diff --git a/Include/bytesobject.h b/Include/bytesobject.h
index 3f275a8..f5a5085 100644
--- a/Include/bytesobject.h
+++ b/Include/bytesobject.h
@@ -91,13 +91,25 @@
    into the string pointed to by buffer.  For the argument descriptions,
    see Objects/stringlib/localeutil.h */
 
-PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyBytes_InsertThousandsGrouping(char *buffer,
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyBytes_InsertThousandsGroupingLocale(char *buffer,
 						  Py_ssize_t n_buffer,
 						  Py_ssize_t n_digits,
 						  Py_ssize_t buf_size,
 						  Py_ssize_t *count,
 						  int append_zero_char);
 
+/* Using explicit passed-in values, insert the thousands grouping
+   into the string pointed to by buffer.  For the argument descriptions,
+   see Objects/stringlib/localeutil.h */
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyBytes_InsertThousandsGrouping(char *buffer,
+						 Py_ssize_t n_buffer,
+						 Py_ssize_t n_digits,
+						 Py_ssize_t buf_size,
+						 Py_ssize_t *count,
+                                                 int append_zero_char,
+                                                 const char *grouping,
+                                                 const char *thousands_sep);
+
 /* Flags used by string formatting */
 #define F_LJUST (1<<0)
 #define F_SIGN	(1<<1)
diff --git a/Include/unicodeobject.h b/Include/unicodeobject.h
index 8259743..98c0372 100644
--- a/Include/unicodeobject.h
+++ b/Include/unicodeobject.h
@@ -1482,13 +1482,24 @@
    into the string pointed to by buffer.  For the argument descriptions,
    see Objects/stringlib/localeutil.h */
 
-PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyUnicode_InsertThousandsGrouping(Py_UNICODE *buffer,
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyUnicode_InsertThousandsGroupingLocale(Py_UNICODE *buffer,
 						  Py_ssize_t n_buffer,
 						  Py_ssize_t n_digits,
 						  Py_ssize_t buf_size,
 						  Py_ssize_t *count,
 						  int append_zero_char);
 
+/* Using explicit passed-in values, insert the thousands grouping
+   into the string pointed to by buffer.  For the argument descriptions,
+   see Objects/stringlib/localeutil.h */
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyUnicode_InsertThousandsGrouping(Py_UNICODE *buffer,
+						 Py_ssize_t n_buffer,
+						 Py_ssize_t n_digits,
+						 Py_ssize_t buf_size,
+						 Py_ssize_t *count,
+                                                 int append_zero_char,
+                                                 const char *grouping,
+                                                 const char *thousands_sep);
 /* === Characters Type APIs =============================================== */
 
 /* Helper array used by Py_UNICODE_ISSPACE(). */
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_types.py b/Lib/test/test_types.py
index c200e07..0d4d1b3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_types.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_types.py
@@ -338,6 +338,15 @@
         test(123456, "#012X", '0X000001E240')
         test(-123456, "#012X", '-0X00001E240')
 
+        test(123, ',', '123')
+        test(-123, ',', '-123')
+        test(1234, ',', '1,234')
+        test(-1234, ',', '-1,234')
+        test(123456, ',', '123,456')
+        test(-123456, ',', '-123,456')
+        test(1234567, ',', '1,234,567')
+        test(-1234567, ',', '-1,234,567')
+
         # make sure these are errors
 
         # precision disallowed
@@ -347,6 +356,8 @@
         # format spec must be string
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, 3 .__format__, None)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, 3 .__format__, 0)
+        # can't have ',' with 'n'
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, 3 .__format__, ",n")
 
         # ensure that only int and float type specifiers work
         for format_spec in ([chr(x) for x in range(ord('a'), ord('z')+1)] +
diff --git a/Objects/bytesobject.c b/Objects/bytesobject.c
index d3b598e..d5c2bea 100644
--- a/Objects/bytesobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytesobject.c
@@ -583,6 +583,7 @@
 #include "stringlib/transmogrify.h"
 
 #define _Py_InsertThousandsGrouping _PyBytes_InsertThousandsGrouping
+#define _Py_InsertThousandsGroupingLocale _PyBytes_InsertThousandsGroupingLocale
 #include "stringlib/localeutil.h"
 
 PyObject *
diff --git a/Objects/stringlib/formatter.h b/Objects/stringlib/formatter.h
index c367ec5..57e5452 100644
--- a/Objects/stringlib/formatter.h
+++ b/Objects/stringlib/formatter.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
     int alternate;
     STRINGLIB_CHAR sign;
     Py_ssize_t width;
+    int thousands_separators;
     Py_ssize_t precision;
     STRINGLIB_CHAR type;
 } InternalFormatSpec;
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@
     format->alternate = 0;
     format->sign = '\0';
     format->width = -1;
+    format->thousands_separators = 0;
     format->precision = -1;
     format->type = default_type;
 
@@ -201,6 +203,12 @@
         format->width = -1;
     }
 
+    /* Comma signifies add thousands separators */
+    if (end-ptr && ptr[0] == ',') {
+        format->thousands_separators = 1;
+        ++ptr;
+    }
+
     /* Parse field precision */
     if (end-ptr && ptr[0] == '.') {
         ++ptr;
@@ -230,6 +238,11 @@
         ++ptr;
     }
 
+    if (format->type == 'n' && format->thousands_separators) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "Cannot specify ',' with 'n'.");
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -630,8 +643,13 @@
     if (format->type == 'n')
             /* Compute how many additional chars we need to allocate
                to hold the thousands grouping. */
-            STRINGLIB_GROUPING(NULL, n_digits, n_digits,
+            STRINGLIB_GROUPING_LOCALE(NULL, n_digits, n_digits,
                                0, &n_grouping_chars, 0);
+    if (format->thousands_separators)
+            /* Compute how many additional chars we need to allocate
+               to hold the thousands grouping. */
+            STRINGLIB_GROUPING(NULL, n_digits, n_digits,
+                               0, &n_grouping_chars, 0, "\3", ",");
 
     /* Calculate the widths of the various leading and trailing parts */
     calc_number_widths(&spec, sign, n_prefix, n_digits + n_grouping_chars,
@@ -670,11 +688,22 @@
                reserved enough space. */
             STRINGLIB_CHAR *pstart = p + n_leading_chars;
 #ifndef NDEBUG
-            int r =
+            int r;
 #endif
-                STRINGLIB_GROUPING(pstart, n_digits, n_digits,
+            if (format->type == 'n')
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+                r = 
+#endif
+                    STRINGLIB_GROUPING_LOCALE(pstart, n_digits, n_digits,
                            spec.n_total+n_grouping_chars-n_leading_chars,
                            NULL, 0);
+            else
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+                r =
+                    STRINGLIB_GROUPING(pstart, n_digits, n_digits,
+                           spec.n_total+n_grouping_chars-n_leading_chars,
+                           NULL, 0, "\3", ",");
+#endif
             assert(r);
     }
 
diff --git a/Objects/stringlib/localeutil.h b/Objects/stringlib/localeutil.h
index 1105609..9254c09 100644
--- a/Objects/stringlib/localeutil.h
+++ b/Objects/stringlib/localeutil.h
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@
  * @append_zero_char: If non-zero, put a trailing zero at the end of
  *         of the resulting string, if and only if we modified the
  *         string.
+ * @grouping: see definition in localeconv().
+ * @thousands_sep: see definition in localeconv().
  *
- * Inserts thousand grouping characters (as defined in the current
- *  locale) into the string between buffer and buffer+n_digits.  If
- *  count is non-NULL, don't do any formatting, just count the number
- *  of characters to insert.  This is used by the caller to
+ * Inserts thousand grouping characters (as defined by grouping and
+ *  thousands_sep) into the string between buffer and buffer+n_digits.
+ *  If count is non-NULL, don't do any formatting, just count the
+ *  number of characters to insert.  This is used by the caller to
  *  appropriately resize the buffer, if needed.  If count is non-NULL,
  *  buffer can be NULL (it is not dereferenced at all in that case).
  *
@@ -34,97 +36,130 @@
  **/
 int
 _Py_InsertThousandsGrouping(STRINGLIB_CHAR *buffer,
-			    Py_ssize_t n_buffer,
-			    Py_ssize_t n_digits,
-			    Py_ssize_t buf_size,
-			    Py_ssize_t *count,
-			    int append_zero_char)
+                            Py_ssize_t n_buffer,
+                            Py_ssize_t n_digits,
+                            Py_ssize_t buf_size,
+                            Py_ssize_t *count,
+                            int append_zero_char,
+                            const char *grouping,
+                            const char *thousands_sep)
 {
-	struct lconv *locale_data = localeconv();
-	const char *grouping = locale_data->grouping;
-	const char *thousands_sep = locale_data->thousands_sep;
-	Py_ssize_t thousands_sep_len = strlen(thousands_sep);
-	STRINGLIB_CHAR *pend = NULL; /* current end of buffer */
-	STRINGLIB_CHAR *pmax = NULL; /* max of buffer */
-	char current_grouping;
-	Py_ssize_t remaining = n_digits; /* Number of chars remaining to
-					    be looked at */
+        Py_ssize_t thousands_sep_len = strlen(thousands_sep);
+        STRINGLIB_CHAR *pend = NULL; /* current end of buffer */
+        STRINGLIB_CHAR *pmax = NULL; /* max of buffer */
+        char current_grouping;
+        Py_ssize_t remaining = n_digits; /* Number of chars remaining to
+                                            be looked at */
 
-	/* Initialize the character count, if we're just counting. */
-	if (count)
-		*count = 0;
-	else {
-		/* We're not just counting, we're modifying buffer */
-		pend = buffer + n_buffer;
-		pmax = buffer + buf_size;
-	}
+        /* Initialize the character count, if we're just counting. */
+        if (count)
+                *count = 0;
+        else {
+                /* We're not just counting, we're modifying buffer */
+                pend = buffer + n_buffer;
+                pmax = buffer + buf_size;
+        }
 
-	/* Starting at the end and working right-to-left, keep track of
-	   what grouping needs to be added and insert that. */
-	current_grouping = *grouping++;
+        /* Starting at the end and working right-to-left, keep track of
+           what grouping needs to be added and insert that. */
+        current_grouping = *grouping++;
 
-	/* If the first character is 0, perform no grouping at all. */
-	if (current_grouping == 0)
-		return 1;
+        /* If the first character is 0, perform no grouping at all. */
+        if (current_grouping == 0)
+                return 1;
 
-	while (remaining > current_grouping) {
-		/* Always leave buffer and pend valid at the end of this
-		   loop, since we might leave with a return statement. */
+        while (remaining > current_grouping) {
+                /* Always leave buffer and pend valid at the end of this
+                   loop, since we might leave with a return statement. */
 
-		remaining -= current_grouping;
-		if (count) {
-			/* We're only counting, not touching the memory. */
-			*count += thousands_sep_len;
-		}
-		else {
-			/* Do the formatting. */
+                remaining -= current_grouping;
+                if (count) {
+                        /* We're only counting, not touching the memory. */
+                        *count += thousands_sep_len;
+                }
+                else {
+                        /* Do the formatting. */
 
-			STRINGLIB_CHAR *plast = buffer + remaining;
+                        STRINGLIB_CHAR *plast = buffer + remaining;
 
-			/* Is there room to insert thousands_sep_len chars? */
-			if (pmax - pend < thousands_sep_len)
-				/* No room. */
-				return 0;
+                        /* Is there room to insert thousands_sep_len chars? */
+                        if (pmax - pend < thousands_sep_len)
+                                /* No room. */
+                                return 0;
 
-			/* Move the rest of the string down. */
-			memmove(plast + thousands_sep_len,
-				plast,
-				(pend - plast) * sizeof(STRINGLIB_CHAR));
-			/* Copy the thousands_sep chars into the buffer. */
+                        /* Move the rest of the string down. */
+                        memmove(plast + thousands_sep_len,
+                                plast,
+                                (pend - plast) * sizeof(STRINGLIB_CHAR));
+                        /* Copy the thousands_sep chars into the buffer. */
 #if STRINGLIB_IS_UNICODE
-			/* Convert from the char's of the thousands_sep from
-			   the locale into unicode. */
-			{
-				Py_ssize_t i;
-				for (i = 0; i < thousands_sep_len; ++i)
-					plast[i] = thousands_sep[i];
-			}
+                        /* Convert from the char's of the thousands_sep from
+                           the locale into unicode. */
+                        {
+                                Py_ssize_t i;
+                                for (i = 0; i < thousands_sep_len; ++i)
+                                        plast[i] = thousands_sep[i];
+                        }
 #else
-			/* No conversion, just memcpy the thousands_sep. */
-			memcpy(plast, thousands_sep, thousands_sep_len);
+                        /* No conversion, just memcpy the thousands_sep. */
+                        memcpy(plast, thousands_sep, thousands_sep_len);
 #endif
-		}
+                }
 
-		/* Adjust end pointer. */
-		pend += thousands_sep_len;
+                /* Adjust end pointer. */
+                pend += thousands_sep_len;
 
-		/* Move to the next grouping character, unless we're
-		   repeating (which is designated by a grouping of 0). */
-		if (*grouping != 0) {
-			current_grouping = *grouping++;
-			if (current_grouping == CHAR_MAX)
-				/* We're done. */
-				break;
-		}
-	}
-	if (append_zero_char) {
-		/* Append a zero character to mark the end of the string,
-		   if there's room. */
-		if (pend - (buffer + remaining) < 1)
-			/* No room, error. */
-			return 0;
-		*pend = 0;
-	}
-	return 1;
+                /* Move to the next grouping character, unless we're
+                   repeating (which is designated by a grouping of 0). */
+                if (*grouping != 0) {
+                        current_grouping = *grouping++;
+                        if (current_grouping == CHAR_MAX)
+                                /* We're done. */
+                                break;
+                }
+        }
+        if (append_zero_char) {
+                /* Append a zero character to mark the end of the string,
+                   if there's room. */
+                if (pend - (buffer + remaining) < 1)
+                        /* No room, error. */
+                        return 0;
+                *pend = 0;
+        }
+        return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * _Py_InsertThousandsGroupingLocale:
+ * @buffer: A pointer to the start of a string.
+ * @n_buffer: The length of the string.
+ * @n_digits: The number of digits in the string, in which we want
+ *            to put the grouping chars.
+ * @buf_size: The maximum size of the buffer pointed to by buffer.
+ * @count: If non-NULL, points to a variable that will receive the
+ *         number of characters we need to insert (and no formatting
+ *         will actually occur).
+ * @append_zero_char: If non-zero, put a trailing zero at the end of
+ *         of the resulting string, if and only if we modified the
+ *         string.
+ *
+ * Reads thee current locale and calls _Py_InsertThousandsGrouping().
+ **/
+int
+_Py_InsertThousandsGroupingLocale(STRINGLIB_CHAR *buffer,
+                                  Py_ssize_t n_buffer,
+                                  Py_ssize_t n_digits,
+                                  Py_ssize_t buf_size,
+                                  Py_ssize_t *count,
+                                  int append_zero_char)
+{
+        struct lconv *locale_data = localeconv();
+        const char *grouping = locale_data->grouping;
+        const char *thousands_sep = locale_data->thousands_sep;
+
+        return _Py_InsertThousandsGrouping(buffer, n_buffer, n_digits,
+                                           buf_size, count,
+                                           append_zero_char, grouping,
+                                           thousands_sep);
 }
 #endif /* STRINGLIB_LOCALEUTIL_H */
diff --git a/Objects/stringlib/stringdefs.h b/Objects/stringlib/stringdefs.h
index 946de05..1659315 100644
--- a/Objects/stringlib/stringdefs.h
+++ b/Objects/stringlib/stringdefs.h
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@
 #define STRINGLIB_CMP            memcmp
 #define STRINGLIB_TOSTR          PyObject_Str
 #define STRINGLIB_GROUPING       _PyBytes_InsertThousandsGrouping
+#define STRINGLIB_GROUPING_LOCALE _PyBytes_InsertThousandsGroupingLocale
 #define STRINGLIB_TOASCII        PyObject_Repr
 #endif /* !STRINGLIB_STRINGDEFS_H */
diff --git a/Objects/stringlib/unicodedefs.h b/Objects/stringlib/unicodedefs.h
index d579c1c..366acfe 100644
--- a/Objects/stringlib/unicodedefs.h
+++ b/Objects/stringlib/unicodedefs.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #define STRINGLIB_RESIZE         PyUnicode_Resize
 #define STRINGLIB_CHECK          PyUnicode_Check
 #define STRINGLIB_GROUPING       _PyUnicode_InsertThousandsGrouping
+#define STRINGLIB_GROUPING_LOCALE _PyUnicode_InsertThousandsGroupingLocale
 
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03000000
 #define STRINGLIB_TOSTR          PyObject_Unicode
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 4def537..d3e5283 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -5635,6 +5635,7 @@
 #include "stringlib/partition.h"
 
 #define _Py_InsertThousandsGrouping _PyUnicode_InsertThousandsGrouping
+#define _Py_InsertThousandsGroupingLocale _PyUnicode_InsertThousandsGroupingLocale
 #include "stringlib/localeutil.h"
 
 /* helper macro to fixup start/end slice values */
diff --git a/Python/pystrtod.c b/Python/pystrtod.c
index b373852..b81abce 100644
--- a/Python/pystrtod.c
+++ b/Python/pystrtod.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@
 	/* At this point, p points just past the right-most character we
 	   want to format.  We need to add the grouping string for the
 	   characters between buffer and p. */
-	return _PyBytes_InsertThousandsGrouping(buffer, len, p-buffer,
+	return _PyBytes_InsertThousandsGroupingLocale(buffer, len, p-buffer,
 						buf_size, NULL, 1);
 }