diff -r c0b2dacef35c Modules/readline.c
--- a/Modules/readline.c	Tue Feb 17 10:19:07 2015 +0200
+++ b/Modules/readline.c	Tue Feb 17 21:00:27 2015 +0100
@@ -771,6 +771,18 @@
 contents of the line buffer.");
 
 
+static PyObject *
+forced_update_display(PyObject *self, PyObject *noarg)
+{
+    rl_forced_update_display();
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(doc_forced_update_display,
+"forced_update_display() -> None\n\
+Force the update of the display.");
+
+
 /* Table of functions exported by the module */
 
 static struct PyMethodDef readline_methods[] =
@@ -779,6 +791,8 @@
     {"get_line_buffer", get_line_buffer, METH_NOARGS, doc_get_line_buffer},
     {"insert_text", insert_text, METH_VARARGS, doc_insert_text},
     {"redisplay", redisplay, METH_NOARGS, doc_redisplay},
+    {"forced_update_display", forced_update_display,
+     METH_NOARGS, doc_forced_update_display},
     {"read_init_file", read_init_file, METH_VARARGS, doc_read_init_file},
     {"read_history_file", read_history_file,
      METH_VARARGS, doc_read_history_file},