diff --git a/Modules/cjkcodecs/cjkcodecs.h b/Modules/cjkcodecs/cjkcodecs.h
index 4005bcf..236c3fe 100644
--- a/Modules/cjkcodecs/cjkcodecs.h
+++ b/Modules/cjkcodecs/cjkcodecs.h
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	codecobj = PyCObject_FromVoidPtr((void *)codec, NULL);
+	codecobj = PyCapsule_New((void *)codec, PyMultibyteCodec_CAPSULE_NAME, NULL);
 	if (codecobj == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 		int r;
 		strcpy(mhname + sizeof("__map_") - 1, h->charset);
 		r = PyModule_AddObject(module, mhname,
-				PyCObject_FromVoidPtr((void *)h, NULL));
+				PyCapsule_New((void *)h, PyMultibyteCodec_CAPSULE_NAME, NULL));
 		if (r == -1)
 			return -1;
 	}
@@ -362,14 +362,14 @@
 	o = PyObject_GetAttrString(mod, (char*)symbol);
 	if (o == NULL)
 		goto errorexit;
-	else if (!PyCObject_Check(o)) {
+	else if (!PyCapsule_IsValid(o, PyMultibyteCodec_CAPSULE_NAME)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-				"map data must be a CObject.");
+				"map data must be a Capsule.");
 		goto errorexit;
 	}
 	else {
 		struct dbcs_map *map;
-		map = PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(o);
+		map = PyCapsule_GetPointer(o, PyMultibyteCodec_CAPSULE_NAME);
 		if (encmap != NULL)
 			*encmap = map->encmap;
 		if (decmap != NULL)
diff --git a/Modules/cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c b/Modules/cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c
index 5fb5ec0..794774b 100644
--- a/Modules/cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c
+++ b/Modules/cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c
@@ -1774,12 +1774,12 @@
 	MultibyteCodecObject *self;
 	MultibyteCodec *codec;
 
-	if (!PyCObject_Check(arg)) {
+	if (!PyCapsule_IsValid(arg, PyMultibyteCodec_CAPSULE_NAME)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "argument type invalid");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	codec = PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(arg);
+	codec = PyCapsule_GetPointer(arg, PyMultibyteCodec_CAPSULE_NAME);
 	if (codec->codecinit != NULL && codec->codecinit(codec->config) != 0)
 		return NULL;
 
diff --git a/Modules/cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.h b/Modules/cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.h
index 22ea5d4..71c02cc 100644
--- a/Modules/cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.h
+++ b/Modules/cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.h
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@
 #define MBENC_FLUSH		0x0001 /* encode all characters encodable */
 #define MBENC_MAX		MBENC_FLUSH
 
+#define PyMultibyteCodec_CAPSULE_NAME "multibytecodec.__map_*"
+
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif