diff --git a/Modules/zipimport.c b/Modules/zipimport.c
index d3cd4ad..e320dd9 100644
--- a/Modules/zipimport.c
+++ b/Modules/zipimport.c
@@ -369,6 +369,29 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/* Return a string matching __file__ for the named module */
+static PyObject *
+zipimporter_get_filename(PyObject *obj, PyObject *args)
+{
+    ZipImporter *self = (ZipImporter *)obj;
+    PyObject *code;
+    char *fullname, *modpath;
+    int ispackage;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s:zipimporter._get_filename",
+                         &fullname))
+        return NULL;
+
+    /* Deciding the filename requires working out where the code
+       would come from if the module was actually loaded */
+    code = get_module_code(self, fullname, &ispackage, &modpath);
+    if (code == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    Py_DECREF(code); /* Only need the path info */
+
+    return PyString_FromString(modpath);
+}
+
 /* Return a bool signifying whether the module is a package or not. */
 static PyObject *
 zipimporter_is_package(PyObject *obj, PyObject *args)
@@ -528,6 +551,12 @@
 is the module couldn't be found, return None if the archive does\n\
 contain the module, but has no source for it.");
 
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(doc_get_filename,
+"_get_filename(fullname) -> filename string.\n\
+\n\
+Return the filename for the specified module.");
+
 static PyMethodDef zipimporter_methods[] = {
 	{"find_module", zipimporter_find_module, METH_VARARGS,
 	 doc_find_module},
@@ -539,6 +568,8 @@
 	 doc_get_code},
 	{"get_source", zipimporter_get_source, METH_VARARGS,
 	 doc_get_source},
+	{"_get_filename", zipimporter_get_filename, METH_VARARGS,
+	 doc_get_filename},
 	{"is_package", zipimporter_is_package, METH_VARARGS,
 	 doc_is_package},
 	{NULL,		NULL}	/* sentinel */