diff --git a/Objects/bytesobject.c b/Objects/bytesobject.c
index 79c1e4f..0de24f8 100644
--- a/Objects/bytesobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytesobject.c
@@ -3917,6 +3917,17 @@
     return NULL;
 }
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(sizeof__doc__,
+"S.__sizeof__() -> size of S in bytes");
+
+static PyObject *
+string_sizeof(PyBytesObject *v)
+{
+	Py_ssize_t res;
+	res = sizeof(PyBytesObject) + v->ob_size * v->ob_type->tp_itemsize;
+	return PyInt_FromSsize_t(res);
+}
+
 #undef SPLIT_APPEND
 #undef SPLIT_ADD
 #undef MAX_PREALLOC
@@ -4024,6 +4035,8 @@
 	 expandtabs__doc__},
 	{"splitlines", (PyCFunction)string_splitlines, METH_VARARGS,
 	 splitlines__doc__},
+	{"__sizeof__", (PyCFunction)string_sizeof, METH_NOARGS,
+	 sizeof__doc__},
 	{"__getnewargs__",	(PyCFunction)string_getnewargs,	METH_NOARGS},
 	{NULL,     NULL}		     /* sentinel */
 };
diff --git a/Objects/dictobject.c b/Objects/dictobject.c
index cdf0dfa..d3a7cb9 100644
--- a/Objects/dictobject.c
+++ b/Objects/dictobject.c
@@ -2032,6 +2032,16 @@
 	return dictiter_new(dict, &PyDictIterItem_Type);
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+dict_sizeof(PyDictObject *mp)
+{
+	Py_ssize_t res;
+
+	res = sizeof(PyDictObject) + sizeof(mp->ma_table);
+	if (mp->ma_table != mp->ma_smalltable)
+		res = res + (mp->ma_mask + 1) * sizeof(PyDictEntry);
+	return PyInt_FromSsize_t(res);
+}
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(has_key__doc__,
 "D.has_key(k) -> True if D has a key k, else False");
@@ -2041,6 +2051,9 @@
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(getitem__doc__, "x.__getitem__(y) <==> x[y]");
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(sizeof__doc__,
+"D.__sizeof__() -> size of D in bytes");
+
 PyDoc_STRVAR(get__doc__,
 "D.get(k[,d]) -> D[k] if k in D, else d.  d defaults to None.");
 
@@ -2092,6 +2105,8 @@
 	 contains__doc__},
 	{"__getitem__", (PyCFunction)dict_subscript,	METH_O | METH_COEXIST,
 	 getitem__doc__},
+	{"__sizeof__",	(PyCFunction)dict_sizeof,	METH_NOARGS,
+	 sizeof__doc__},
 	{"has_key",	(PyCFunction)dict_has_key,      METH_O,
 	 has_key__doc__},
 	{"get",         (PyCFunction)dict_get,          METH_VARARGS,
diff --git a/Objects/listobject.c b/Objects/listobject.c
index 9d742d8..0216a85 100644
--- a/Objects/listobject.c
+++ b/Objects/listobject.c
@@ -2420,6 +2420,15 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+list_sizeof(PyListObject *self)
+{
+	Py_ssize_t res;
+
+	res = sizeof(PyListObject) + self->allocated * sizeof(void*);
+	return PyInt_FromSsize_t(res);
+}
+
 static PyObject *list_iter(PyObject *seq);
 static PyObject *list_reversed(PyListObject* seq, PyObject* unused);
 
@@ -2427,6 +2436,8 @@
 "x.__getitem__(y) <==> x[y]");
 PyDoc_STRVAR(reversed_doc,
 "L.__reversed__() -- return a reverse iterator over the list");
+PyDoc_STRVAR(sizeof_doc,
+"L.__sizeof__() -- size of L in bytes");
 PyDoc_STRVAR(append_doc,
 "L.append(object) -- append object to end");
 PyDoc_STRVAR(extend_doc,
@@ -2452,6 +2463,7 @@
 static PyMethodDef list_methods[] = {
 	{"__getitem__", (PyCFunction)list_subscript, METH_O|METH_COEXIST, getitem_doc},
 	{"__reversed__",(PyCFunction)list_reversed, METH_NOARGS, reversed_doc},
+	{"__sizeof__",  (PyCFunction)list_sizeof, METH_NOARGS, sizeof_doc},
 	{"append",	(PyCFunction)listappend,  METH_O, append_doc},
 	{"insert",	(PyCFunction)listinsert,  METH_VARARGS, insert_doc},
 	{"extend",      (PyCFunction)listextend,  METH_O, extend_doc},
diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index 82a57ec..5876495 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -3436,6 +3436,17 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+long_sizeof(PyLongObject *v)
+{
+	Py_ssize_t res;
+
+	res = sizeof(PyLongObject) + abs(v->ob_size) * sizeof(digit);
+        if (v->ob_size != 0)
+		res -=  sizeof(digit);
+	return PyInt_FromSsize_t(res);
+}
+
 #if 0
 static PyObject *
 long_is_finite(PyObject *v)
@@ -3455,6 +3466,8 @@
          "Truncating an Integral returns itself."},
 	{"__getnewargs__",	(PyCFunction)long_getnewargs,	METH_NOARGS},
         {"__format__", (PyCFunction)long__format__, METH_VARARGS},
+	{"__sizeof__",	(PyCFunction)long_sizeof, METH_NOARGS,
+	 "Returns size in bytes"},
 	{NULL,		NULL}		/* sentinel */
 };
 
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index 151ea69..5405fec 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -3397,6 +3397,20 @@
         return result;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+object_sizeof(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	Py_ssize_t res, isize;
+
+	res = 0;
+	isize = self->ob_type->tp_itemsize;
+	if (isize > 0)
+		res = self->ob_type->ob_size * isize;
+	res += self->ob_type->tp_basicsize;
+
+	return PyInt_FromSsize_t(res);	 
+}
+
 static PyMethodDef object_methods[] = {
 	{"__reduce_ex__", object_reduce_ex, METH_VARARGS,
 	 PyDoc_STR("helper for pickle")},
@@ -3406,6 +3420,8 @@
 	 object_subclasshook_doc},
         {"__format__", object_format, METH_VARARGS,
          PyDoc_STR("default object formatter")},
+        {"__sizeof__", object_sizeof, METH_NOARGS,
+         PyDoc_STR("__sizeof__() -> size of object in bytes")},
 	{0}
 };