertIn("_GUARD_IS_TRUE_POP", uops)
+
+    def test_call_isinstance_empty_tuple(self):
+        def testfunc(n):
+            x = 0
+            for _ in range(n):
+                y = isinstance(42, ())
+                if not y:
+                    x += 1
+            return x
+
+        res, ex = self._run_with_optimizer(testfunc, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
+        self.assertEqual(res, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(ex)
+        uops = get_opnames(ex)
+        self.assertNotIn("_CALL_ISINSTANCE", uops)
+        self.assertNotIn("_TO_BOOL_BOOL", uops)
+        self.assertNotIn("_GUARD_IS_FALSE_POP", uops)
+        self.assertNotIn("_POP_TOP_LOAD_CONST_INLINE_BORROW", uops)
+        self.assertNotIn("_POP_CALL_LOAD_CONST_INLINE_BORROW", uops)
+        self.assertNotIn("_POP_CALL_ONE_LOAD_CONST_INLINE_BORROW", uops)
+        self.assertNotIn("_POP_CALL_TWO_LOAD_CONST_INLINE_BORROW", uops)
+
+    def test_call_isinstance_tuple_unknown_length(self):
+        def testfunc(n):
+            x = 0
+            for _ in range(n):
+                # tuple with an unknown length, we only narrow to bool
+                tup = tuple(eval('(int, str)'))
+                y = isinstance(42, tup)
+                if y:
+                    x += 1
+            return x
+
         res, ex = self._run_with_optimizer(testfunc, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
         self.assertEqual(res, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
         self.assertIsNotNone(ex)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-05-22-22-19-56.gh-issue-131798.kxRt1-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-05-22-22-19-56.gh-issue-131798.kxRt1-.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..66295ebecdf18f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-05-22-22-19-56.gh-issue-131798.kxRt1-.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Optimize ``_CALL_ISINSTANCE`` in the JIT when the second argument is a tuple
+of classes.
diff --git a/Python/optimizer_bytecodes.c b/Python/optimizer_bytecodes.c
index aeff76affd8ace..5387325cd06572 100644
--- a/Python/optimizer_bytecodes.c
+++ b/Python/optimizer_bytecodes.c
@@ -956,7 +956,6 @@ dummy_func(void) {
             // isinstance(inst, cls) where both inst and cls have
             // known types, meaning we can deduce either True or False
 
-            // The below check is equivalent to PyObject_TypeCheck(inst, cls)
             PyObject *out = Py_False;
             if (inst_type == cls_o || PyType_IsSubtype(inst_type, cls_o)) {
                 out = Py_True;
@@ -964,6 +963,41 @@ dummy_func(void) {
             sym_set_const(res, out);
             REPLACE_OP(this_instr, _POP_CALL_TWO_LOAD_CONST_INLINE_BORROW, 0, (uintptr_t)out);
         }
+        else if (inst_type && sym_matches_type(cls, &PyTuple_Type)) {
+            // isinstance(inst, tup) where inst has a known type and tup is a tuple.
+            // We can deduce True if inst is an instance of at least one of
+            // the items in the tuple.
+            // We can deduce False if all items in the tuple have known types and
+            // inst is not an instance of any of them.
+
+            int length = sym_tuple_length(cls);
+            if (length != -1) {
+                // We cannot do anything about tuples with unknown length
+                PyObject *out = Py_False;
+                for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+                    JitOptSymbol *item = sym_tuple_getitem(ctx, cls, i);
+                    if (!sym_has_type(item)) {
+                        // There is an unknown item in the tuple.
+                        // It could potentially define its own __instancecheck__
+                        // method so we can only deduce bool.
+                        out = NULL;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                    PyTypeObject *cls_o = (PyTypeObject *)sym_get_const(ctx, item);
+                    if (cls_o &&
+                        sym_matches_type(item, &PyType_Type) &&
+                        (inst_type == cls_o || PyType_IsSubtype(inst_type, cls_o)))
+                    {
+                        out = Py_True;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (out) {
+                    sym_set_const(res, out);
+                    REPLACE_OP(this_instr, _POP_CALL_TWO_LOAD_CONST_INLINE_BORROW, 0, (uintptr_t)out);
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     op(_GUARD_IS_TRUE_POP, (flag -- )) {
diff --git a/Python/optimizer_cases.c.h b/Python/optimizer_cases.c.h
index 41402200c1683e..9ec82cc074d4eb 100644
--- a/Python/optimizer_cases.c.h
+++ b/Python/optimizer_cases.c.h
@@ -2514,6 +2514,31 @@
                 sym_set_const(res, out);
                 REPLACE_OP(this_instr, _POP_CALL_TWO_LOAD_CONST_INLINE_BORROW, 0, (uintptr_t)out);
             }
+            else if (inst_type && sym_matches_type(cls, &PyTuple_Type)) {
+                int length = sym_tuple_length(cls);
+                if (length != -1) {
+                    PyObject *out = Py_False;
+                    for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+                        JitOptSymbol *item = sym_tuple_getitem(ctx, cls, i);
+                        if (!sym_has_type(item)) {
+                            out = NULL;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        PyTypeObject *cls_o = (PyTypeObject *)sym_get_const(ctx, item);
+                        if (cls_o &&
+                            sym_matches_type(item, &PyType_Type) &&
+                            (inst_type == cls_o || PyType_IsSubtype(inst_type, cls_o)))
+                        {
+                            out = Py_True;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (out) {
+                        sym_set_const(res, out);
+                        REPLACE_OP(this_instr, _POP_CALL_TWO_LOAD_CONST_INLINE_BORROW, 0, (uintptr_t)out);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
             stack_pointer[-4] = res;
             stack_pointer += -3;
             assert(WITHIN_STACK_BOUNDS());