diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c6cd5141..f2167f7c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ spin = "0.4.9"
 num-traits = "0.2.5"
 pyo3cls = { path = "pyo3cls", version = "=0.4.1" }
 mashup = "0.1.5"
+lazy_static = "1.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 docmatic = "0.1.2"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 01074536..842ab0e8 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ extern crate spin;
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub extern crate mashup;
 
+#[macro_use] extern crate lazy_static;
+
 #[cfg(not(Py_3))]
 mod ffi2;
 
diff --git a/src/objects/datetime.rs b/src/objects/datetime.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec0e166c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/objects/datetime.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use object::PyObject;
+use std::os::raw::c_int;
+use ffi::{PyDateTime_CAPI, PyDateTime_IMPORT};
+use python::{Python, ToPyPointer};
+use instance::Py;
+
+pub struct PyDate(PyObject);
+pyobject_convert!(PyDate);
+pyobject_nativetype!(PyDate, PyDateTime_Date, PyDate_Check);
+
+lazy_static! {
+    static ref PyDateTimeAPI: PyDateTime_CAPI = unsafe { PyDateTime_IMPORT() };
+}
+
+impl PyDate {
+    pub fn new(py: Python, year: u32, month: u32, day: u32) -> Py<PyDate> {
+        let y = year as c_int;
+        let m = month as c_int;
+        let d = day as c_int;
+
+        unsafe {
+            let ptr = PyDateTimeAPI.Date_FromDate.unwrap()(y, m, d, PyDateTimeAPI.DateType);
+            Py::from_owned_ptr_or_panic(ptr)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/objects/mod.rs b/src/objects/mod.rs
index 2a4a1a13..62b098d6 100644
--- a/src/objects/mod.rs
+++ b/src/objects/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ mod exc_impl;
 
 pub use self::boolobject::PyBool;
 pub use self::bytearray::PyByteArray;
+pub use self::datetime::{PyDate};
 pub use self::dict::PyDict;
 pub use self::floatob::PyFloat;
 pub use self::iterator::PyIterator;
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ pyobject_native_type_convert!(PyObjectRef, ffi::PyBaseObject_Type, ffi::PyObject
 
 mod boolobject;
 mod bytearray;
+mod datetime;
 mod dict;
 pub mod exc;
 mod floatob;