diff --git a/Include/unicodeobject.h b/Include/unicodeobject.h
index 6448cdab80d..7f5e8fdacfd 100644
--- a/Include/unicodeobject.h
+++ b/Include/unicodeobject.h
@@ -1622,6 +1622,10 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UNICODE*) Py_UNICODE_strchr(
     const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_UNICODE c
     );
 
+PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UNICODE*) Py_UNICODE_strrchr(
+    const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_UNICODE c
+    );
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index f2d666de126..478f9a976e1 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -9965,6 +9965,19 @@ Py_UNICODE_strchr(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_UNICODE c)
     return NULL;
 }
 
+Py_UNICODE*
+Py_UNICODE_strrchr(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_UNICODE c)
+{
+    const Py_UNICODE *p;
+    p = s + Py_UNICODE_strlen(s);
+    while (p != s) {
+        p--;
+        if (*p == c)
+            return (Py_UNICODE*)p;
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }