diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-19-11-06-30.bpo-1635741.0mjsfm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-19-11-06-30.bpo-1635741.0mjsfm.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..10fc23bcfa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-19-11-06-30.bpo-1635741.0mjsfm.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Port _codecs extension module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
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diff --git a/Modules/_codecsmodule.c b/Modules/_codecsmodule.c
index a8ffb699557..952072102d5 100644
--- a/Modules/_codecsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_codecsmodule.c
@@ -1039,13 +1039,17 @@ static PyMethodDef _codecs_functions[] = {
     {NULL, NULL}                /* sentinel */
 };
 
+static PyModuleDef_Slot _codecs_slots[] = {
+    {0, NULL}
+};
+
 static struct PyModuleDef codecsmodule = {
         PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
         "_codecs",
         NULL,
-        -1,
+        0,
         _codecs_functions,
-        NULL,
+        _codecs_slots,
         NULL,
         NULL,
         NULL
@@ -1054,5 +1058,5 @@ static struct PyModuleDef codecsmodule = {
 PyMODINIT_FUNC
 PyInit__codecs(void)
 {
-        return PyModule_Create(&codecsmodule);
+    return PyModuleDef_Init(&codecsmodule);
 }