diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py
index 43e3e83..cb7f323 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 from multiprocessing import util, process
 
-__all__ = ['Popen', 'assert_spawning', 'exit', 'duplicate', 'close']
+__all__ = ['Popen', 'assert_spawning', 'exit', 'duplicate', 'close', 'ForkingPickler']
 
 #
 # Check that the current thread is spawning a child process
@@ -26,6 +26,49 @@
             )
 
 #
+# Try making some callable types picklable
+#
+
+from pickle import Pickler
+class ForkingPickler(Pickler):
+    dispatch = Pickler.dispatch.copy()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def register(cls, type, reduce):
+        def dispatcher(self, obj):
+            rv = reduce(obj)
+            self.save_reduce(obj=obj, *rv)
+        cls.dispatch[type] = dispatcher
+
+def _reduce_method(m):
+    if m.im_self is None:
+        return getattr, (m.im_class, m.im_func.func_name)
+    else:
+        return getattr, (m.im_self, m.im_func.func_name)
+ForkingPickler.register(type(ForkingPickler.save), _reduce_method)
+
+def _reduce_method_descriptor(m):
+    return getattr, (m.__objclass__, m.__name__)
+ForkingPickler.register(type(list.append), _reduce_method_descriptor)
+ForkingPickler.register(type(int.__add__), _reduce_method_descriptor)
+
+#def _reduce_builtin_function_or_method(m):
+#    return getattr, (m.__self__, m.__name__)
+#ForkingPickler.register(type(list().append), _reduce_builtin_function_or_method)
+#ForkingPickler.register(type(int().__add__), _reduce_builtin_function_or_method)
+
+try:
+    from functools import partial
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+else:
+    def _reduce_partial(p):
+        return _rebuild_partial, (p.func, p.args, p.keywords or {})
+    def _rebuild_partial(func, args, keywords):
+        return partial(func, *args, **keywords)
+    ForkingPickler.register(partial, _reduce_partial)
+
+#
 # Unix
 #
 
@@ -105,16 +148,18 @@
     import thread
     import msvcrt
     import _subprocess
-    import copy_reg
     import time
 
     from ._multiprocessing import win32, Connection, PipeConnection
     from .util import Finalize
 
-    try:
-        from cPickle import dump, load, HIGHEST_PROTOCOL
-    except ImportError:
-        from pickle import dump, load, HIGHEST_PROTOCOL
+    #try:
+    #    from cPickle import dump, load, HIGHEST_PROTOCOL
+    #except ImportError:
+    from pickle import load, HIGHEST_PROTOCOL
+
+    def dump(obj, file, protocol=None):
+        ForkingPickler(file, protocol).dump(obj)
 
     #
     #
@@ -346,9 +391,8 @@
         return type(conn), (Popen.duplicate_for_child(conn.fileno()),
                             conn.readable, conn.writable)
 
-    copy_reg.pickle(Connection, reduce_connection)
-    copy_reg.pickle(PipeConnection, reduce_connection)
-
+    ForkingPickler.register(Connection, reduce_connection)
+    ForkingPickler.register(PipeConnection, reduce_connection)
 
 #
 # Prepare current process
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/managers.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/managers.py
index d322d90..ba5af57 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/managers.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/managers.py
@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@
 import weakref
 import threading
 import array
-import copy_reg
 import Queue
 
 from traceback import format_exc
 from multiprocessing import Process, current_process, active_children, Pool, util, connection
 from multiprocessing.process import AuthenticationString
-from multiprocessing.forking import exit, Popen, assert_spawning
+from multiprocessing.forking import exit, Popen, assert_spawning, ForkingPickler
 from multiprocessing.util import Finalize, info
 
 try:
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@
 
 def reduce_array(a):
     return array.array, (a.typecode, a.tostring())
-copy_reg.pickle(array.array, reduce_array)
+ForkingPickler.register(array.array, reduce_array)
 
 view_types = [type(getattr({}, name)()) for name in ('items','keys','values')]
 
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/reduction.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/reduction.py
index 1f514b2..e6b5ac7 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/reduction.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/reduction.py
@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@
 import sys
 import socket
 import threading
-import copy_reg
 
 import _multiprocessing
 from multiprocessing import current_process
-from multiprocessing.forking import Popen, duplicate, close
+from multiprocessing.forking import Popen, duplicate, close, ForkingPickler
 from multiprocessing.util import register_after_fork, debug, sub_debug
 from multiprocessing.connection import Client, Listener
 
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@
     return new_handle
 
 #
-# Register `_multiprocessing.Connection` with `copy_reg`
+# Register `_multiprocessing.Connection` with `ForkingPickler`
 #
 
 def reduce_connection(conn):
@@ -147,10 +146,10 @@
         handle, readable=readable, writable=writable
         )
 
-copy_reg.pickle(_multiprocessing.Connection, reduce_connection)
+ForkingPickler.register(_multiprocessing.Connection, reduce_connection)
 
 #
-# Register `socket.socket` with `copy_reg`
+# Register `socket.socket` with `ForkingPickler`
 #
 
 def fromfd(fd, family, type_, proto=0):
@@ -169,10 +168,10 @@
     close(fd)
     return _sock
 
-copy_reg.pickle(socket.socket, reduce_socket)
+ForkingPickler.register(socket.socket, reduce_socket)
 
 #
-# Register `_multiprocessing.PipeConnection` with `copy_reg`
+# Register `_multiprocessing.PipeConnection` with `ForkingPickler`
 #
 
 if sys.platform == 'win32':
@@ -187,4 +186,4 @@
             handle, readable=readable, writable=writable
             )
 
-    copy_reg.pickle(_multiprocessing.PipeConnection, reduce_pipe_connection)
+    ForkingPickler.register(_multiprocessing.PipeConnection, reduce_pipe_connection)
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/sharedctypes.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/sharedctypes.py
index c35c9e0..0054ff1 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/sharedctypes.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/sharedctypes.py
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@
 import sys
 import ctypes
 import weakref
-import copy_reg
 
 from multiprocessing import heap, RLock
-from multiprocessing.forking import assert_spawning
+from multiprocessing.forking import assert_spawning, ForkingPickler
 
 __all__ = ['RawValue', 'RawArray', 'Value', 'Array', 'copy', 'synchronized']
 
@@ -127,8 +126,7 @@
 def rebuild_ctype(type_, wrapper, length):
     if length is not None:
         type_ = type_ * length
-    if sys.platform == 'win32' and type_ not in copy_reg.dispatch_table:
-        copy_reg.pickle(type_, reduce_ctype)
+    ForkingPickler.register(type_, reduce_ctype)
     obj = type_.from_address(wrapper.get_address())
     obj._wrapper = wrapper
     return obj
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py
index c20a562..2768e9a 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 import itertools
 import weakref
-import copy_reg
 import atexit
 import threading        # we want threading to install it's
                         # cleanup function before multiprocessing does
@@ -302,35 +301,3 @@
         register_after_fork(self, lambda obj : obj.__dict__.clear())
     def __reduce__(self):
         return type(self), ()
-
-#
-# Try making some callable types picklable
-#
-
-def _reduce_method(m):
-    if m.im_self is None:
-        return getattr, (m.im_class, m.im_func.func_name)
-    else:
-        return getattr, (m.im_self, m.im_func.func_name)
-copy_reg.pickle(type(Finalize.__init__), _reduce_method)
-
-def _reduce_method_descriptor(m):
-    return getattr, (m.__objclass__, m.__name__)
-copy_reg.pickle(type(list.append), _reduce_method_descriptor)
-copy_reg.pickle(type(int.__add__), _reduce_method_descriptor)
-
-def _reduce_builtin_function_or_method(m):
-    return getattr, (m.__self__, m.__name__)
-copy_reg.pickle(type(list().append), _reduce_builtin_function_or_method)
-copy_reg.pickle(type(int().__add__), _reduce_builtin_function_or_method)
-
-try:
-    from functools import partial
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-else:
-    def _reduce_partial(p):
-        return _rebuild_partial, (p.func, p.args, p.keywords or {})
-    def _rebuild_partial(func, args, keywords):
-        return partial(func, *args, **keywords)
-    copy_reg.pickle(partial, _reduce_partial)