diff -r 3111a0a67084 Doc/library/curses.rst
--- a/Doc/library/curses.rst	Mon Apr 13 17:35:31 2015 -0400
+++ b/Doc/library/curses.rst	Mon Apr 13 18:40:21 2015 -0400
@@ -599,6 +599,11 @@
       Only one *ch* can be pushed before :meth:`getch` is called.
 
 
+.. function:: update_lines_cols()
+
+   Update curses.LINES and curses.COLS. Useful for detecting manual screen resize.
+
+
 .. function:: unget_wch(ch)
 
    Push *ch* so the next :meth:`get_wch` will return it.
diff -r 3111a0a67084 Modules/_cursesmodule.c
--- a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c	Mon Apr 13 17:35:31 2015 -0400
+++ b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c	Mon Apr 13 18:40:21 2015 -0400
@@ -2865,6 +2865,13 @@
     Py_DECREF(m);
     return 1;
 }
+
+static PyObject *
+PyCurses_update_lines_cols(PyObject *self)
+{
+  return PyLong_FromLong((long) update_lines_cols());
+}
+
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CURSES_RESIZETERM
@@ -3267,6 +3274,9 @@
     {"typeahead",           (PyCFunction)PyCurses_TypeAhead, METH_VARARGS},
     {"unctrl",              (PyCFunction)PyCurses_UnCtrl, METH_VARARGS},
     {"ungetch",             (PyCFunction)PyCurses_UngetCh, METH_VARARGS},
+#if defined(HAVE_CURSES_RESIZETERM) || defined(HAVE_CURSES_RESIZE_TERM)
+    {"update_lines_cols",   (PyCFunction)PyCurses_update_lines_cols, METH_NOARGS},
+#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_NCURSESW
     {"unget_wch",           (PyCFunction)PyCurses_Unget_Wch, METH_VARARGS},
 #endif