diff --git a/Include/cpython/coreconfig.h b/Include/cpython/coreconfig.h
index 73861a9..f05edda 100644
--- a/Include/cpython/coreconfig.h
+++ b/Include/cpython/coreconfig.h
@@ -18,34 +18,13 @@
     int exitcode;
 } _PyInitError;
 
-/* Almost all errors causing Python initialization to fail */
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-   /* Visual Studio 2015 doesn't implement C99 __func__ in C */
-#  define _Py_INIT_GET_FUNC() __FUNCTION__
-#else
-#  define _Py_INIT_GET_FUNC() __func__
-#endif
-
-#define _Py_INIT_OK() \
-    (_PyInitError){._type = _Py_INIT_ERR_TYPE_OK,}
-    /* other fields are set to 0 */
-#define _Py_INIT_ERR(ERR_MSG) \
-    (_PyInitError){ \
-        ._type = _Py_INIT_ERR_TYPE_ERROR, \
-        ._func = _Py_INIT_GET_FUNC(), \
-        .err_msg = (ERR_MSG)}
-        /* other fields are set to 0 */
-#define _Py_INIT_NO_MEMORY() _Py_INIT_ERR("memory allocation failed")
-#define _Py_INIT_EXIT(EXITCODE) \
-    (_PyInitError){ \
-        ._type = _Py_INIT_ERR_TYPE_EXIT, \
-        .exitcode = (EXITCODE)}
-#define _Py_INIT_IS_ERROR(err) \
-    (err._type == _Py_INIT_ERR_TYPE_ERROR)
-#define _Py_INIT_IS_EXIT(err) \
-    (err._type == _Py_INIT_ERR_TYPE_EXIT)
-#define _Py_INIT_FAILED(err) \
-    (err._type != _Py_INIT_ERR_TYPE_OK)
+PyAPI_FUNC(_PyInitError) _PyInitError_Ok(void);
+PyAPI_FUNC(_PyInitError) _PyInitError_Error(const char *err_msg);
+PyAPI_FUNC(_PyInitError) _PyInitError_NoMemory(void);
+PyAPI_FUNC(_PyInitError) _PyInitError_Exit(int exitcode);
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyInitError_IsError(_PyInitError err);
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyInitError_IsExit(_PyInitError err);
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyInitError_Failed(_PyInitError err);
 
 /* --- _PyWstrList ------------------------------------------------ */
 
@@ -56,8 +35,6 @@
     wchar_t **items;
 } _PyWstrList;
 
-#define _PyWstrList_INIT (_PyWstrList){.length = 0, .items = NULL}
-
 
 /* --- _PyPreConfig ----------------------------------------------- */
 
diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_coreconfig.h b/Include/internal/pycore_coreconfig.h
index e9c6d9f..80aec21 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_coreconfig.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_coreconfig.h
@@ -10,9 +10,41 @@
 
 #include "pycore_pystate.h"   /* _PyRuntimeState */
 
+/* --- _PyInitError ----------------------------------------------- */
+
+/* Almost all errors causing Python initialization to fail */
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+   /* Visual Studio 2015 doesn't implement C99 __func__ in C */
+#  define _Py_INIT_GET_FUNC() __FUNCTION__
+#else
+#  define _Py_INIT_GET_FUNC() __func__
+#endif
+
+#define _Py_INIT_OK() \
+    (_PyInitError){._type = _Py_INIT_ERR_TYPE_OK,}
+    /* other fields are set to 0 */
+#define _Py_INIT_ERR(ERR_MSG) \
+    (_PyInitError){ \
+        ._type = _Py_INIT_ERR_TYPE_ERROR, \
+        ._func = _Py_INIT_GET_FUNC(), \
+        .err_msg = (ERR_MSG)}
+        /* other fields are set to 0 */
+#define _Py_INIT_NO_MEMORY() _Py_INIT_ERR("memory allocation failed")
+#define _Py_INIT_EXIT(EXITCODE) \
+    (_PyInitError){ \
+        ._type = _Py_INIT_ERR_TYPE_EXIT, \
+        .exitcode = (EXITCODE)}
+#define _Py_INIT_IS_ERROR(err) \
+    (err._type == _Py_INIT_ERR_TYPE_ERROR)
+#define _Py_INIT_IS_EXIT(err) \
+    (err._type == _Py_INIT_ERR_TYPE_EXIT)
+#define _Py_INIT_FAILED(err) \
+    (err._type != _Py_INIT_ERR_TYPE_OK)
 
 /* --- _PyWstrList ------------------------------------------------ */
 
+#define _PyWstrList_INIT (_PyWstrList){.length = 0, .items = NULL}
+
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyWstrList_CheckConsistency(const _PyWstrList *list);
 #endif
diff --git a/Modules/faulthandler.c b/Modules/faulthandler.c
index 63a9b91..2083a03 100644
--- a/Modules/faulthandler.c
+++ b/Modules/faulthandler.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "Python.h"
+#include "pycore_coreconfig.h"
 #include "pythread.h"
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <object.h>
diff --git a/Modules/getpath.c b/Modules/getpath.c
index 34357e4..3dcfcef 100644
--- a/Modules/getpath.c
+++ b/Modules/getpath.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* Return the initial module search path. */
 
 #include "Python.h"
+#include "pycore_coreconfig.h"
 #include "osdefs.h"
 #include "pycore_fileutils.h"
 #include "pycore_pathconfig.h"
diff --git a/Objects/exceptions.c b/Objects/exceptions.c
index b40ecb7..4dad0b2 100644
--- a/Objects/exceptions.c
+++ b/Objects/exceptions.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
 #include <Python.h>
+#include "pycore_coreconfig.h"
 #include "pycore_object.h"
 #include "pycore_pymem.h"
 #include "pycore_pystate.h"
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index cb72794..604f5e0 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /* Generic object operations; and implementation of None */
 
 #include "Python.h"
+#include "pycore_coreconfig.h"
 #include "pycore_object.h"
 #include "pycore_pystate.h"
 #include "pycore_context.h"
diff --git a/PC/getpathp.c b/PC/getpathp.c
index 76d3a08..64aa1e0 100644
--- a/PC/getpathp.c
+++ b/PC/getpathp.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 
 
 #include "Python.h"
+#include "pycore_coreconfig.h"
 #include "pycore_pystate.h"
 #include "osdefs.h"
 #include <wchar.h>
diff --git a/Programs/_freeze_importlib.c b/Programs/_freeze_importlib.c
index bc29297..d89d66a 100644
--- a/Programs/_freeze_importlib.c
+++ b/Programs/_freeze_importlib.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     _PyInitError err = _Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
     /* No need to call _PyCoreConfig_Clear() since we didn't allocate any
        memory: program_name is a constant string. */
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
 
diff --git a/Programs/_testembed.c b/Programs/_testembed.c
index 000b2fc..2352179 100644
--- a/Programs/_testembed.c
+++ b/Programs/_testembed.c
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
     preconfig.utf8_mode = 1;
 
     err = _Py_PreInitialize(&preconfig);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
 
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@
     config.pathconfig_warnings = 0;
 
     err = _Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
     dump_config();
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@
     config.parse_argv = parse_argv;
 
     err = _Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
     dump_config();
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@
 
     test_init_env_dev_mode_putenvs();
     err = _Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
     dump_config();
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@
     preconfig.isolated = 1;
 
     err = _Py_PreInitialize(&preconfig);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
 
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@
 
     test_init_env_dev_mode_putenvs();
     err = _Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
     dump_config();
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@
     preconfig.isolated = 0;
 
     err = _Py_PreInitialize(&preconfig);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
 
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@
 
     test_init_env_dev_mode_putenvs();
     err = _Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
     dump_config();
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@
     _PyPreConfig_InitIsolatedConfig(&preconfig);
 
     err = _Py_PreInitialize(&preconfig);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
 
@@ -744,13 +744,13 @@
 
     _PyCoreConfig config;
     err = _PyCoreConfig_InitIsolatedConfig(&config);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
     config.program_name = L"./_testembed";
 
     err = _Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
     dump_config();
@@ -767,19 +767,19 @@
     _PyPreConfig_InitPythonConfig(&preconfig);
 
     err = _Py_PreInitialize(&preconfig);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
 
     _PyCoreConfig config;
     err = _PyCoreConfig_InitPythonConfig(&config);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
     config.program_name = L"./_testembed";
 
     err = _Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
     dump_config();
@@ -798,14 +798,14 @@
     preconfig.coerce_c_locale_warn = 1;
 
     err = _Py_PreInitialize(&preconfig);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
 
     _PyCoreConfig config = _PyCoreConfig_INIT;
     config.program_name = L"./_testembed";
     err = _Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
 
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@
     config.dev_mode = 1;
     config.program_name = L"./_testembed";
     _PyInitError err = _Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
     dump_config();
@@ -840,30 +840,30 @@
     _PyCoreConfig_Init(&config);
 
     err = _PyCoreConfig_DecodeLocale(&config.program_name, "./init_read_set");
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         goto fail;
     }
 
     err = _PyCoreConfig_Read(&config);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         goto fail;
     }
 
     if (_PyWstrList_Append(&config.module_search_paths,
                            L"init_read_set_path") < 0) {
-        err = _Py_INIT_NO_MEMORY();
+        err = _PyInitError_NoMemory();
         goto fail;
     }
 
     /* override executable computed by _PyCoreConfig_Read() */
     err = _PyCoreConfig_SetString(&config.executable, L"my_executable");
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         goto fail;
     }
 
     err = _Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
     _PyCoreConfig_Clear(&config);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         goto fail;
     }
     dump_config();
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@
     configure_init_main(&config);
 
     _PyInitError err = _Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
 
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@
     config._init_main = 0;
 
     _PyInitError err = _Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
 
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@
     }
 
     err = _Py_InitializeMain();
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
 
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@
     config.program_name = L"./python3";
 
     _PyInitError err = _Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
 
diff --git a/Python/bootstrap_hash.c b/Python/bootstrap_hash.c
index dd752b8..fe71cc3 100644
--- a/Python/bootstrap_hash.c
+++ b/Python/bootstrap_hash.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "Python.h"
+#include "pycore_coreconfig.h"
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
 #  include <windows.h>
 /* All sample MSDN wincrypt programs include the header below. It is at least
diff --git a/Python/coreconfig.c b/Python/coreconfig.c
index 2e8f4cf..3c17e35 100644
--- a/Python/coreconfig.c
+++ b/Python/coreconfig.c
@@ -203,6 +203,34 @@
 }
 
 
+/* --- _PyInitError ----------------------------------------------- */
+
+_PyInitError _PyInitError_Ok(void)
+{ return _Py_INIT_OK(); }
+
+_PyInitError _PyInitError_Error(const char *err_msg)
+{
+    return (_PyInitError){._type = _Py_INIT_ERR_TYPE_ERROR,
+                          .err_msg = err_msg};
+}
+
+_PyInitError _PyInitError_NoMemory(void)
+{ return _PyInitError_Error("memory allocation failed"); }
+
+_PyInitError _PyInitError_Exit(int exitcode)
+{ return _Py_INIT_EXIT(exitcode); }
+
+
+int _PyInitError_IsError(_PyInitError err)
+{ return _Py_INIT_IS_ERROR(err); }
+
+int _PyInitError_IsExit(_PyInitError err)
+{ return _Py_INIT_IS_EXIT(err); }
+
+int _PyInitError_Failed(_PyInitError err)
+{ return _Py_INIT_FAILED(err); }
+
+
 /* --- _PyWstrList ------------------------------------------------ */
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
diff --git a/Python/frozenmain.c b/Python/frozenmain.c
index 0175e42..7b232bb 100644
--- a/Python/frozenmain.c
+++ b/Python/frozenmain.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 Py_FrozenMain(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     _PyInitError err = _PyRuntime_Initialize();
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     err = _Py_InitializeFromConfig(&config);
     /* No need to call _PyCoreConfig_Clear() since we didn't allocate any
        memory: program_name is a constant string. */
-    if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
+    if (_PyInitError_Failed(err)) {
         _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }