diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index 248070f..f74c5dc 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -3944,7 +3944,7 @@
 PyTypeObject PyString_Type = {
 	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type)
 	0,
-	"str",
+	"str8",
 	sizeof(PyStringObject),
 	sizeof(char),
  	string_dealloc, 			/* tp_dealloc */