diff --git a/Lib/cProfile.py b/Lib/cProfile.py
--- a/Lib/cProfile.py
+++ b/Lib/cProfile.py
@@ -7,54 +7,7 @@
 __all__ = ["run", "runctx", "Profile"]
 
 import _lsprof
-
-# ____________________________________________________________
-# Simple interface
-
-def run(statement, filename=None, sort=-1):
-    """Run statement under profiler optionally saving results in filename
-
-    This function takes a single argument that can be passed to the
-    "exec" statement, and an optional file name.  In all cases this
-    routine attempts to "exec" its first argument and gather profiling
-    statistics from the execution. If no file name is present, then this
-    function automatically prints a simple profiling report, sorted by the
-    standard name string (file/line/function-name) that is presented in
-    each line.
-    """
-    prof = Profile()
-    result = None
-    try:
-        try:
-            prof = prof.run(statement)
-        except SystemExit:
-            pass
-    finally:
-        if filename is not None:
-            prof.dump_stats(filename)
-        else:
-            result = prof.print_stats(sort)
-    return result
-
-def runctx(statement, globals, locals, filename=None, sort=-1):
-    """Run statement under profiler, supplying your own globals and locals,
-    optionally saving results in filename.
-
-    statement and filename have the same semantics as profile.run
-    """
-    prof = Profile()
-    result = None
-    try:
-        try:
-            prof = prof.runctx(statement, globals, locals)
-        except SystemExit:
-            pass
-    finally:
-        if filename is not None:
-            prof.dump_stats(filename)
-        else:
-            result = prof.print_stats(sort)
-    return result
+import profile as _pyprofile
 
 # ____________________________________________________________
 
@@ -154,6 +107,15 @@
 
 # ____________________________________________________________
 
+run = _pyprofile.run
+run._profiler = Profile
+run.__doc__ = _pyprofile.__doc__
+runctx = _pyprofile.runctx
+runctx._profiler = Profile
+runctx.__doc__ = _pyprofile.__doc__
+
+# ____________________________________________________________
+
 def main():
     import os, sys
     from optparse import OptionParser
diff --git a/Lib/profile.py b/Lib/profile.py
--- a/Lib/profile.py
+++ b/Lib/profile.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     standard name string (file/line/function-name) that is presented in
     each line.
     """
-    prof = Profile()
+    prof = run._profiler()
     try:
         prof = prof.run(statement)
     except SystemExit:
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 
     statement and filename have the same semantics as profile.run
     """
-    prof = Profile()
+    prof = runctx._profiler()
     try:
         prof = prof.runctx(statement, globals, locals)
     except SystemExit:
@@ -531,6 +531,9 @@
             print("mean stopwatch overhead per profile event =", mean)
         return mean
 
+run._profiler = Profile
+runctx._profiler = Profile
+
 #****************************************************************************
 
 def main():