diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index 3ebd29d..9a31356 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -2446,6 +2446,7 @@
 	SETBUILTIN("True",		Py_True);
 	SETBUILTIN("basestring",	&PyBaseString_Type);
 	SETBUILTIN("bool",		&PyBool_Type);
+	SETBUILTIN("bytes",		&PyString_Type);
 	SETBUILTIN("buffer",		&PyBuffer_Type);
 	SETBUILTIN("classmethod",	&PyClassMethod_Type);
 #ifndef WITHOUT_COMPLEX