diff --git a/Objects/weakrefobject.c b/Objects/weakrefobject.c
index 9cdd021..1a998b6 100644
--- a/Objects/weakrefobject.c
+++ b/Objects/weakrefobject.c
@@ -433,6 +433,13 @@
         return generic(proxy, v, w); \
     }
 
+#define WRAP_METHOD(method, special) \
+    static PyObject * \
+    method(PyObject *proxy) { \
+	    UNWRAP(proxy); \
+		return PyObject_CallMethod(proxy, special, ""); \
+	}
+
 
 /* direct slots */
 
@@ -593,6 +600,15 @@
 }
 
 
+WRAP_METHOD(proxy_unicode, "__unicode__");
+
+
+static PyMethodDef proxy_methods[] = {
+	{"__unicode__", (PyCFunction)proxy_unicode, METH_NOARGS},
+	{NULL, NULL}
+};
+
+
 static PyNumberMethods proxy_as_number = {
     proxy_add,              /*nb_add*/
     proxy_sub,              /*nb_subtract*/
@@ -684,6 +700,7 @@
     0,                                  /* tp_weaklistoffset */
     (getiterfunc)proxy_iter,            /* tp_iter */
     (iternextfunc)proxy_iternext,       /* tp_iternext */
+	proxy_methods,                      /* tp_methods */
 };