diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
index 1fe0de5..dc18f33 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_descr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -1718,6 +1718,7 @@
             ("__exit__", run_context, swallow, set(), {"__enter__" : iden}),
             ("__complex__", complex, complex_num, set(), {}),
             ("__format__", format, format_impl, set(), {}),
+            ("__dir__", dir, empty_seq, set(), {}),
             ]
 
         class Checker(object):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 296d2c1..8b7d726 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Correct lookup of __dir__ on objects. Among other things, this causes errors
+  besides AttributeError found on lookup to be propagated.
+
 - Issue #1195: Fix input() if it is interrupted by CTRL+d and then CTRL+c,
   clear the end-of-file indicator after CTRL+d.
 
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index b6ad5de..1e033d2 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -1905,11 +1905,13 @@
 _dir_object(PyObject *obj)
 {
     PyObject *result = NULL;
-    PyObject *dirfunc = PyObject_GetAttrString((PyObject *)obj->ob_type,
-                                               "__dir__");
+    static PyObject *dir_str = NULL;
+    PyObject *dirfunc = _PyObject_LookupSpecial(obj, "__dir__", &dir_str);
 
     assert(obj);
     if (dirfunc == NULL) {
+        if (PyErr_Occurred())
+            return NULL;
         /* use default implementation */
         PyErr_Clear();
         if (PyModule_Check(obj))
@@ -1921,7 +1923,7 @@
     }
     else {
         /* use __dir__ */
-        result = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(dirfunc, obj, NULL);
+        result = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(dirfunc, NULL);
         Py_DECREF(dirfunc);
         if (result == NULL)
             return NULL;