diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index a5967210cbf..474a97c322c 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ bozo_func(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static PyMethodDef bozo_ml = {"__getstate__", bozo_func};
+static PyMethodDef bozo_ml = {"__getstate__", bozo_func, METH_VARARGS};
 
 static PyObject *bozo_obj = NULL;