diff -r 0ca028765488 Doc/library/future_builtins.rst
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/Doc/library/future_builtins.rst	Wed Apr 08 21:45:32 2015 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+:mod:`future_builtins` -- Builtins compatibility shim for Python 2.7
+====================================================================
+
+.. module:: future_builtins
+   :synopsis: Builtins compatibility shim for Python 2.7
+
+.. moduleauthor:: Brett Cannon <brett@python.org>
+.. sectionauthor:: Brett Cannon <brett@python.org>
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.5
+
+This module provides a compatibility shim for its Python 2.6/2.7
+counterpart by exposing various :mod:`builtins` functions through
+this module.
+
+.. function:: ascii(object)
+
+   Same as :func:`builtins.ascii`.
+
+.. function:: filter(function, iterable)
+
+   Same as :func:`builtins.filter`.
+
+.. function:: hex(object)
+
+   Same as :func:`builtins.hex`.
+
+.. function:: map(function, iterable, ...)
+
+   Same as :func:`builtins.map`.
+
+.. function:: oct(object)
+
+   Same as :func:`builtins.oct`.
+
+.. function:: zip(*iterables)
+
+   Same as :func:`builtins.zip`.
diff -r 0ca028765488 Doc/library/python.rst
--- a/Doc/library/python.rst	Wed Apr 08 16:53:21 2015 +0100
+++ b/Doc/library/python.rst	Wed Apr 08 21:45:32 2015 -0400
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
    sys.rst
    sysconfig.rst
    builtins.rst
+   future_builtins.rst
    __main__.rst
    warnings.rst
    contextlib.rst
diff -r 0ca028765488 Lib/future_builtins.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/Lib/future_builtins.py	Wed Apr 08 21:45:32 2015 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+"""Compatibility shim for future_builtins from Python 2.6/2.7."""
+from builtins import ascii, filter, hex, map, oct, zip
diff -r 0ca028765488 Lib/test/test_future_builtins.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/Lib/test/test_future_builtins.py	Wed Apr 08 21:45:32 2015 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import builtins
+import future_builtins
+import unittest
+
+
+class FutureBuiltinsTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_attributes(self):
+        # Make sure the expected attributes are on the module.
+        for attr in {'ascii', 'filter', 'hex', 'map', 'oct', 'zip'}:
+            expect = getattr(builtins, attr)
+            result = getattr(future_builtins, attr)
+            self.assertEqual(expect, result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()