diff --git a/Lib/collections/__init__.py b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
--- a/Lib/collections/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
     {name} = _property(_itemgetter({index:d}), doc='Alias for field number {index:d}')
 '''
 
-def namedtuple(typename, field_names, verbose=False, rename=False):
+def namedtuple(typename, field_names, verbose=False, rename=False, module=None):
     """Returns a new subclass of tuple with named fields.
 
     >>> Point = namedtuple('Point', ['x', 'y'])
@@ -374,12 +374,16 @@
 
     # For pickling to work, the __module__ variable needs to be set to the frame
     # where the named tuple is created.  Bypass this step in enviroments where
-    # sys._getframe is not defined (Jython for example) or sys._getframe is not
-    # defined for arguments greater than 0 (IronPython).
-    try:
-        result.__module__ = _sys._getframe(1).f_globals.get('__name__', '__main__')
-    except (AttributeError, ValueError):
-        pass
+    # sys._getframe is not defined (Jython for example), or sys._getframe is not
+    # defined for arguments greater than 0 (IronPython), or where the user has
+    # specified a particular module.
+    if module is None:
+        try:
+            module = _sys._getframe(1).f_globals.get('__name__', '__main__')
+        except (AttributeError, ValueError):
+            pass
+    if module is not None:
+        result.__module__ = module
 
     return result