diff --git a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
index c5c2c6b..b68e76d 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
@@ -454,6 +454,15 @@
 }
 
 static PyObject *
+getargs_h(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	short value;
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "h", &value))
+		return NULL;
+	return PyLong_FromLong((long)value);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
 getargs_H(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
 	unsigned short value;
@@ -1045,6 +1054,7 @@
 	  METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS},
 	{"getargs_b",		getargs_b,			 METH_VARARGS},
 	{"getargs_B",		getargs_B,			 METH_VARARGS},
+	{"getargs_h",		getargs_h,			 METH_VARARGS},
 	{"getargs_H",		getargs_H,			 METH_VARARGS},
 	{"getargs_I",		getargs_I,			 METH_VARARGS},
 	{"getargs_k",		getargs_k,			 METH_VARARGS},