diff --git a/Objects/tupleobject.c b/Objects/tupleobject.c
index becdf70..89c393c 100644
--- a/Objects/tupleobject.c
+++ b/Objects/tupleobject.c
@@ -917,7 +917,8 @@ PyTypeObject PyTuple_Type = {
     0,                                          /* tp_setattro */
     0,                                          /* tp_as_buffer */
     Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC |
-        Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE | Py_TPFLAGS_TUPLE_SUBCLASS, /* tp_flags */
+        Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE | Py_TPFLAGS_TUPLE_SUBCLASS |
+        _Py_TPFLAGS_MATCH_SELF,               /* tp_flags */
     tuple_new__doc__,                           /* tp_doc */
     (traverseproc)tupletraverse,                /* tp_traverse */
     0,                                          /* tp_clear */