diff --git a/Lib/functools.py b/Lib/functools.py
index 098f6b6fac2..b2bcc21f48e 100644
--- a/Lib/functools.py
+++ b/Lib/functools.py
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ def cmp_to_key(mycmp):
             return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) >= 0
         def __ne__(self, other):
             return mycmp(self.obj, other.obj) != 0
-        def __hash__(self):
-            raise TypeError('hash not implemented')
+        __hash__ = None
     return K
 
 try:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_functools.py b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
index c50336e3e0d..97d7524f597 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_functools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import functools
+import collections
 import sys
 import unittest
 from test import support
@@ -510,6 +511,7 @@ class TestCmpToKey(unittest.TestCase):
         key = functools.cmp_to_key(mycmp)
         k = key(10)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, hash, k)
+        self.assertNotIsInstance(k, collections.Hashable)
 
 class TestTotalOrdering(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -718,12 +720,12 @@ class TestLRU(unittest.TestCase):
 
 def test_main(verbose=None):
     test_classes = (
-        TestCmpToKey,
         TestPartial,
         TestPartialSubclass,
         TestPythonPartial,
         TestUpdateWrapper,
         TestTotalOrdering,
+        TestCmpToKey,
         TestWraps,
         TestReduce,
         TestLRU,
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f8f90d02dc0..13b42e2b1a1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ Library
 
 - logging: don't define QueueListener if Python has no thread support.
 
+- functools.cmp_to_key() now works with collections.Hashable().
+
 - Issue #11277: mmap.mmap() calls fcntl(fd, F_FULLFSYNC) on Mac OS X to get
   around a mmap bug with sparse files. Patch written by Steffen Daode Nurpmeso.