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diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c
index 6ccd3e9..c3eb68e 100644
--- a/Python/sysmodule.c
+++ b/Python/sysmodule.c
@@ -875,6 +875,7 @@ PyDoc_STR(
Static objects:\n\
\n\
maxint -- the largest supported integer (the smallest is -maxint-1)\n\
+maxsize -- the largest supported length of containers.\n\
maxunicode -- the largest supported character\n\
builtin_module_names -- tuple of module names built into this interpreter\n\
version -- the version of this interpreter as a string\n\
@@ -1087,6 +1088,8 @@ _PySys_Init(void)
PyUnicode_FromString(Py_GetExecPrefix()));
SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("maxint",
PyInt_FromLong(PyInt_GetMax()));
+ SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("maxsize",
+ PyInt_FromLong(PY_SSIZE_T_MAX));
SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("maxunicode",
PyInt_FromLong(PyUnicode_GetMax()));
SET_SYS_FROM_STRING("builtin_module_names",