diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_win32.py b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_win32.py
index 8247d370d39..eb016ffbc7d 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/test/test_win32.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/test/test_win32.py
@@ -30,15 +30,11 @@ if sys.platform == "win32":
             # or wrong calling convention
             self.assertRaises(ValueError, IsWindow, None)
 
-        def test_SEH(self):
-            # Call functions with invalid arguments, and make sure that access violations
-            # are trapped and raise an exception.
-            #
-            # Normally, in a debug build of the _ctypes extension
-            # module, exceptions are not trapped, so we can only run
-            # this test in a release build.
-            import sys
-            if not hasattr(sys, "getobjects"):
+        import _ctypes
+        if _ctypes.uses_seh():
+            def test_SEH(self):
+                # Call functions with invalid arguments, and make sure that access violations
+                # are trapped and raise an exception.
                 self.assertRaises(WindowsError, windll.kernel32.GetModuleHandleA, 32)
 
 class Structures(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c b/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
index 16e10dedad2..4ec1f13d809 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/callproc.c
@@ -1526,7 +1526,21 @@ resize(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	return Py_None;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+uses_seh(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+#if defined(DONT_USE_SEH) || !defined(MS_WIN32)
+	Py_INCREF(Py_False);
+	return Py_False;
+#else
+	Py_INCREF(Py_True);
+	return Py_True;
+#endif
+}
+
 PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
+	{"uses_seh", uses_seh, METH_NOARGS,
+	 "Return whether ctypes uses Windows structured exception handling"},
 	{"resize", resize, METH_VARARGS, "Resize the memory buffer of a ctypes instance"},
 #ifdef CTYPES_UNICODE
 	{"set_conversion_mode", set_conversion_mode, METH_VARARGS, set_conversion_mode_doc},