diff --git a/src/ffi3/datetime.rs b/src/ffi3/datetime.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..831aa924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ffi3/datetime.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+use std::os::raw::c_int;
+use std::ffi::CString;
+use std::option::Option;
+use ffi3::object::*;
+use ffi3::pycapsule::PyCapsule_Import;
+
+#[cfg_attr(windows, link(name="pythonXY"))] extern "C" {
+    pub static mut PyDateTime_Date: PyTypeObject;
+    pub static mut PyDateTime_Time: PyTypeObject;
+    pub static mut PyDateTime_DateTime: PyTypeObject;
+
+    pub static mut PyDateTime_Delta: PyTypeObject;
+    pub static mut PyDateTime_TZInfo: PyTypeObject;
+}
+
+
+#[repr(C)]
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
+pub struct PyDateTime_CAPI {
+    pub DateType: *mut PyTypeObject,
+    pub DateTimeType: *mut PyTypeObject,
+    pub TimeType: *mut PyTypeObject,
+    pub DeltaType: *mut PyTypeObject,
+    pub TZInfoType: *mut PyTypeObject,
+    /* pub TimeZone_UTC: *mut PyObject, */
+    pub Date_FromDate: Option<
+        unsafe extern "C" fn(
+            year: c_int,
+            month: c_int,
+            day: c_int,
+            cls: *mut PyTypeObject,
+        ) -> *mut PyObject,
+    >,
+    pub DateTime_FromDateAndTime: Option<
+        unsafe extern "C" fn(
+            year: c_int,
+            month: c_int,
+            day: c_int,
+            hour: c_int,
+            minute: c_int,
+            second: c_int,
+            microsecond: c_int,
+            tzinfo: *mut PyObject,
+            cls: *mut PyTypeObject,
+        ) -> *mut PyObject,
+    >,
+    pub Time_FromTime: Option<
+        unsafe extern "C" fn(
+            hour: c_int,
+            minute: c_int,
+            second: c_int,
+            microsecond: c_int,
+            tzinfo: *mut PyObject,
+            cls: *mut PyTypeObject,
+        ) -> *mut PyObject,
+    >,
+    pub Delta_FromDelta: Option<
+        unsafe extern "C" fn(
+            days: c_int,
+            seconds: c_int,
+            microseconds: c_int,
+            normalize: c_int,
+            cls: *mut PyTypeObject,
+        ) -> *mut PyObject,
+    >,
+    /* pub TimeZone_FromTimeZone: Option< */
+    /*     unsafe extern "C" fn(offset: *mut PyObject, name: *mut PyObject) -> *mut PyObject, */
+    /* >, */
+    pub DateTime_FromTimestamp: Option<
+        unsafe extern "C" fn(cls: *mut PyObject, args: *mut PyObject, kwargs: *mut PyObject)
+            -> *mut PyObject,
+    >,
+    pub Date_FromTimestamp: Option<
+        unsafe extern "C" fn(cls: *mut PyObject, args: *mut PyObject) -> *mut PyObject,
+    >,
+    pub DateTime_FromDateAndTimeAndFold: Option<
+        unsafe extern "C" fn(
+            year: c_int,
+            month: c_int,
+            day: c_int,
+            hour: c_int,
+            minute: c_int,
+            second: c_int,
+            microsecond: c_int,
+            tzinfo: *mut PyObject,
+            fold: c_int,
+            cls: *mut PyTypeObject,
+        ) -> *mut PyObject,
+    >,
+    pub Time_FromTimeAndFold: Option< unsafe extern "C" fn(
+            hour: c_int,
+            minute: c_int,
+            second: c_int,
+            microsecond: c_int,
+            tzinfo: *mut PyObject,
+            fold: c_int,
+            cls: *mut PyTypeObject,
+        ) -> *mut PyObject,
+    >,
+}
+
+unsafe impl Sync for PyDateTime_CAPI {}
+
+#[inline(always)]
+pub unsafe fn PyDateTime_IMPORT() -> PyDateTime_CAPI {
+    // PyDateTime_CAPSULE_NAME is a macro in C
+    let PyDateTime_CAPSULE_NAME = CString::new("datetime.datetime_CAPI").unwrap();
+
+    let capsule = PyCapsule_Import(PyDateTime_CAPSULE_NAME.as_ptr(), 0);
+    *(capsule as *const PyDateTime_CAPI)
+}
+
+
+#[inline(always)]
+pub unsafe fn PyDate_Check(op: *mut PyObject) -> c_int {
+    PyObject_TypeCheck(op, &mut PyDateTime_Date) as c_int
+}
diff --git a/src/ffi3/mod.rs b/src/ffi3/mod.rs
index 8c6b68dd..c68d6cfc 100644
--- a/src/ffi3/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ffi3/mod.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub use self::boolobject::*;
 pub use self::bytearrayobject::*;
 pub use self::bytesobject::*;
 pub use self::complexobject::*;
+pub use self::datetime::*;
 pub use self::descrobject::*;
 pub use self::dictobject::*;
 pub use self::enumobject::*;
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ mod codecs; // TODO supports PEP-384 only; needs adjustment for Python 3.3 and 3
 mod pyerrors; // TODO supports PEP-384 only; needs adjustment for Python 3.3 and 3.5
 
 mod pystate; // TODO supports PEP-384 only; needs adjustment for Python 3.3 and 3.5
+mod datetime;
 
 #[cfg(Py_LIMITED_API)]
 mod pyarena {}