diff -r c2d3d8c3e0bf Lib/test/test_os.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_os.py	Thu Jun 02 19:38:20 2016 -0400
+++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py	Thu Jun 02 17:08:08 2016 -0700
@@ -2852,6 +2852,7 @@
             self.assertEqual(stat1, stat2)
 
     def check_entry(self, entry, name, is_dir, is_file, is_symlink):
+        self.assertIsInstance(entry, os.DirEntry)
         self.assertEqual(entry.name, name)
         self.assertEqual(entry.path, os.path.join(self.path, name))
         self.assertEqual(entry.inode(),
diff -r c2d3d8c3e0bf Modules/posixmodule.c
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c	Thu Jun 02 19:38:20 2016 -0400
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c	Thu Jun 02 17:08:08 2016 -0700
@@ -13248,6 +13248,7 @@
         Py_DECREF(unicode);
     }
     PyModule_AddObject(m, "_have_functions", list);
+    PyModule_AddObject(m, "DirEntry", (PyObject *)&DirEntryType);
 
     initialized = 1;