diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
index 1a07b44077b..985e12d9684 100755
--- a/Lib/platform.py
+++ b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ class uname_result(
         ):
     """
     A uname_result that's largely compatible with a
-    simple namedtuple except that 'platform' is
+    simple namedtuple except that 'processor' is
     resolved late and cached to avoid calling "uname"
     except when needed.
     """
@@ -784,12 +784,25 @@ class uname_result(
             (self.processor,)
         )
 
+    @classmethod
+    def _make(cls, iterable):
+        # override factory to affect length check
+        num_fields = len(cls._fields)
+        result = cls.__new__(cls, *iterable)
+        if len(result) != num_fields + 1:
+            msg = f'Expected {num_fields} arguments, got {len(result)}'
+            raise TypeError(msg)
+        return result
+
     def __getitem__(self, key):
-        return tuple(iter(self))[key]
+        return tuple(self)[key]
 
     def __len__(self):
         return len(tuple(iter(self)))
 
+    def __reduce__(self):
+        return uname_result, tuple(self)[:len(self._fields)]
+
 
 _uname_cache = None
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_platform.py b/Lib/test/test_platform.py
index 2c6fbee8b6f..1a688775f46 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_platform.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_platform.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import os
+import copy
+import pickle
 import platform
 import subprocess
 import sys
@@ -234,6 +236,38 @@ class PlatformTest(unittest.TestCase):
         )
         self.assertEqual(tuple(res), expected)
 
+    def test_uname_replace(self):
+        res = platform.uname()
+        new = res._replace(
+            system='system', node='node', release='release',
+            version='version', machine='machine')
+        self.assertEqual(new.system, 'system')
+        self.assertEqual(new.node, 'node')
+        self.assertEqual(new.release, 'release')
+        self.assertEqual(new.version, 'version')
+        self.assertEqual(new.machine, 'machine')
+        # processor cannot be replaced
+        self.assertEqual(new.processor, res.processor)
+
+    def test_uname_copy(self):
+        uname = platform.uname()
+        self.assertEqual(copy.copy(uname), uname)
+        self.assertEqual(copy.deepcopy(uname), uname)
+
+    def test_uname_pickle(self):
+        orig = platform.uname()
+        for proto in range(pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL + 1):
+            with self.subTest(protocol=proto):
+                pickled = pickle.dumps(orig, proto)
+                restored = pickle.loads(pickled)
+                self.assertEqual(restored, orig)
+
+    def test_uname_slices(self):
+        res = platform.uname()
+        expected = tuple(res)
+        self.assertEqual(res[:], expected)
+        self.assertEqual(res[:5], expected[:5])
+
     @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform in ['win32', 'OpenVMS'], "uname -p not used")
     def test_uname_processor(self):
         """
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-29-09-22-56.bpo-42163.O4VcCY.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-29-09-22-56.bpo-42163.O4VcCY.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c357eb4ac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-29-09-22-56.bpo-42163.O4VcCY.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Restore compatibility for ``uname_result`` around deepcopy and _replace.