diff --git a/Lib/collections/__init__.py b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
index b941950..fa40af2 100644
--- a/Lib/collections/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
@@ -1042,7 +1042,11 @@ class UserList(MutableSequence):
         return other.data if isinstance(other, UserList) else other
     def __contains__(self, item): return item in self.data
     def __len__(self): return len(self.data)
-    def __getitem__(self, i): return self.data[i]
+    def __getitem__(self, i):
+        if isinstance(i, slice):
+            return self.__class__(self.data[i])
+        else:
+            return self.data[i]
     def __setitem__(self, i, item): self.data[i] = item
     def __delitem__(self, i): del self.data[i]
     def __add__(self, other):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_userlist.py b/Lib/test/test_userlist.py
index 8de6c14..b82df85 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_userlist.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_userlist.py
@@ -59,5 +59,11 @@ class UserListTest(list_tests.CommonTest):
         self.assertEqual(u, v)
         self.assertEqual(type(u), type(v))
 
+    def test_userlist_slice(self):
+        u = self.type2test("spameggs")
+        v = u[:4]
+        self.assertEqual(v, list("spam"))
+        self.assertEqual(type(u), type(v))
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()