diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-09-26-14-43-30.bpo-1635741.aJS9B3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-09-26-14-43-30.bpo-1635741.aJS9B3.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..252dab35a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-09-26-14-43-30.bpo-1635741.aJS9B3.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Port the :mod:`_bisect` module to the multi-phase initialization API (:pep:`489`).
diff --git a/Modules/_bisectmodule.c b/Modules/_bisectmodule.c
index 82d800d9a87..277e9755f27 100644
--- a/Modules/_bisectmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_bisectmodule.c
@@ -237,18 +237,14 @@ common approach.\n");
 
 static struct PyModuleDef _bisectmodule = {
     PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
-    "_bisect",
-    module_doc,
-    -1,
-    bisect_methods,
-    NULL,
-    NULL,
-    NULL,
-    NULL
+    .m_name = "_bisect",
+    .m_doc = module_doc,
+    .m_methods = bisect_methods,
+    .m_size = 0
 };
 
 PyMODINIT_FUNC
 PyInit__bisect(void)
 {
-    return PyModule_Create(&_bisectmodule);
+    return PyModuleDef_Init(&_bisectmodule);
 }