Index: Modules/posixmodule.c
===================================================================
--- Modules/posixmodule.c	(revision 83058)
+++ Modules/posixmodule.c	(working copy)
@@ -5118,6 +5118,39 @@
     Py_INCREF(Py_None);
     return Py_None;
 }
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(enable_symlink__doc__,
+"enable_symlink() -> bool\n\n\
+Attempt to enable the SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege for the calling user.");
+
+static PyObject *
+enable_symlink(PyObject *self)
+{
+    const char *priv = "SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege";
+    HANDLE tok;
+    TOKEN_PRIVILEGES tok_priv;
+    LUID luid;
+
+    if (!OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_ALL_ACCESS, &tok))
+        return win32_error("enable_symlink", NULL);
+
+    if (!LookupPrivilegeValue(/*local*/ NULL, priv, &luid))
+        return win32_error("enable_symlink", NULL);
+
+    tok_priv.PrivilegeCount = 1;
+    tok_priv.Privileges[0].Luid = luid;
+    tok_priv.Privileges[0].Attributes = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED;
+
+    if (!AdjustTokenPrivileges(tok, FALSE, &tok_priv,
+                               sizeof(TOKEN_PRIVILEGES),
+                               (PTOKEN_PRIVILEGES) NULL, (PDWORD) NULL))
+        return win32_error("enable_symlink", NULL);
+
+    if(GetLastError() == ERROR_NOT_ALL_ASSIGNED)
+        Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+    else
+        Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+}
 #endif /* !defined(HAVE_SYMLINK) && defined(MS_WINDOWS) */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_TIMES
@@ -7599,6 +7632,8 @@
 #if !defined(HAVE_SYMLINK) && defined(MS_WINDOWS)
     {"symlink", (PyCFunction)win_symlink, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS,
                 win_symlink__doc__},
+    {"enable_symlink", (PyCFunction)enable_symlink, METH_VARARGS,
+                enable_symlink__doc__},
 #endif /* !defined(HAVE_SYMLINK) && defined(MS_WINDOWS) */
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSTEM
     {"system",          posix_system, METH_VARARGS, posix_system__doc__},