diff --git a/Include/pyerrors.h b/Include/pyerrors.h

index c28c1373f82..8c1dbc5047b 100644

--- a/Include/pyerrors.h

+++ b/Include/pyerrors.h

@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ PyAPI_DATA(PyObject *) PyExc_IOError;

 PyAPI_DATA(PyObject *) PyExc_WindowsError;

 #endif

+PyAPI_DATA(PyObject *) PyExc_RecursionErrorInst;

+

 /* Predefined warning categories */

 PyAPI_DATA(PyObject *) PyExc_Warning;

 PyAPI_DATA(PyObject *) PyExc_UserWarning;

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2017-12-20-15-23-06.bpo-30697.v9FmgG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2017-12-20-15-23-06.bpo-30697.v9FmgG.rst

new file mode 100644

index 00000000000..28f74ad4f30

--- /dev/null

+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2017-12-20-15-23-06.bpo-30697.v9FmgG.rst	

@@ -0,0 +1 @@

+Restore PyExc_RecursionErrorInst in 3.6

diff --git a/Objects/exceptions.c b/Objects/exceptions.c

index df4899372a5..271e293e325 100644

--- a/Objects/exceptions.c

+++ b/Objects/exceptions.c

@@ -2430,6 +2430,12 @@ SimpleExtendsException(PyExc_Warning, ResourceWarning,

+/* Pre-computed RecursionError instance for when recursion depth is reached.

+   Meant to be used when normalizing the exception for exceeding the recursion

+   depth will cause its own infinite recursion.

+*/

+PyObject *PyExc_RecursionErrorInst = NULL;

+

 #define PRE_INIT(TYPE) \

     if (!(_PyExc_ ## TYPE.tp_flags & Py_TPFLAGS_READY)) { \

         if (PyType_Ready(&_PyExc_ ## TYPE) < 0) \

@@ -2691,11 +2697,37 @@ _PyExc_Init(PyObject *bltinmod)

     ADD_ERRNO(TimeoutError, ETIMEDOUT);

     preallocate_memerrors();

+

+    if (!PyExc_RecursionErrorInst) {

+        PyExc_RecursionErrorInst = BaseException_new(&_PyExc_RecursionError, NULL, NULL);

+        if (!PyExc_RecursionErrorInst)

+            Py_FatalError("Cannot pre-allocate RecursionError instance for "

+                            "recursion errors");

+        else {

+            PyBaseExceptionObject *err_inst =

+                (PyBaseExceptionObject *)PyExc_RecursionErrorInst;

+            PyObject *args_tuple;

+            PyObject *exc_message;

+            exc_message = PyUnicode_FromString("maximum recursion depth exceeded");

+            if (!exc_message)

+                Py_FatalError("cannot allocate argument for RecursionError "

+                                "pre-allocation");

+            args_tuple = PyTuple_Pack(1, exc_message);

+            if (!args_tuple)

+                Py_FatalError("cannot allocate tuple for RecursionError "

+                                "pre-allocation");

+            Py_DECREF(exc_message);

+            if (BaseException_init(err_inst, args_tuple, NULL))

+                Py_FatalError("init of pre-allocated RecursionError failed");

+            Py_DECREF(args_tuple);

+        }

+    }

 }

 void

 _PyExc_Fini(void)

 {

+    Py_CLEAR(PyExc_RecursionErrorInst);

     free_preallocated_memerrors();

     Py_CLEAR(errnomap);

 }

diff --git a/PC/python3.def b/PC/python3.def

index 4fc4a6814ee..ff70718fc37 100644

--- a/PC/python3.def

+++ b/PC/python3.def

@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ EXPORTS

   PyExc_PermissionError=python36.PyExc_PermissionError DATA

   PyExc_ProcessLookupError=python36.PyExc_ProcessLookupError DATA

   PyExc_RecursionError=python36.PyExc_RecursionError DATA

+  PyExc_RecursionErrorInst=python36.PyExc_RecursionErrorInst DATA

   PyExc_ReferenceError=python36.PyExc_ReferenceError DATA

   PyExc_ResourceWarning=python36.PyExc_ResourceWarning DATA

   PyExc_RuntimeError=python36.PyExc_RuntimeError DATA