diff --git a/Doc/lib/libreadline.tex b/Doc/lib/libreadline.tex
index 7350845..3988052 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libreadline.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libreadline.tex
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@
 Get the readline word delimiters for tab-completion.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
+\begin{funcdesc}{add_history}{line}
+Append a line to the history buffer, as if it was the last line typed.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
 
 \begin{seealso}
   \seemodule{rlcompleter}{Completion of Python identifiers at the
diff --git a/Modules/readline.c b/Modules/readline.c
index 49839c4..aa29a61 100644
--- a/Modules/readline.c
+++ b/Modules/readline.c
@@ -287,6 +287,23 @@
 set_completer_delims(string) -> None\n\
 set the readline word delimiters for tab-completion";
 
+static PyObject *
+py_add_history(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	char *line;
+
+	if(!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s:add_history", &line)) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	add_history(line);
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+}
+
+static char doc_add_history[] = "\
+add_history(string) -> None\n\
+add a line to the history buffer";
+
 
 /* get the tab-completion word-delimiters that readline uses */
 
@@ -375,6 +392,7 @@
 
 	{"set_completer_delims", set_completer_delims, 
 	 METH_VARARGS, doc_set_completer_delims},
+	{"add_history", py_add_history, METH_VARARGS, doc_add_history},
 	{"get_completer_delims", get_completer_delims, 
 	 METH_OLDARGS, doc_get_completer_delims},