diff -r 059489cec7b9 Objects/descrobject.c
--- a/Objects/descrobject.c	Thu Mar 22 02:09:08 2012 +0100
+++ b/Objects/descrobject.c	Thu Mar 22 02:46:42 2012 +0100
@@ -839,9 +839,29 @@ proxy_richcompare(proxyobject *v, PyObje
     return PyObject_RichCompare(v->dict, w, op);
 }
 
+static PyObject*
+proxy_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"dict", 0};
+    PyObject *dict;
+    proxyobject *proxy;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "O:dictproxy",
+                                     kwlist, &dict))
+        return NULL;
+
+    proxy = PyObject_GC_New(proxyobject, &PyDictProxy_Type);
+    if (proxy == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    Py_INCREF(dict);
+    proxy->dict = dict;
+    _PyObject_GC_TRACK(proxy);
+    return (PyObject *)proxy;
+}
+
 PyTypeObject PyDictProxy_Type = {
     PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
-    "dict_proxy",                               /* tp_name */
+    "dictproxy",                                /* tp_name */
     sizeof(proxyobject),                        /* tp_basicsize */
     0,                                          /* tp_itemsize */
     /* methods */
@@ -875,6 +895,10 @@ PyTypeObject PyDictProxy_Type = {
     0,                                          /* tp_dict */
     0,                                          /* tp_descr_get */
     0,                                          /* tp_descr_set */
+    0,                                          /* tp_dictoffset */
+    0,                                          /* tp_init */
+    0,                                          /* tp_alloc */
+    proxy_new,                                  /* tp_new */
 };
 
 PyObject *
@@ -891,7 +915,6 @@ PyDictProxy_New(PyObject *dict)
     return (PyObject *)pp;
 }
 
-
 /* --- Wrapper object for "slot" methods --- */
 
 /* This has no reason to be in this file except that adding new files is a
diff -r 059489cec7b9 Python/bltinmodule.c
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c	Thu Mar 22 02:09:08 2012 +0100
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c	Thu Mar 22 02:46:42 2012 +0100
@@ -2393,6 +2393,7 @@ _PyBuiltin_Init(void)
     SETBUILTIN("classmethod",           &PyClassMethod_Type);
     SETBUILTIN("complex",               &PyComplex_Type);
     SETBUILTIN("dict",                  &PyDict_Type);
+    SETBUILTIN("dictproxy",             &PyDictProxy_Type);
     SETBUILTIN("enumerate",             &PyEnum_Type);
     SETBUILTIN("filter",                &PyFilter_Type);
     SETBUILTIN("float",                 &PyFloat_Type);