diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 95823ad..80e2e63 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -10014,6 +10014,28 @@
     return NULL;
 }
 
+Py_UNICODE*
+PyUnicode_strdup(PyObject *object)
+{
+    PyUnicodeObject *unicode = (PyUnicodeObject *)object;
+    Py_UNICODE *copy;
+    Py_ssize_t size;
+
+    /* Ensure we won't overflow the size. */
+    if (PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(unicode) > ((PY_SSIZE_T_MAX / sizeof(Py_UNICODE)) - 1)) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    size = PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(unicode) + 1; /* copy the nul character */
+    size *= sizeof(Py_UNICODE);
+    copy = PyMem_Malloc(size);
+    if (copy == NULL) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    memcpy(copy, PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(unicode), size);
+    return copy;
+}
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }