diff --git a/Doc/library/curses.rst b/Doc/library/curses.rst
index d51085506c2..8e509d50e64 100644
--- a/Doc/library/curses.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/curses.rst
@@ -1282,6 +1282,8 @@ Several constants are available to specify character cell attributes:
 +------------------+-------------------------------+
 | ``A_BOLD``       | Bold mode.                    |
 +------------------+-------------------------------+
+| ``A_ITALIC``     | Italic mode.                  |
++------------------+-------------------------------+
 | ``A_DIM``        | Dim mode.                     |
 +------------------+-------------------------------+
 | ``A_NORMAL``     | Normal attribute.             |
@@ -1294,6 +1296,9 @@ Several constants are available to specify character cell attributes:
 | ``A_UNDERLINE``  | Underline mode.               |
 +------------------+-------------------------------+
 
+.. versionadded:: 3.7
+   ``A_ITALIC`` was added.
+
 Keys are referred to by integer constants with names starting with  ``KEY_``.
 The exact keycaps available are system dependent.
 
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index be2561c7255..fb62b5b56a2 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1116,6 +1116,7 @@ Koray Oner
 Piet van Oostrum
 Tomas Oppelstrup
 Jason Orendorff
+Bastien Orivel
 Douglas Orr
 William Orr
 Michele Orrù
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d9b13c7c983..71db0ee46b0 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ Extension Modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- bpo-30101: Add support for curses.A_ITALIC.
+
 - bpo-29822: inspect.isabstract() now works during __init_subclass__.  Patch
   by Nate Soares.
 
diff --git a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
index 8f0a12bbb09..f278268e670 100644
--- a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
@@ -3335,6 +3335,9 @@ PyInit__curses(void)
     SetDictInt("A_BLINK",               A_BLINK);
     SetDictInt("A_DIM",                 A_DIM);
     SetDictInt("A_BOLD",                A_BOLD);
+#ifdef A_ITALIC
+    SetDictInt("A_ITALIC",              A_ITALIC);
+#endif
     SetDictInt("A_ALTCHARSET",          A_ALTCHARSET);
 #if !defined(__NetBSD__)
     SetDictInt("A_INVIS",           A_INVIS);