diff --git a/Modules/_typesmodule.c b/Modules/_typesmodule.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a6f2b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/_typesmodule.c
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/* This extension module exposes some types that are only available at the
+ * C level.  It should not be used directly, but instead through the Python
+ * level types modules, which imports this.
+ */
+
+#include "Python.h"
+#include "structmember.h"
+
+typedef struct
+{
+    PyObject_HEAD
+    int member;
+} Helper;
+
+static PyMemberDef helper_members[] = {
+    { "member", T_INT,  offsetof(Helper, member), READONLY,
+      PyDoc_STR("A member descriptor")
+    },
+    { NULL }
+};
+
+static PyObject *
+helper_getter(Helper *self, void *unused) 
+{
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+static PyGetSetDef helper_getset[] = {
+    { "getter", (getter)helper_getter, NULL,
+      PyDoc_STR("A getset descriptor"),
+    },
+    { NULL }
+};
+
+static PyTypeObject HelperType = {
+    PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
+    0,						/* ob_size */
+    "_types.Helper",				/* tp_name */
+    sizeof(Helper),                             /* tp_basicsize */
+    0,						/* tp_itemsize */
+    0,						/* tp_dealloc */
+    0,						/* tp_print */
+    0,						/* tp_getattr */
+    0,						/* tp_setattr */
+    0,						/* tp_compare */
+    0,                                          /* tp_repr */
+    0,                                          /* tp_as_number */
+    0,						/* tp_as_sequence */
+    0,						/* tp_as_mapping */
+    0,                                          /* tp_hash */
+    0,              				/* tp_call */
+    0,          				/* tp_str */
+    0,                                          /* tp_getattro */
+    0,						/* tp_setattro */
+    0,						/* tp_as_buffer */
+    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,                         /* tp_flags */
+    0,      					/* tp_doc */
+    0,						/* tp_traverse */
+    0,						/* tp_clear */
+    0,                                          /* tp_richcompare */
+    0,						/* tp_weaklistoffset */
+    0,						/* tp_iter */
+    0,						/* tp_iternext */
+    0,      					/* tp_methods */
+    helper_members,                             /* tp_members */
+    helper_getset,                              /* tp_getset */
+    0,						/* tp_base */
+    0,						/* tp_dict */
+    0,						/* tp_descr_get */
+    0,						/* tp_descr_set */
+    0,						/* tp_dictoffset */
+    0,						/* tp_init */
+    0,						/* tp_alloc */
+    0,                                          /* tp_new */
+    0,						/* tp_free */
+};
+
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
+init_types(void)
+{
+    PyObject *m;
+
+    m = Py_InitModule3("_types", NULL, "A types module helper");
+    if (!m)
+        return;
+
+    if (PyType_Ready(&HelperType) < 0)
+        return;
+
+    Py_INCREF(&HelperType);
+    PyModule_AddObject(m, "Helper", (PyObject *)&HelperType);
+}
+
+    
diff --git a/Modules/config.c.in b/Modules/config.c.in
index f811991..8c25eea 100644
--- a/Modules/config.c.in
+++ b/Modules/config.c.in
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 extern void initimp(void);
 extern void initgc(void);
 extern void init_ast(void);
+extern void init_types(void);
 
 struct _inittab _PyImport_Inittab[] = {
 
@@ -42,6 +43,9 @@
 	/* This lives in Python/Python-ast.c */
 	{"_ast", init_ast},
 
+	/* This lives in Python/_types.c */
+	{"_types", init_types},
+
 	/* These entries are here for sys.builtin_module_names */
 	{"__main__", NULL},
 	{"__builtin__", NULL},