diff --git a/Lib/types.py b/Lib/types.py
index 2f4a8d48e48..a71a4db4e9c 100644
--- a/Lib/types.py
+++ b/Lib/types.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     pass
 
 StringType = type('')
+UnicodeType = type(u'')
 BufferType = type(buffer(''))
 
 TupleType = type(())