diff --git a/Lib/encodings/cp273.py b/Lib/encodings/cp273.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69c6d778c57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/encodings/cp273.py
@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+""" Python Character Mapping Codec cp273 generated from 'python-mappings/CP273.TXT' with gencodec.py.
+
+"""#"
+
+import codecs
+
+### Codec APIs
+
+class Codec(codecs.Codec):
+
+    def encode(self,input,errors='strict'):
+        return codecs.charmap_encode(input,errors,encoding_table)
+
+    def decode(self,input,errors='strict'):
+        return codecs.charmap_decode(input,errors,decoding_table)
+
+class IncrementalEncoder(codecs.IncrementalEncoder):
+    def encode(self, input, final=False):
+        return codecs.charmap_encode(input,self.errors,encoding_table)[0]
+
+class IncrementalDecoder(codecs.IncrementalDecoder):
+    def decode(self, input, final=False):
+        return codecs.charmap_decode(input,self.errors,decoding_table)[0]
+
+class StreamWriter(Codec,codecs.StreamWriter):
+    pass
+
+class StreamReader(Codec,codecs.StreamReader):
+    pass
+
+### encodings module API
+
+def getregentry():
+    return codecs.CodecInfo(
+        name='cp273',
+        encode=Codec().encode,
+        decode=Codec().decode,
+        incrementalencoder=IncrementalEncoder,
+        incrementaldecoder=IncrementalDecoder,
+        streamreader=StreamReader,
+        streamwriter=StreamWriter,
+    )
+
+
+### Decoding Table
+
+decoding_table = (
+    '\x00'      #  0x00 -> NULL (NUL)
+    '\x01'      #  0x01 -> START OF HEADING (SOH)
+    '\x02'      #  0x02 -> START OF TEXT (STX)
+    '\x03'      #  0x03 -> END OF TEXT (ETX)
+    '\x9c'      #  0x04 -> STRING TERMINATOR (ST)
+    '\t'        #  0x05 -> CHARACTER TABULATION (HT)
+    '\x86'      #  0x06 -> START OF SELECTED AREA (SSA)
+    '\x7f'      #  0x07 -> DELETE (DEL)
+    '\x97'      #  0x08 -> END OF GUARDED AREA (EPA)
+    '\x8d'      #  0x09 -> REVERSE LINE FEED (RI)
+    '\x8e'      #  0x0A -> SINGLE-SHIFT TWO (SS2)
+    '\x0b'      #  0x0B -> LINE TABULATION (VT)
+    '\x0c'      #  0x0C -> FORM FEED (FF)
+    '\r'        #  0x0D -> CARRIAGE RETURN (CR)
+    '\x0e'      #  0x0E -> SHIFT OUT (SO)
+    '\x0f'      #  0x0F -> SHIFT IN (SI)
+    '\x10'      #  0x10 -> DATALINK ESCAPE (DLE)
+    '\x11'      #  0x11 -> DEVICE CONTROL ONE (DC1)
+    '\x12'      #  0x12 -> DEVICE CONTROL TWO (DC2)
+    '\x13'      #  0x13 -> DEVICE CONTROL THREE (DC3)
+    '\x9d'      #  0x14 -> OPERATING SYSTEM COMMAND (OSC)
+    '\x85'      #  0x15 -> NEXT LINE (NEL)
+    '\x08'      #  0x16 -> BACKSPACE (BS)
+    '\x87'      #  0x17 -> END OF SELECTED AREA (ESA)
+    '\x18'      #  0x18 -> CANCEL (CAN)
+    '\x19'      #  0x19 -> END OF MEDIUM (EM)
+    '\x92'      #  0x1A -> PRIVATE USE TWO (PU2)
+    '\x8f'      #  0x1B -> SINGLE-SHIFT THREE (SS3)
+    '\x1c'      #  0x1C -> FILE SEPARATOR (IS4)
+    '\x1d'      #  0x1D -> GROUP SEPARATOR (IS3)
+    '\x1e'      #  0x1E -> RECORD SEPARATOR (IS2)
+    '\x1f'      #  0x1F -> UNIT SEPARATOR (IS1)
+    '\x80'      #  0x20 -> PADDING CHARACTER (PAD)
+    '\x81'      #  0x21 -> HIGH OCTET PRESET (HOP)
+    '\x82'      #  0x22 -> BREAK PERMITTED HERE (BPH)
+    '\x83'      #  0x23 -> NO BREAK HERE (NBH)
+    '\x84'      #  0x24 -> INDEX (IND)
+    '\n'        #  0x25 -> LINE FEED (LF)
+    '\x17'      #  0x26 -> END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK (ETB)
+    '\x1b'      #  0x27 -> ESCAPE (ESC)
+    '\x88'      #  0x28 -> CHARACTER TABULATION SET (HTS)
+    '\x89'      #  0x29 -> CHARACTER TABULATION WITH JUSTIFICATION (HTJ)
+    '\x8a'      #  0x2A -> LINE TABULATION SET (VTS)
+    '\x8b'      #  0x2B -> PARTIAL LINE FORWARD (PLD)
+    '\x8c'      #  0x2C -> PARTIAL LINE BACKWARD (PLU)
+    '\x05'      #  0x2D -> ENQUIRY (ENQ)
+    '\x06'      #  0x2E -> ACKNOWLEDGE (ACK)
+    '\x07'      #  0x2F -> BELL (BEL)
+    '\x90'      #  0x30 -> DEVICE CONTROL STRING (DCS)
+    '\x91'      #  0x31 -> PRIVATE USE ONE (PU1)
+    '\x16'      #  0x32 -> SYNCHRONOUS IDLE (SYN)
+    '\x93'      #  0x33 -> SET TRANSMIT STATE (STS)
+    '\x94'      #  0x34 -> CANCEL CHARACTER (CCH)
+    '\x95'      #  0x35 -> MESSAGE WAITING (MW)
+    '\x96'      #  0x36 -> START OF GUARDED AREA (SPA)
+    '\x04'      #  0x37 -> END OF TRANSMISSION (EOT)
+    '\x98'      #  0x38 -> START OF STRING (SOS)
+    '\x99'      #  0x39 -> SINGLE GRAPHIC CHARACTER INTRODUCER (SGCI)
+    '\x9a'      #  0x3A -> SINGLE CHARACTER INTRODUCER (SCI)
+    '\x9b'      #  0x3B -> CONTROL SEQUENCE INTRODUCER (CSI)
+    '\x14'      #  0x3C -> DEVICE CONTROL FOUR (DC4)
+    '\x15'      #  0x3D -> NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGE (NAK)
+    '\x9e'      #  0x3E -> PRIVACY MESSAGE (PM)
+    '\x1a'      #  0x3F -> SUBSTITUTE (SUB)
+    ' '         #  0x40 -> SPACE
+    '\xa0'      #  0x41 -> NO-BREAK SPACE
+    '\xe2'      #  0x42 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+    '{'         #  0x43 -> LEFT CURLY BRACKET
+    '\xe0'      #  0x44 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
+    '\xe1'      #  0x45 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
+    '\xe3'      #  0x46 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH TILDE
+    '\xe5'      #  0x47 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
+    '\xe7'      #  0x48 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
+    '\xf1'      #  0x49 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE
+    '\xc4'      #  0x4A -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
+    '.'         #  0x4B -> FULL STOP
+    '<'         #  0x4C -> LESS-THAN SIGN
+    '('         #  0x4D -> LEFT PARENTHESIS
+    '+'         #  0x4E -> PLUS SIGN
+    '!'         #  0x4F -> EXCLAMATION MARK
+    '&'         #  0x50 -> AMPERSAND
+    '\xe9'      #  0x51 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
+    '\xea'      #  0x52 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+    '\xeb'      #  0x53 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
+    '\xe8'      #  0x54 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
+    '\xed'      #  0x55 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
+    '\xee'      #  0x56 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+    '\xef'      #  0x57 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
+    '\xec'      #  0x58 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
+    '~'         #  0x59 -> TILDE
+    '\xdc'      #  0x5A -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
+    '$'         #  0x5B -> DOLLAR SIGN
+    '*'         #  0x5C -> ASTERISK
+    ')'         #  0x5D -> RIGHT PARENTHESIS
+    ';'         #  0x5E -> SEMICOLON
+    '^'         #  0x5F -> CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
+    '-'         #  0x60 -> HYPHEN-MINUS
+    '/'         #  0x61 -> SOLIDUS
+    '\xc2'      #  0x62 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+    '['         #  0x63 -> LEFT SQUARE BRACKET
+    '\xc0'      #  0x64 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
+    '\xc1'      #  0x65 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
+    '\xc3'      #  0x66 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH TILDE
+    '\xc5'      #  0x67 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
+    '\xc7'      #  0x68 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
+    '\xd1'      #  0x69 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE
+    '\xf6'      #  0x6A -> LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
+    ','         #  0x6B -> COMMA
+    '%'         #  0x6C -> PERCENT SIGN
+    '_'         #  0x6D -> LOW LINE
+    '>'         #  0x6E -> GREATER-THAN SIGN
+    '?'         #  0x6F -> QUESTION MARK
+    '\xf8'      #  0x70 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE
+    '\xc9'      #  0x71 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
+    '\xca'      #  0x72 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+    '\xcb'      #  0x73 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
+    '\xc8'      #  0x74 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
+    '\xcd'      #  0x75 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
+    '\xce'      #  0x76 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+    '\xcf'      #  0x77 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
+    '\xcc'      #  0x78 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
+    '`'         #  0x79 -> GRAVE ACCENT
+    ':'         #  0x7A -> COLON
+    '#'         #  0x7B -> NUMBER SIGN
+    '\xa7'      #  0x7C -> SECTION SIGN
+    "'"         #  0x7D -> APOSTROPHE
+    '='         #  0x7E -> EQUALS SIGN
+    '"'         #  0x7F -> QUOTATION MARK
+    '\xd8'      #  0x80 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE
+    'a'         #  0x81 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER A
+    'b'         #  0x82 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER B
+    'c'         #  0x83 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER C
+    'd'         #  0x84 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER D
+    'e'         #  0x85 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER E
+    'f'         #  0x86 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER F
+    'g'         #  0x87 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER G
+    'h'         #  0x88 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER H
+    'i'         #  0x89 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER I
+    '\xab'      #  0x8A -> LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
+    '\xbb'      #  0x8B -> RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
+    '\xf0'      #  0x8C -> LATIN SMALL LETTER ETH (Icelandic)
+    '\xfd'      #  0x8D -> LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE
+    '\xfe'      #  0x8E -> LATIN SMALL LETTER THORN (Icelandic)
+    '\xb1'      #  0x8F -> PLUS-MINUS SIGN
+    '\xb0'      #  0x90 -> DEGREE SIGN
+    'j'         #  0x91 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER J
+    'k'         #  0x92 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER K
+    'l'         #  0x93 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER L
+    'm'         #  0x94 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER M
+    'n'         #  0x95 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER N
+    'o'         #  0x96 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER O
+    'p'         #  0x97 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER P
+    'q'         #  0x98 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER Q
+    'r'         #  0x99 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER R
+    '\xaa'      #  0x9A -> FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR
+    '\xba'      #  0x9B -> MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR
+    '\xe6'      #  0x9C -> LATIN SMALL LETTER AE
+    '\xb8'      #  0x9D -> CEDILLA
+    '\xc6'      #  0x9E -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AE
+    '\xa4'      #  0x9F -> CURRENCY SIGN
+    '\xb5'      #  0xA0 -> MICRO SIGN
+    '\xdf'      #  0xA1 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S (German)
+    's'         #  0xA2 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER S
+    't'         #  0xA3 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER T
+    'u'         #  0xA4 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER U
+    'v'         #  0xA5 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER V
+    'w'         #  0xA6 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER W
+    'x'         #  0xA7 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER X
+    'y'         #  0xA8 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER Y
+    'z'         #  0xA9 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER Z
+    '\xa1'      #  0xAA -> INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK
+    '\xbf'      #  0xAB -> INVERTED QUESTION MARK
+    '\xd0'      #  0xAC -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ETH (Icelandic)
+    '\xdd'      #  0xAD -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE
+    '\xde'      #  0xAE -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER THORN (Icelandic)
+    '\xae'      #  0xAF -> REGISTERED SIGN
+    '\xa2'      #  0xB0 -> CENT SIGN
+    '\xa3'      #  0xB1 -> POUND SIGN
+    '\xa5'      #  0xB2 -> YEN SIGN
+    '\xb7'      #  0xB3 -> MIDDLE DOT
+    '\xa9'      #  0xB4 -> COPYRIGHT SIGN
+    '@'         #  0xB5 -> COMMERCIAL AT
+    '\xb6'      #  0xB6 -> PILCROW SIGN
+    '\xbc'      #  0xB7 -> VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER
+    '\xbd'      #  0xB8 -> VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF
+    '\xbe'      #  0xB9 -> VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS
+    '\xac'      #  0xBA -> NOT SIGN
+    '|'         #  0xBB -> VERTICAL LINE
+    '\u203e'    #  0xBC -> OVERLINE
+    '\xa8'      #  0xBD -> DIAERESIS
+    '\xb4'      #  0xBE -> ACUTE ACCENT
+    '\xd7'      #  0xBF -> MULTIPLICATION SIGN
+    '\xe4'      #  0xC0 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
+    'A'         #  0xC1 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A
+    'B'         #  0xC2 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B
+    'C'         #  0xC3 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C
+    'D'         #  0xC4 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D
+    'E'         #  0xC5 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E
+    'F'         #  0xC6 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F
+    'G'         #  0xC7 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G
+    'H'         #  0xC8 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H
+    'I'         #  0xC9 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I
+    '\xad'      #  0xCA -> SOFT HYPHEN
+    '\xf4'      #  0xCB -> LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+    '\xa6'      #  0xCC -> BROKEN BAR
+    '\xf2'      #  0xCD -> LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
+    '\xf3'      #  0xCE -> LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
+    '\xf5'      #  0xCF -> LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH TILDE
+    '\xfc'      #  0xD0 -> LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
+    'J'         #  0xD1 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J
+    'K'         #  0xD2 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K
+    'L'         #  0xD3 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L
+    'M'         #  0xD4 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M
+    'N'         #  0xD5 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N
+    'O'         #  0xD6 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O
+    'P'         #  0xD7 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P
+    'Q'         #  0xD8 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q
+    'R'         #  0xD9 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R
+    '\xb9'      #  0xDA -> SUPERSCRIPT ONE
+    '\xfb'      #  0xDB -> LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+    '}'         #  0xDC -> RIGHT CURLY BRACKET
+    '\xf9'      #  0xDD -> LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE
+    '\xfa'      #  0xDE -> LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
+    '\xff'      #  0xDF -> LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS
+    '\xd6'      #  0xE0 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
+    '\xf7'      #  0xE1 -> DIVISION SIGN
+    'S'         #  0xE2 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S
+    'T'         #  0xE3 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T
+    'U'         #  0xE4 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U
+    'V'         #  0xE5 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V
+    'W'         #  0xE6 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W
+    'X'         #  0xE7 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X
+    'Y'         #  0xE8 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y
+    'Z'         #  0xE9 -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z
+    '\xb2'      #  0xEA -> SUPERSCRIPT TWO
+    '\xd4'      #  0xEB -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+    '\\'        #  0xEC -> REVERSE SOLIDUS
+    '\xd2'      #  0xED -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
+    '\xd3'      #  0xEE -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
+    '\xd5'      #  0xEF -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH TILDE
+    '0'         #  0xF0 -> DIGIT ZERO
+    '1'         #  0xF1 -> DIGIT ONE
+    '2'         #  0xF2 -> DIGIT TWO
+    '3'         #  0xF3 -> DIGIT THREE
+    '4'         #  0xF4 -> DIGIT FOUR
+    '5'         #  0xF5 -> DIGIT FIVE
+    '6'         #  0xF6 -> DIGIT SIX
+    '7'         #  0xF7 -> DIGIT SEVEN
+    '8'         #  0xF8 -> DIGIT EIGHT
+    '9'         #  0xF9 -> DIGIT NINE
+    '\xb3'      #  0xFA -> SUPERSCRIPT THREE
+    '\xdb'      #  0xFB -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
+    ']'         #  0xFC -> RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET
+    '\xd9'      #  0xFD -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH GRAVE
+    '\xda'      #  0xFE -> LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
+    '\x9f'      #  0xFF -> APPLICATION PROGRAM COMMAND (APC)
+)
+
+### Encoding table
+encoding_table=codecs.charmap_build(decoding_table)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
index c8fa7f3c948..727897e53e6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
@@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@ class UnicodeTest(string_tests.CommonTest,
         # 0-127
         s = bytes(range(128))
         for encoding in (
-            'cp037', 'cp1026',
+            'cp037', 'cp1026', 'cp273',
             'cp437', 'cp500', 'cp720', 'cp737', 'cp775', 'cp850',
             'cp852', 'cp855', 'cp858', 'cp860', 'cp861', 'cp862',
             'cp863', 'cp865', 'cp866',
@@ -1859,7 +1859,7 @@ class UnicodeTest(string_tests.CommonTest,
         # 128-255
         s = bytes(range(128, 256))
         for encoding in (
-            'cp037', 'cp1026',
+            'cp037', 'cp1026', 'cp273',
             'cp437', 'cp500', 'cp720', 'cp737', 'cp775', 'cp850',
             'cp852', 'cp855', 'cp858', 'cp860', 'cp861', 'cp862',
             'cp863', 'cp865', 'cp866',