diff --git a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
index 133bac9..2998521 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
@@ -344,6 +344,14 @@
    described there.
 
 
+.. cfunction:: int PyErr_WarnPy3k(char *message, int stacklevel)
+
+   Issue a :exc:`DeprecationWarning` with the given *message* and *stacklevel*
+   if the :cdata:`Py_Py3kWarningFlag` flag is enabled.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 2.6
+
+
 .. cfunction:: int PyErr_CheckSignals()
 
    .. index::
diff --git a/Include/warnings.h b/Include/warnings.h
index 5d13431..e761ade 100644
--- a/Include/warnings.h
+++ b/Include/warnings.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyErr_WarnEx(PyObject *, const char *, Py_ssize_t);
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyErr_WarnExplicit(PyObject *, const char *, const char *, int,
                                     const char *, PyObject *);
+PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyErr_WarnPy3k(const char *, Py_ssize_t);
 
 /* DEPRECATED: Use PyErr_WarnEx() instead. */
 #define PyErr_Warn(category, msg) PyErr_WarnEx(category, msg, 1)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9bd4f59..7effe65 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@
   platforms which provide the functions through their libm. The
   files also contains several helpers and constants for math.
 
+- Added a new convenience function, PyErr_WarnPy3k, for issuing Py3k
+  warnings.
+
 
 What's New in Python 2.6 alpha 2?
 =================================
diff --git a/Python/_warnings.c b/Python/_warnings.c
index bb688b1..88afade 100644
--- a/Python/_warnings.c
+++ b/Python/_warnings.c
@@ -732,6 +732,15 @@
 }
 
 
+int
+PyErr_WarnPy3k(const char *text, Py_ssize_t stacklevel)
+{
+    if (Py_Py3kWarningFlag)
+        return PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning, text, stacklevel);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
 PyDoc_STRVAR(warn_doc,
 "Issue a warning, or maybe ignore it or raise an exception.");