diff --git a/Lib/inspect.py b/Lib/inspect.py
index c489502..b9fcd74 100644
--- a/Lib/inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/inspect.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     getmodule() - determine the module that an object came from
     getclasstree() - arrange classes so as to represent their hierarchy
 
-    getargspec(), getargvalues() - get info about function arguments
+    getargspec(), getargvalues(), getcallargs() - get info about function arguments
     getfullargspec() - same, with support for Python-3000 features
     formatargspec(), formatargvalues() - format an argument spec
     getouterframes(), getinnerframes() - get info about frames
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import sys
 import os
 import types
+import itertools
 import string
 import re
 import dis
@@ -926,6 +927,71 @@
         specs.append(formatvarkw(varkw) + formatvalue(locals[varkw]))
     return '(' + ', '.join(specs) + ')'
 
+def getcallargs(func, *positional, **named):
+    """Get the mapping of arguments to values.
+
+    A dict is returned, with keys the function argument names (including the
+    names of the * and ** arguments, if any), and values the respective bound
+    values from 'positional' and 'named'."""
+    spec = getfullargspec(func)
+    args, varargs, varkw, defaults, kwonlyargs, kwonlydefaults, ann = spec
+    f_name = func.__name__
+    arg2value = {}
+
+    if ismethod(func) and func.__self__ is not None:
+        # implicit 'self' (or 'cls' for classmethods) argument
+        positional = (func.__self__,) + positional
+    num_pos = len(positional)
+    num_total = num_pos + len(named)
+    num_args = len(args)
+    num_defaults = len(defaults) if defaults else 0
+    for arg, value in zip(args, positional):
+        arg2value[arg] = value
+    if varargs:
+        if num_pos > num_args:
+            arg2value[varargs] = positional[-(num_pos-num_args):]
+        else:
+            arg2value[varargs] = ()
+    elif 0 < num_args < num_pos:
+        raise TypeError('%s() takes %s %d %s (%d given)' % (
+            f_name, 'at most' if defaults else 'exactly', num_args,
+            'arguments' if num_args > 1 else 'argument', num_total))
+    elif num_args == 0 and num_total:
+        raise TypeError('%s() takes no arguments (%d given)' %
+                        (f_name, num_total))
+
+    for arg in itertools.chain(args, kwonlyargs):
+        if arg in named:
+            if arg in arg2value:
+                raise TypeError("%s() got multiple values for keyword "
+                                "argument '%s'" % (f_name, arg))
+            else:
+                arg2value[arg] = named.pop(arg)
+    for kwonlyarg in kwonlyargs:
+        if kwonlyarg not in arg2value:
+            try:
+                arg2value[kwonlyarg] = kwonlydefaults[kwonlyarg]
+            except KeyError:
+                raise TypeError("%s() needs keyword-only argument %s" %
+                                (f_name, kwonlyarg))
+    if defaults:    # fill in any missing values with the defaults
+        for arg, value in zip(args[-num_defaults:], defaults):
+            if arg not in arg2value:
+                arg2value[arg] = value
+    if varkw:
+        arg2value[varkw] = named
+    elif named:
+        unexpected = next(iter(named))
+        raise TypeError("%s() got an unexpected keyword argument '%s'" %
+                        (f_name, unexpected))
+    unassigned = num_args - len([arg for arg in args if arg in arg2value])
+    if unassigned:
+        num_required = num_args - num_defaults
+        raise TypeError('%s() takes %s %d %s (%d given)' % (
+            f_name, 'at least' if defaults else 'exactly', num_required,
+            'arguments' if num_required > 1 else 'argument', num_total))
+    return arg2value
+
 # -------------------------------------------------- stack frame extraction
 
 Traceback = namedtuple('Traceback', 'filename lineno function code_context index')
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_inspect.py b/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
index 35fd775..b89f8075 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import re
 import sys
 import types
 import unittest
@@ -519,10 +520,183 @@
         self.assertIn(('m1', 'method', D), attrs, 'missing plain method')
         self.assertIn(('datablob', 'data', A), attrs, 'missing data')
 
+class TestGetcallargsFunctions(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def assertEqualCallArgs(self, func, call_params_string, locs=None):
+        locs = dict(locs or {}, func=func)
+        r1 = eval('func(%s)' % call_params_string, None, locs)
+        r2 = eval('inspect.getcallargs(func, %s)' % call_params_string, None,
+                  locs)
+        self.assertEqual(r1, r2)
+
+    def assertEqualException(self, func, call_param_string, locs=None):
+        locs = dict(locs or {}, func=func)
+        try:
+            eval('func(%s)' % call_param_string, None, locs)
+        except Exception as e:
+            ex1 = e
+        else:
+            self.fail('Exception not raised')
+        try:
+            eval('inspect.getcallargs(func, %s)' % call_param_string, None,
+                 locs)
+        except Exception as e:
+            ex2 = e
+        else:
+            self.fail('Exception not raised')
+        self.assertIs(type(ex1), type(ex2))
+        self.assertEqual(str(ex1), str(ex2))
+        del ex1, ex2
+
+    def makeCallable(self, signature):
+        """Create a function that returns its locals()"""
+        code = "lambda %s: locals()"
+        return eval(code % signature)
+
+    def test_plain(self):
+        f = self.makeCallable('a, b=1')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2, 3')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, 'a=2')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, 'b=3, a=2')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2, b=3')
+        # expand *iterable / **mapping
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '*(2,)')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '*[2]')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '*(2, 3)')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '*[2, 3]')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '**{"a":2}')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, 'b=3, **{"a":2}')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2, **{"b":3}')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '**{"b":3, "a":2}')
+        # expand UserList / UserDict
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '*collections.UserList([2])')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '*collections.UserList([2, 3])')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '**collections.UserDict(a=2)')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2, **collections.UserDict(b=3)')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, 'b=2, **collections.UserDict(a=3)')
+
+    def test_varargs(self):
+        f = self.makeCallable('a, b=1, *c')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2, 3')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2, 3, 4')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '*(2,3,4)')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2, *[3,4]')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2, 3, *collections.UserList([4])')
+
+    def test_varkw(self):
+        f = self.makeCallable('a, b=1, **c')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, 'a=2')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2, b=3, c=4')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, 'b=3, a=2, c=4')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, 'c=4, **{"a":2, "b":3}')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2, c=4, **{"b":3}')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, 'b=2, **{"a":3, "c":4}')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '**collections.UserDict(a=2, b=3, c=4)')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2, c=4, **collections.UserDict(b=3)')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, 'b=2, **collections.UserDict(a=3, c=4)')
+
+    def test_keyword_only(self):
+        f = self.makeCallable('a=3, *, c, d=2')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, 'c=3')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, 'c=3, a=3')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, 'a=2, c=4')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '4, c=4')
+        self.assertEqualException(f, '')
+        self.assertEqualException(f, '3')
+        self.assertEqualException(f, 'a=3')
+        self.assertEqualException(f, 'd=4')
+
+    def test_multiple_features(self):
+        f = self.makeCallable('a, b=2, *f, **g')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2, 3, 7')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2, 3, x=8')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2, 3, x=8, *[(4,[5,6]), 7]')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2, x=8, *[3, (4,[5,6]), 7], y=9')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, 'x=8, *[2, 3, (4,[5,6])], y=9')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, 'x=8, *collections.UserList('
+                                 '[2, 3, (4,[5,6])]), **{"y":9, "z":10}')
+        self.assertEqualCallArgs(f, '2, x=8, *collections.UserList([3, '
+                                 '(4,[5,6])]), **collections.UserDict('
+                                 'y=9, z=10)')
+
+    def test_errors(self):
+        f0 = self.makeCallable('')
+        f1 = self.makeCallable('a, b')
+        f2 = self.makeCallable('a, b=1')
+        # f0 takes no arguments
+        self.assertEqualException(f0, '1')
+        self.assertEqualException(f0, 'x=1')
+        self.assertEqualException(f0, '1,x=1')
+        # f1 takes exactly 2 arguments
+        self.assertEqualException(f1, '')
+        self.assertEqualException(f1, '1')
+        self.assertEqualException(f1, 'a=2')
+        self.assertEqualException(f1, 'b=3')
+        # f2 takes at least 1 argument
+        self.assertEqualException(f2, '')
+        self.assertEqualException(f2, 'b=3')
+        for f in f1, f2:
+            # f1/f2 takes exactly/at most 2 arguments
+            self.assertEqualException(f, '2, 3, 4')
+            self.assertEqualException(f, '1, 2, 3, a=1')
+            self.assertEqualException(f, '2, 3, 4, c=5')
+            self.assertEqualException(f, '2, 3, 4, a=1, c=5')
+            # f got an unexpected keyword argument
+            self.assertEqualException(f, 'c=2')
+            self.assertEqualException(f, '2, c=3')
+            self.assertEqualException(f, '2, 3, c=4')
+            self.assertEqualException(f, '2, c=4, b=3')
+            self.assertEqualException(f, '**{u"\u03c0\u03b9": 4}')
+            # f got multiple values for keyword argument
+            self.assertEqualException(f, '1, a=2')
+            self.assertEqualException(f, '1, **{"a":2}')
+            self.assertEqualException(f, '1, 2, b=3')
+            # XXX: Python inconsistency
+            # - for functions and bound methods: unexpected keyword 'c'
+            # - for unbound methods: multiple values for keyword 'a'
+            #self.assertEqualException(f, '1, c=3, a=2')
+
+class TestGetcallargsMethods(TestGetcallargsFunctions):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        class Foo(object):
+            pass
+        self.cls = Foo
+        self.inst = Foo()
+
+    def makeCallable(self, signature):
+        assert 'self' not in signature
+        mk = super(TestGetcallargsMethods, self).makeCallable
+        self.cls.method = mk('self, ' + signature)
+        return self.inst.method
+
+class TestGetcallargsUnboundMethods(TestGetcallargsMethods):
+
+    def makeCallable(self, signature):
+        super(TestGetcallargsUnboundMethods, self).makeCallable(signature)
+        return self.cls.method
+
+    def assertEqualCallArgs(self, func, call_params_string, locs=None):
+        return super(TestGetcallargsUnboundMethods, self).assertEqualCallArgs(
+            *self._getAssertEqualParams(func, call_params_string, locs))
+
+    def assertEqualException(self, func, call_params_string, locs=None):
+        return super(TestGetcallargsUnboundMethods, self).assertEqualException(
+            *self._getAssertEqualParams(func, call_params_string, locs))
+
+    def _getAssertEqualParams(self, func, call_params_string, locs=None):
+        assert 'inst' not in call_params_string
+        locs = dict(locs or {}, inst=self.inst)
+        return (func, 'inst,' + call_params_string, locs)
+
 def test_main():
-    run_unittest(TestDecorators, TestRetrievingSourceCode, TestOneliners,
-                 TestBuggyCases,
-                 TestInterpreterStack, TestClassesAndFunctions, TestPredicates)
+    run_unittest(
+        TestDecorators, TestRetrievingSourceCode, TestOneliners, TestBuggyCases,
+        TestInterpreterStack, TestClassesAndFunctions, TestPredicates,
+        TestGetcallargsFunctions, TestGetcallargsMethods,
+        TestGetcallargsUnboundMethods)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()