diff --git a/Include/py_curses.h b/Include/py_curses.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62afb5e4b07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Include/py_curses.h
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+
+#ifndef Py_CURSES_H
+#define Py_CURSES_H
+
+#ifdef HAVE_NCURSES_H
+#include <ncurses.h>
+#else
+#include <curses.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#define PyCurses_API_pointers 4
+
+/* Type declarations */
+
+typedef struct {
+	PyObject_HEAD
+	WINDOW *win;
+} PyCursesWindowObject;
+
+#define PyCursesWindow_Check(v)	 ((v)->ob_type == &PyCursesWindow_Type)
+
+#ifdef CURSES_MODULE
+/* This section is used when compiling _cursesmodule.c */
+
+#else
+/* This section is used in modules that use the _cursesmodule API */
+
+static void **PyCurses_API;
+
+#define PyCursesWindow_Type (*(PyTypeObject *) PyCurses_API[0])
+#define PyCursesSetupTermCalled  {if (! ((int (*)(void))PyCurses_API[1]) () ) return NULL;}
+#define PyCursesInitialised      {if (! ((int (*)(void))PyCurses_API[2]) () ) return NULL;}
+#define PyCursesInitialisedColor {if (! ((int (*)(void))PyCurses_API[3]) () ) return NULL;}
+
+#define import_curses() \
+{ \
+  PyObject *module = PyImport_ImportModule("_curses"); \
+  if (module != NULL) { \
+    PyObject *module_dict = PyModule_GetDict(module); \
+    PyObject *c_api_object = PyDict_GetItemString(module_dict, "_C_API"); \
+    if (PyCObject_Check(c_api_object)) { \
+      PyCurses_API = (void **)PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(c_api_object); \
+    } \
+  } \
+}
+#endif
+
+/* general error messages */
+static char *catchall_ERR  = "curses function returned ERR";
+static char *catchall_NULL = "curses function returned NULL";
+
+/* Utility macros */
+#define ARG_COUNT(X) \
+	(((X) == NULL) ? 0 : (PyTuple_Check(X) ? PyTuple_Size(X) : 1))
+
+/* Function Prototype Macros - They are ugly but very, very useful. ;-)
+
+   X - function name
+   TYPE - parameter Type
+   ERGSTR - format string for construction of the return value
+   PARSESTR - format string for argument parsing
+   */
+
+#define NoArgNoReturnFunction(X) \
+static PyObject *PyCurses_ ## X (PyObject *self, PyObject *args) \
+{ \
+  PyCursesInitialised \
+  if (!PyArg_NoArgs(args)) return NULL; \
+  return PyCursesCheckERR(X(), # X); }
+
+#define NoArgOrFlagNoReturnFunction(X) \
+static PyObject *PyCurses_ ## X (PyObject *self, PyObject *args) \
+{ \
+  int flag = 0; \
+  PyCursesInitialised \
+  switch(ARG_COUNT(args)) { \
+  case 0: \
+    return PyCursesCheckERR(X(), # X); \
+  case 1: \
+    if (!PyArg_Parse(args, "i;True(1) or False(0)", &flag)) return NULL; \
+    if (flag) return PyCursesCheckERR(X(), # X); \
+    else return PyCursesCheckERR(no ## X (), # X); \
+  default: \
+    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, # X " requires 0 or 1 arguments"); \
+    return NULL; } }
+
+#define NoArgReturnIntFunction(X) \
+static PyObject *PyCurses_ ## X (PyObject *self, PyObject *args) \
+{ \
+ PyCursesInitialised \
+ if (!PyArg_NoArgs(args)) return NULL; \
+ return PyInt_FromLong((long) X()); }
+
+
+#define NoArgReturnStringFunction(X) \
+static PyObject *PyCurses_ ## X (PyObject *self, PyObject *args) \
+{ \
+  PyCursesInitialised \
+  if (!PyArg_NoArgs(args)) return NULL; \
+  return PyString_FromString(X()); }
+
+#define NoArgTrueFalseFunction(X) \
+static PyObject *PyCurses_ ## X (PyObject *self, PyObject *args) \
+{ \
+  PyCursesInitialised \
+  if (!PyArg_NoArgs(args)) return NULL; \
+  if (X () == FALSE) { \
+    Py_INCREF(Py_False); \
+    return Py_False; \
+  } \
+  Py_INCREF(Py_True); \
+  return Py_True; }
+
+#define NoArgNoReturnVoidFunction(X) \
+static PyObject *PyCurses_ ## X (PyObject *self, PyObject *args) \
+{ \
+  PyCursesInitialised \
+  if (!PyArg_NoArgs(args)) return NULL; \
+  X(); \
+  Py_INCREF(Py_None); \
+  return Py_None; }
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* !defined(Py_CURSES_H) */
+
+