diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9b1219cd..1acb18d9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 ### Fixed
 
 - Restrict FFI definitions `PyGILState_Check` and `Py_tracefunc` to the unlimited API. [#1787](https://github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/1787)
+- Add missing `_type` field to `PyStatus` struct definition.
 
 ## [0.14.2] - 2021-08-09
 
diff --git a/src/ffi/cpython/initconfig.rs b/src/ffi/cpython/initconfig.rs
index ee6fc75b..95d28b02 100644
--- a/src/ffi/cpython/initconfig.rs
+++ b/src/ffi/cpython/initconfig.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use crate::ffi::Py_ssize_t;
 use libc::wchar_t;
 use std::os::raw::{c_char, c_int, c_ulong};
 
+#[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum _PyStatus_TYPE {
     _PyStatus_TYPE_OK = 0,
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ pub enum _PyStatus_TYPE {
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 pub struct PyStatus {
+    pub _type: _PyStatus_TYPE,
     pub func: *const c_char,
     pub err_msg: *const c_char,
     pub exitcode: c_int,