diff -r 63dc1e32b715 Modules/_sre.c
--- a/Modules/_sre.c	Tue Sep 30 19:07:45 2014 -0400
+++ b/Modules/_sre.c	Tue Sep 30 19:35:46 2014 -0500
@@ -3301,7 +3301,7 @@
 {
     Py_ssize_t i;
 
-    if (PyInt_Check(index))
+    if (PyInt_Check(index) || PyLong_Check(index))
         return PyInt_AsSsize_t(index);
 
     i = -1;