diff --git a/Include/pyport.h b/Include/pyport.h
index f44c43e2477..da83196e7f3 100644
--- a/Include/pyport.h
+++ b/Include/pyport.h
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 
 #include "pyconfig.h" /* include for defines */
 
+/* Some versions of HP-UX & Solaris need inttypes.h for int32_t,
+   INT32_MAX, etc. */
+#ifdef HAVE_INTTYPES_H
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef HAVE_STDINT_H
 #include <stdint.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 30e2217b68a..1e244c95180 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ What's New in Python 2.7 alpha 1
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #6347: Include inttypes.h as well as stdint.h in pyport.h.
+  This fixes a build failure on HP-UX: int32_t and uint32_t are
+  defined in inttypes.h instead of stdint.h on that platform.
+
 - Issue #4856: Remove checks for win NT.
 
 - Issue #2016: Fixed a crash in a corner case where the dictionary of keyword