diff --git a/Lib/datetime.py b/Lib/_pydatetime.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/datetime.py
rename to Lib/_pydatetime.py
diff --git a/Lib/test/datetimetester.py b/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
index c5eb6e7f164..fb07d2a5ad9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
+++ b/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ except ImportError:
 
 # Needed by test_datetime
 import _strptime
+try:
+    import _pydatetime
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 #
 
 pickle_loads = {pickle.loads, pickle._loads}
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ class TestModule(unittest.TestCase):
         if '_Fast' in self.__class__.__name__:
             self.skipTest('Only run for Pure Python implementation')
 
-        dar = datetime_module._divide_and_round
+        dar = _pydatetime._divide_and_round
 
         self.assertEqual(dar(-10, -3), 3)
         self.assertEqual(dar(5, -2), -2)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_datetime.py b/Lib/test/test_datetime.py
index 7f9094fa7bd..3859733a4fe 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_datetime.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_datetime.py
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ TESTS = 'test.datetimetester'
 
 def load_tests(loader, tests, pattern):
     try:
-        pure_tests = import_fresh_module(TESTS, fresh=['datetime', '_strptime'],
-                                        blocked=['_datetime'])
-        fast_tests = import_fresh_module(TESTS, fresh=['datetime',
-                                                    '_datetime', '_strptime'])
+        pure_tests = import_fresh_module(TESTS,
+                                         fresh=['datetime', '_pydatetime', '_strptime'],
+                                         blocked=['_datetime'])
+        fast_tests = import_fresh_module(TESTS,
+                                         fresh=['datetime', '_strptime'],
+                                         blocked=['_pydatetime'])
     finally:
         # XXX: import_fresh_module() is supposed to leave sys.module cache untouched,
         # XXX: but it does not, so we have to cleanup ourselves.
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ def load_tests(loader, tests, pattern):
                 cls_._save_sys_modules = sys.modules.copy()
                 sys.modules[TESTS] = module
                 sys.modules['datetime'] = module.datetime_module
+                if hasattr(module, '_pydatetime'):
+                    sys.modules['_pydatetime'] = module._pydatetime
                 sys.modules['_strptime'] = module._strptime
             @classmethod
             def tearDownClass(cls_):
diff --git a/Python/stdlib_module_names.h b/Python/stdlib_module_names.h
index 27f42e5202e..ed4a0ac2dd3 100644
--- a/Python/stdlib_module_names.h
+++ b/Python/stdlib_module_names.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ static const char* _Py_stdlib_module_names[] = {
 "_posixshmem",
 "_posixsubprocess",
 "_py_abc",
+"_pydatetime",
 "_pydecimal",
 "_pyio",
 "_pylong",