diff --git a/Modules/Setup.dist b/Modules/Setup.dist
index bef4939e560..92783cfce7d 100644
--- a/Modules/Setup.dist
+++ b/Modules/Setup.dist
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ GLHACK=-Dclear=__GLclear
 #operator operator.c	# operator.add() and similar goodies
 #_weakref _weakref.c	# basic weak reference support
 #_codecs _codecsmodule.c	# access to the builtin codecs and codec registry
+#_test _testmodule.c    # Python C API test module
 
 #unicodedata unicodedata.c unicodedatabase.c
                         # static Unicode character database
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 22866bb301d..55df4deffa0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
         exts.append( Extension('operator', ['operator.c']) )
         # access to the builtin codecs and codec registry
         exts.append( Extension('_codecs', ['_codecsmodule.c']) )
+	# Python C API test module
+        exts.append( Extension('_test', ['_testmodule.c']) )
         # static Unicode character database
         exts.append( Extension('unicodedata', ['unicodedata.c']) )
         # access to ISO C locale support