diff --git a/Lib/test/test_typing.py b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
index bc9021addbe..06bd49b593a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_typing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
@@ -3777,6 +3777,12 @@ class NewTypeTests:
                 with self.assertRaises(pickle.PicklingError):
                     pickle.dumps(UserAge, proto)
 
+    def test_missing__name__(self):
+        code = ("import typing\n"
+                "NT = typing.NewType('NT', int)\n"
+                )
+        exec(code, {})
+
 
 class NewTypePythonTests(NewTypeTests, BaseTestCase):
     module = py_typing
diff --git a/Lib/typing.py b/Lib/typing.py
index f07b00f32ec..2826525efff 100644
--- a/Lib/typing.py
+++ b/Lib/typing.py
@@ -1387,11 +1387,11 @@ def _no_init(self, *args, **kwargs):
     if type(self)._is_protocol:
         raise TypeError('Protocols cannot be instantiated')
 
-def _callee(depth=2, default=None):
+def _caller(depth=1, default='__main__'):
     try:
-        return sys._getframe(depth).f_globals['__name__']
+        return sys._getframe(depth + 1).f_globals.get('__name__', default)
     except (AttributeError, ValueError):  # For platforms without _getframe()
-        return default
+        return None
 
 
 def _allow_reckless_class_checks(depth=3):
@@ -2395,8 +2395,10 @@ class NewType:
         if '.' in name:
             name = name.rpartition('.')[-1]
         self.__name__ = name
-        self.__module__ = _callee(default='typing')
         self.__supertype__ = tp
+        def_mod = _caller()
+        if def_mod != 'typing':
+            self.__module__ = def_mod
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return f'{self.__module__}.{self.__qualname__}'