diff -r 6d5d2bda6acb Lib/operator.py
--- a/Lib/operator.py	Wed Jun 03 11:11:22 2015 -0600
+++ b/Lib/operator.py	Tue Jun 23 18:08:19 2015 -0400
@@ -408,6 +408,20 @@
     return a
 
 
+class subscript(object):
+    def __new__(cls):
+        raise TypeError("cannot create '{}' instances".format(cls.__name__))
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        return key
+
+    def __reduce__(self):
+        return 'subscript'
+
+
+subscript = object.__new__(subscript)
+
+
 try:
     from _operator import *
 except ImportError:
diff -r 6d5d2bda6acb Lib/test/test_operator.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_operator.py	Wed Jun 03 11:11:22 2015 -0600
+++ b/Lib/test/test_operator.py	Tue Jun 23 18:08:19 2015 -0400
@@ -596,5 +596,35 @@
     module2 = c_operator
 
 
+class SubscriptTestCase(object):
+    def test_literal_syntax(self):
+        pairs = (
+            (slice(1, 1, 1), self.module.subscript[1:1:1]),
+            (slice(1, 1, None), self.module.subscript[1:1]),
+            (slice(1, 1, None), self.module.subscript[1:1:]),
+            (slice(1, None, 1), self.module.subscript[1::1]),
+            (slice(1, None, None), self.module.subscript[1:]),
+            (slice(1, None, None), self.module.subscript[1::]),
+            (slice(None, 1, 1), self.module.subscript[:1:1]),
+            (slice(None, 1, None), self.module.subscript[:1]),
+            (slice(None, 1, None), self.module.subscript[:1:]),
+            (slice(None, None, None), self.module.subscript[:]),
+            (slice(None, None, None), self.module.subscript[::]),
+        )
+        for call, literal in pairs:
+            self.assertEqual(call, literal)
+
+    def test_singleton(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            type(self.module.subscript)()
+
+
+class PySubscriptTestCase(SubscriptTestCase, PyOperatorTestCase):
+    pass
+
+
+class CSubscriptTestCase(SubscriptTestCase, COperatorTestCase):
+    pass
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()