diff --git a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
index 65a3a8a48a8809..730bac5f59c098 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
@@ -360,10 +360,20 @@ def test_capi3():
             self.assertRaises(SystemError, _testcapi.raise_exception,
                               InvalidException, 1)
 
+        def test_capi4():
+            import _testcapi
+            class FlakyException(Exception):
+                def __init__(self):
+                    raise ValueError("Broken __init__")
+
+            fetched_type_name = _testcapi.exc_set_object_fetch(FlakyException, ())
+            self.assertEqual(fetched_type_name, 'FlakyException')
+
         if not sys.platform.startswith('java'):
             test_capi1()
             test_capi2()
             test_capi3()
+            test_capi4()
 
     def test_WindowsError(self):
         try:
diff --git a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
index 3617fafe9b4fdd..fd4e3bcb3fd088 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
@@ -716,6 +716,35 @@ pyobject_bytes_from_null(PyObject *self, PyObject *Py_UNUSED(ignored))
     return PyObject_Bytes(NULL);
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+exc_set_object_fetch(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *exc;
+    PyObject *obj;
+    PyObject *type;
+    PyObject *value;
+    PyObject *tb;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OO:exc_set_object", &exc, &obj)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    PyErr_SetObject(exc, obj);
+    PyErr_Fetch(&type, &value, &tb);
+    Py_XDECREF(value);
+    Py_XDECREF(tb);
+    if (!PyType_Check(type)) {
+        Py_XDECREF(type);
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
+                        "PyErr_Fetch() produced invalid type");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    PyObject *fetched_type_name = PyUnicode_FromString(
+        ((PyTypeObject *) type)->tp_name);
+    Py_XDECREF(type);
+    return fetched_type_name;
+}
+
 static PyObject *
 raise_exception(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
@@ -3141,6 +3170,7 @@ function_set_kw_defaults(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 static PyObject *test_buildvalue_issue38913(PyObject *, PyObject *);
 
 static PyMethodDef TestMethods[] = {
+    {"exc_set_object_fetch",    exc_set_object_fetch,            METH_VARARGS},
     {"raise_exception",         raise_exception,                 METH_VARARGS},
     {"raise_memoryerror",       raise_memoryerror,               METH_NOARGS},
     {"set_errno",               set_errno,                       METH_VARARGS},