diff --git a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_file.py b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_file.py
index 1a55c761054e44..b39f499a2472b3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_capi/test_file.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_capi/test_file.py
@@ -294,7 +294,31 @@ def test_py_fopen(self):
         # CRASHES py_fopen(NULL, 'rb')
         # CRASHES py_fopen(__file__, NULL)
 
-    # TODO: Test Py_UniversalNewlineFgets()
+    def test_py_universalnewlinefgets(self):
+        py_universalnewlinefgets = _testcapi.py_universalnewlinefgets
+        filename = os_helper.TESTFN
+        self.addCleanup(os_helper.unlink, filename)
+
+        with open(filename, "wb") as fp:
+            fp.write(b"line1\nline2")
+
+        with open(filename, "rb") as fp:
+            line = py_universalnewlinefgets(fp, 1000)
+            self.assertEqual(line, b"line1\n")
+
+        with open(filename, "wb") as fp:
+            fp.write(b"line2\r\nline3")
+
+        with open(filename, "rb") as fp:
+            line = py_universalnewlinefgets(fp, 1000)
+            self.assertEqual(line, b"line2\n")
+
+        with open(filename, "wb") as fp:
+            fp.write(b"line3\rline4")
+
+        with open(filename, "rb") as fp:
+            line = py_universalnewlinefgets(fp, 1000)
+            self.assertEqual(line, b"line3\n")
 
     # PyFile_SetOpenCodeHook() and PyFile_OpenCode() are tested by
     # test_embed.test_open_code_hook()
diff --git a/Modules/_testcapi/clinic/file.c.h b/Modules/_testcapi/clinic/file.c.h
index 6efb6b47353443..08df729cb97738 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapi/clinic/file.c.h
+++ b/Modules/_testcapi/clinic/file.c.h
@@ -61,4 +61,38 @@ _testcapi_py_fopen(PyObject *module, PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs)
 exit:
     return return_value;
 }
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=e943bbd7f181d079 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(_testcapi_py_universalnewlinefgets__doc__,
+"py_universalnewlinefgets($module, file, size, /)\n"
+"--\n"
+"\n"
+"Read a line from a file using Py_UniversalNewlineFgets.");
+
+#define _TESTCAPI_PY_UNIVERSALNEWLINEFGETS_METHODDEF    \
+    {"py_universalnewlinefgets", _PyCFunction_CAST(_testcapi_py_universalnewlinefgets), METH_FASTCALL, _testcapi_py_universalnewlinefgets__doc__},
+
+static PyObject *
+_testcapi_py_universalnewlinefgets_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *file,
+                                        int size);
+
+static PyObject *
+_testcapi_py_universalnewlinefgets(PyObject *module, PyObject *const *args, Py_ssize_t nargs)
+{
+    PyObject *return_value = NULL;
+    PyObject *file;
+    int size;
+
+    if (!_PyArg_CheckPositional("py_universalnewlinefgets", nargs, 2, 2)) {
+        goto exit;
+    }
+    file = args[0];
+    size = PyLong_AsInt(args[1]);
+    if (size == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
+        goto exit;
+    }
+    return_value = _testcapi_py_universalnewlinefgets_impl(module, file, size);
+
+exit:
+    return return_value;
+}
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=a5ed111054e3a0bc input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
diff --git a/Modules/_testcapi/file.c b/Modules/_testcapi/file.c
index 060e0f50598d7e..f70cd99a3e1268 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapi/file.c
+++ b/Modules/_testcapi/file.c
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #include "parts.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "clinic/file.c.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <Python.h>
 
 
 /*[clinic input]
@@ -57,9 +59,61 @@ _testcapi_py_fopen_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *path, const char *mode,
 }
 
 
+/*[clinic input]
+_testcapi.py_universalnewlinefgets
+
+    file: object
+    size: int
+    /
+
+Read a line from a file using Py_UniversalNewlineFgets.
+[clinic start generated code]*/
+
+static PyObject *
+_testcapi_py_universalnewlinefgets_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *file,
+                                        int size)
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=2ce1bc76c9dc871c input=02c236049d18569a]*/
+{
+    int fd = PyObject_AsFileDescriptor(file);
+    if (fd == -1) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    FILE *fp;
+#ifdef MS_WINDOWS
+    fp = _fdopen(fd, "rb");
+#else
+    fp = fdopen(fd, "rb");
+#endif
+
+    if (fp == NULL) {
+        PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    char *buf = (char *)PyMem_Malloc(size);
+    if (buf == NULL) {
+        fclose(fp);
+        return PyErr_NoMemory();
+    }
+
+    char *result = Py_UniversalNewlineFgets(buf, size, fp, NULL);
+    if (result == NULL) {
+        PyMem_Free(buf);
+        fclose(fp);
+        Py_RETURN_NONE;
+    }
+
+    PyObject *line = PyBytes_FromString(result);
+    PyMem_Free(buf);
+
+    return line;
+}
+
 static PyMethodDef test_methods[] = {
     _TESTCAPI_PYFILE_NEWSTDPRINTER_METHODDEF
     _TESTCAPI_PY_FOPEN_METHODDEF
+    _TESTCAPI_PY_UNIVERSALNEWLINEFGETS_METHODDEF
     {NULL},
 };