diff -r 37bacf3fa1f5 Objects/longobject.c
--- a/Objects/longobject.c	Thu Feb 11 10:26:27 2016 -0500
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c	Thu Feb 11 14:33:13 2016 -0500
@@ -4445,6 +4445,10 @@
 {
     PyObject *c;
     CHECK_BINOP(a, b);
+    if (Py_SIZE(a) == 1 && Py_SIZE(b) == 1) {
+        return PyLong_FromLong(((PyLongObject*)a)->ob_digit[0] &
+                               ((PyLongObject*)b)->ob_digit[0]);
+    }
     c = long_bitwise((PyLongObject*)a, '&', (PyLongObject*)b);
     return c;
 }
@@ -4454,6 +4458,10 @@
 {
     PyObject *c;
     CHECK_BINOP(a, b);
+    if (Py_SIZE(a) == 1 && Py_SIZE(b) == 1) {
+        return PyLong_FromLong(((PyLongObject*)a)->ob_digit[0] ^
+                               ((PyLongObject*)b)->ob_digit[0]);
+    }
     c = long_bitwise((PyLongObject*)a, '^', (PyLongObject*)b);
     return c;
 }
@@ -4463,6 +4471,10 @@
 {
     PyObject *c;
     CHECK_BINOP(a, b);
+    if (Py_SIZE(a) == 1 && Py_SIZE(b) == 1) {
+        return PyLong_FromLong(((PyLongObject*)a)->ob_digit[0] |
+                               ((PyLongObject*)b)->ob_digit[0]);
+    }
     c = long_bitwise((PyLongObject*)a, '|', (PyLongObject*)b);
     return c;
 }