diff --git a/Include/cpython/object.h b/Include/cpython/object.h
index a65aaf6482159c..b70c736b0b7b53 100644
--- a/Include/cpython/object.h
+++ b/Include/cpython/object.h
@@ -174,6 +174,10 @@ typedef struct {
  * backwards-compatibility */
 typedef Py_ssize_t printfunc;
 
+/* Define tp_print as alias of tp_vectorcall to allow for code accessing
+ * this field (hopefully not actually doing anything with it). */
+#define tp_print tp_vectorcall
+
 typedef struct _typeobject {
     PyObject_VAR_HEAD
     const char *tp_name; /* For printing, in format "<module>.<name>" */
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2019-06-12-11-45-36.bpo-37221.RhP1E7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2019-06-12-11-45-36.bpo-37221.RhP1E7.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..98a51b7c84e15b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2019-06-12-11-45-36.bpo-37221.RhP1E7.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+``tp_print`` is defined as alias of ``tp_vectorcall`` to restore support for
+old code (in particular generated by Cython) setting ``tp_print = 0``.
diff --git a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
index 07aadea3e98395..bbf6122ec221fd 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
@@ -6008,6 +6008,10 @@ PyInit__testcapi(void)
     Py_INCREF(&MyList_Type);
     PyModule_AddObject(m, "MyList", (PyObject *)&MyList_Type);
 
+    /* Old Cython code sets tp_print to 0, we check that
+     * this doesn't break anything. */
+    MyList_Type.tp_print = 0;
+
     if (PyType_Ready(&MethodDescriptorBase_Type) < 0)
         return NULL;
     Py_INCREF(&MethodDescriptorBase_Type);