diff --git a/Lib/macpath.py b/Lib/macpath.py
index dc7f753f027..f93ceb15401 100644
--- a/Lib/macpath.py
+++ b/Lib/macpath.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from stat import *
 
 __all__ = ["normcase","isabs","join","splitdrive","split","splitext",
            "basename","dirname","commonprefix","getsize","getmtime",
-           "getatime","getctime", "islink","exists","isdir","isfile",
+           "getatime","getctime", "islink","exists","lexists","isdir","isfile",
            "walk","expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath",
            "curdir","pardir","sep","pathsep","defpath","altsep","extsep",
            "devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames"]
diff --git a/Lib/ntpath.py b/Lib/ntpath.py
index 35f266c69be..5dd5f1a1776 100644
--- a/Lib/ntpath.py
+++ b/Lib/ntpath.py
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ import sys
 
 __all__ = ["normcase","isabs","join","splitdrive","split","splitext",
            "basename","dirname","commonprefix","getsize","getmtime",
-           "getatime","getctime", "islink","exists","isdir","isfile","ismount",
-           "walk","expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath","splitunc",
-           "curdir","pardir","sep","pathsep","defpath","altsep","extsep",
-           "devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames"]
+           "getatime","getctime", "islink","exists","lexists","isdir","isfile",
+           "ismount","walk","expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath",
+           "splitunc","curdir","pardir","sep","pathsep","defpath","altsep",
+           "extsep","devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames"]
 
 # strings representing various path-related bits and pieces
 curdir = '.'
diff --git a/Lib/os2emxpath.py b/Lib/os2emxpath.py
index 5b1cb186e39..a8414224043 100644
--- a/Lib/os2emxpath.py
+++ b/Lib/os2emxpath.py
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import stat
 
 __all__ = ["normcase","isabs","join","splitdrive","split","splitext",
            "basename","dirname","commonprefix","getsize","getmtime",
-           "getatime","getctime", "islink","exists","isdir","isfile","ismount",
-           "walk","expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath","splitunc",
-           "curdir","pardir","sep","pathsep","defpath","altsep","extsep",
-           "devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames"]
+           "getatime","getctime", "islink","exists","lexists","isdir","isfile",
+           "ismount","walk","expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath",
+           "splitunc","curdir","pardir","sep","pathsep","defpath","altsep",
+           "extsep","devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames"]
 
 # strings representing various path-related bits and pieces
 curdir = '.'
diff --git a/Lib/posixpath.py b/Lib/posixpath.py
index 261e5a7db26..9eac6bc13eb 100644
--- a/Lib/posixpath.py
+++ b/Lib/posixpath.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ import stat
 
 __all__ = ["normcase","isabs","join","splitdrive","split","splitext",
            "basename","dirname","commonprefix","getsize","getmtime",
-           "getatime","getctime","islink","exists","isdir","isfile","ismount",
-           "walk","expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath",
+           "getatime","getctime","islink","exists","lexists","isdir","isfile",
+           "ismount","walk","expanduser","expandvars","normpath","abspath",
            "samefile","sameopenfile","samestat",
            "curdir","pardir","sep","pathsep","defpath","altsep","extsep",
            "devnull","realpath","supports_unicode_filenames"]
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 8b4068ec41b..592a6222bbd 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1692,6 +1692,8 @@ Extension modules
 Library
 -------
 
+- Bug #1266283: The new function "lexists" is now in os.path.__all__.
+
 - Bug #981530: Fix UnboundLocalError in shutil.rmtree().  This affects
   the documented behavior: the function passed to the onerror()
   handler can now also be os.listdir.