diff --git a/Include/genobject.h b/Include/genobject.h
index 11c6823..135561b 100644
--- a/Include/genobject.h
+++ b/Include/genobject.h
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 
 	/* True if generator is being executed. */
 	int gi_running;
+    
+	/* The code object backing the generator */
+	PyObject *gi_code;
 
 	/* List of weak reference. */
 	PyObject *gi_weakreflist;
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_generators.py b/Lib/test/test_generators.py
index ce3db72..ab0fca0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_generators.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_generators.py
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
 >>> type(i)
 <type 'generator'>
 >>> [s for s in dir(i) if not s.startswith('_')]
-['close', 'gi_frame', 'gi_running', 'next', 'send', 'throw']
+['close', 'gi_code', 'gi_frame', 'gi_running', 'next', 'send', 'throw']
 >>> print i.next.__doc__
 x.next() -> the next value, or raise StopIteration
 >>> iter(i) is i
@@ -899,6 +899,24 @@
 >>> print g.next()
 Traceback (most recent call last):
 StopIteration
+
+
+Test the gi_code attribute
+
+>>> def f():
+...     yield 5
+...
+>>> g = f()
+>>> g.gi_code is f.func_code
+True
+>>> g.next()
+5
+>>> g.next()
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+StopIteration
+>>> g.gi_code is f.func_code
+True
+
 """
 
 # conjoin is a simple backtracking generator, named in honor of Icon's
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 1603418..2d46357 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
-- Backport of PyUnicode_FromString(), _FromStringAndSize(), _Format and
+- Patch #1473257: generator objects gain a gi_code attribute. This is the
+  same object as the func_code attribute of the function that produced the
+  generator.
+
+ Backport of PyUnicode_FromString(), _FromStringAndSize(), _Format and
   _FormatV from Python 3.0. Made PyLong_AsSsize_t and PyLong_FromSsize_t
   public functions.
 
diff --git a/Objects/genobject.c b/Objects/genobject.c
index 4ef710b..3868295 100644
--- a/Objects/genobject.c
+++ b/Objects/genobject.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 gen_traverse(PyGenObject *gen, visitproc visit, void *arg)
 {
 	Py_VISIT((PyObject *)gen->gi_frame);
+	Py_VISIT(gen->gi_code);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
 
 	_PyObject_GC_UNTRACK(self);
 	Py_CLEAR(gen->gi_frame);
+	Py_CLEAR(gen->gi_code);
 	PyObject_GC_Del(gen);
 }
 
@@ -282,6 +284,7 @@
 static PyMemberDef gen_memberlist[] = {
 	{"gi_frame",	T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyGenObject, gi_frame),	RO},
 	{"gi_running",	T_INT,    offsetof(PyGenObject, gi_running),	RO},
+        {"gi_code",     T_OBJECT, offsetof(PyGenObject, gi_code),  RO},
 	{NULL}	/* Sentinel */
 };
 
@@ -352,6 +355,8 @@
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	gen->gi_frame = f;
+	Py_INCREF(f->f_code);
+	gen->gi_code = (PyObject *)(f->f_code);
 	gen->gi_running = 0;
 	gen->gi_weakreflist = NULL;
 	_PyObject_GC_TRACK(gen);