diff --git a/python/ide/impl/src/com/intellij/pycharm/community/ide/impl/PythonSdkConfigurator.kt b/python/ide/impl/src/com/intellij/pycharm/community/ide/impl/PythonSdkConfigurator.kt
index c44516533700..903a525b4144 100644
--- a/python/ide/impl/src/com/intellij/pycharm/community/ide/impl/PythonSdkConfigurator.kt
+++ b/python/ide/impl/src/com/intellij/pycharm/community/ide/impl/PythonSdkConfigurator.kt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import com.intellij.platform.util.progress.reportRawProgress
 import com.intellij.python.community.services.systemPython.SystemPython
 import com.intellij.python.community.services.systemPython.SystemPythonService
 import com.intellij.python.sdkConfigurator.common.enableSDKAutoConfigurator
+import com.intellij.util.PlatformUtils
 import com.jetbrains.python.PyBundle
 import com.jetbrains.python.getOrLogException
 import com.jetbrains.python.packaging.utils.PyPackageCoroutine
@@ -56,10 +57,10 @@ class PythonSdkConfigurator : DirectoryProjectConfigurator {
     val sdk = project.pythonSdk
     thisLogger().debug { "Input: $sdk" }
     /*
-     * Technically, we can end up in a situation when we created a project, but failed to configure SDK for some reason, which would
-     * lead to automatic SDK configuration.
+     * DataSpell skips SDK setup on new project creation, so we need to use auto-detection there. At the same time, with PyCharm we
+     * first open a project and only then persist SDK from the dialog. So at this step we'll have null SDK for new projects.
      */
-    if (sdk != null) {
+    if (sdk != null || (isProjectCreatedWithWizard && !PlatformUtils.isDataSpell())) {
       return
     }
     if (PySdkFromEnvironmentVariable.getPycharmPythonPathProperty()?.isNotBlank() == true) {
diff --git a/python/ide/impl/src/com/intellij/pycharm/community/ide/impl/welcomeScreen/PyCharmWelcomeScreenProjectProvider.kt b/python/ide/impl/src/com/intellij/pycharm/community/ide/impl/welcomeScreen/PyCharmWelcomeScreenProjectProvider.kt
index 85b288718e4a..9ec35e802dfc 100644
--- a/python/ide/impl/src/com/intellij/pycharm/community/ide/impl/welcomeScreen/PyCharmWelcomeScreenProjectProvider.kt
+++ b/python/ide/impl/src/com/intellij/pycharm/community/ide/impl/welcomeScreen/PyCharmWelcomeScreenProjectProvider.kt
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2025 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package com.intellij.pycharm.community.ide.impl.welcomeScreen
 
+import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.thisLogger
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.ex.ProjectEx
 import com.intellij.openapi.wm.ex.WelcomeScreenProjectProvider
+import com.intellij.platform.PlatformProjectOpenProcessor
 import com.intellij.pycharm.community.ide.impl.miscProject.impl.MISC_PROJECT_NAME
 import com.intellij.pycharm.community.ide.impl.miscProject.impl.MISC_PROJECT_WITH_WELCOME_NAME
 import com.intellij.pycharm.community.ide.impl.miscProject.impl.miscProjectDefaultPath
+import com.jetbrains.python.projectCreation.createVenvAndSdk
 import java.nio.file.Path
 
 private class PyCharmWelcomeScreenProjectProvider : WelcomeScreenProjectProvider() {
@@ -30,6 +33,10 @@ private class PyCharmWelcomeScreenProjectProvider : WelcomeScreenProjectProvider
       project.setProjectName(MISC_PROJECT_WITH_WELCOME_NAME)
       project.save()
     }
+
+    if (PlatformProjectOpenProcessor.isNewProject(project)) {
+      createVenvAndSdk(project)
+    }
     return project
   }