diff --git a/Include/cpython/object.h b/Include/cpython/object.h
index a65aaf6482159c..5a0ac4afdae83d 100644
--- a/Include/cpython/object.h
+++ b/Include/cpython/object.h
@@ -256,6 +256,9 @@ typedef struct _typeobject {
     destructor tp_finalize;
     vectorcallfunc tp_vectorcall;
 
+    /* bpo-37250: kept for backwards compatibility in CPython 3.8 only */
+    Py_DEPRECATED(3.8) int (*tp_print)(PyObject *, FILE *, int);
+
 #ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
     /* these must be last and never explicitly initialized */
     Py_ssize_t tp_allocs;
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sys.py b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
index 49f2722d95140e..a7df7a2fc8c978 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sys.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sys.py
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ def delx(self): del self.__x
         check((1,2,3), vsize('') + 3*self.P)
         # type
         # static type: PyTypeObject
-        fmt = 'P2nPI13Pl4Pn9Pn11PIPP'
+        fmt = 'P2nPI13Pl4Pn9Pn11PIPPP'
         if hasattr(sys, 'getcounts'):
             fmt += '3n2P'
         s = vsize(fmt)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2019-06-12-11-45-36.bpo-37221.RhP1E7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2019-06-12-11-45-36.bpo-37221.RhP1E7.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..96b61dea0d9cde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2019-06-12-11-45-36.bpo-37221.RhP1E7.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+``tp_print`` is put back at the end of the ``PyTypeObject`` structure
+to restore support for old code (in particular generated by Cython)
+setting ``tp_print = 0``.
+Note that ``tp_print`` will be removed entirely in Python 3.9.
diff --git a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
index 07aadea3e98395..1042ea701923c2 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
@@ -6008,6 +6008,10 @@ PyInit__testcapi(void)
     Py_INCREF(&MyList_Type);
     PyModule_AddObject(m, "MyList", (PyObject *)&MyList_Type);
 
+    /* bpo-37250: old Cython code sets tp_print to 0, we check that
+     * this doesn't break anything. */
+    MyList_Type.tp_print = 0;
+
     if (PyType_Ready(&MethodDescriptorBase_Type) < 0)
         return NULL;
     Py_INCREF(&MethodDescriptorBase_Type);