@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ Printing and clearing
 
 .. c:function:: void PyErr_WriteUnraisable(PyObject *obj)
 
+   Call :func:`sys.unraisablehook` using the current exception and *obj*
+   argument.
+
    This utility function prints a warning message to ``sys.stderr`` when an
    exception has been set but it is impossible for the interpreter to actually
    raise the exception.  It is used, for example, when an exception occurs in an
@@ -81,6 +84,8 @@ Printing and clearing
    in which the unraisable exception occurred. If possible,
    the repr of *obj* will be printed in the warning message.
 
+   An exception must be set when calling this function.
+
 
 Raising exceptions
 ==================
 
@@ -248,16 +248,19 @@ always available.
    before the program exits.  The handling of such top-level exceptions can be
    customized by assigning another three-argument function to ``sys.excepthook``.
 
+   See also :func:`unraisablehook` which handles unraisable exceptions.
+
 
 .. data:: __breakpointhook__
           __displayhook__
           __excepthook__
+          __unraisablehook__
 
    These objects contain the original values of ``breakpointhook``,
-   ``displayhook``, and ``excepthook`` at the start of the program.  They are
-   saved so that ``breakpointhook``, ``displayhook`` and ``excepthook`` can be
-   restored in case they happen to get replaced with broken or alternative
-   objects.
+   ``displayhook``, ``excepthook``, and ``unraisablehook`` at the start of the
+   program.  They are saved so that ``breakpointhook``, ``displayhook`` and
+   ``excepthook``, ``unraisablehook`` can be restored in case they happen to
+   get replaced with broken or alternative objects.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.7
       __breakpointhook__
@@ -1487,6 +1490,28 @@ always available.
    is suppressed and only the exception type and value are printed.
 
 
+.. function:: unraisablehook(unraisable, /)
+
+   Handle an unraisable exception.
+
+   Called when an exception has occurred but there is no way for Python to
+   handle it. For example, when a destructor raises an exception or during
+   garbage collection (:func:`gc.collect`).
+
+   The *unraisable* argument has the following attributes:
+
+   * *exc_type*: Exception type.
+   * *exc_value*: Exception value, can be ``None``.
+   * *exc_traceback*: Exception traceback, can be ``None``.
+   * *object*: Object causing the exception, can be ``None``.
+
+   :func:`sys.unraisablehook` can be overridden to control how unraisable
+   exceptions are handled.
+
+   See also :func:`excepthook` which handles uncaught exceptions.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.8
+
 .. data:: version
 
    A string containing the version number of the Python interpreter plus additional
 
@@ -481,6 +481,16 @@ and manipulating normal distributions of a random variable.
     [7.672102882379219, 12.000027119750287, 4.647488369766392]
 
 
+sys
+---
+
+Add new :func:`sys.unraisablehook` function which can be overridden to control
+how "unraisable exceptions" are handled. It is called when an exception has
+occurred but there is no way for Python to handle it. For example, when a
+destructor raises an exception or during garbage collection
+(:func:`gc.collect`).
+
+
 tarfile
 -------
 
 
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ extern int _PySys_InitMain(
     PyInterpreterState *interp);
 extern _PyInitError _PyImport_Init(PyInterpreterState *interp);
 extern _PyInitError _PyExc_Init(void);
+extern _PyInitError _PyErr_Init(void);
 extern _PyInitError _PyBuiltins_AddExceptions(PyObject * bltinmod);
 extern _PyInitError _PyImportHooks_Init(void);
 extern int _PyFloat_Init(void);
@@ -100,8 +101,11 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(_PyInitError) _Py_PreInitializeFromCoreConfig(
     const _PyCoreConfig *coreconfig,
     const _PyArgv *args);
 
+
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) _Py_HandleSystemExit(int *exitcode_p);
 
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) _PyErr_WriteUnraisableDefaultHook(PyObject *unraisable);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -876,6 +876,81 @@ def test__enablelegacywindowsfsencoding(self):
         self.assertEqual(out, 'mbcs replace')
 
 
+@test.support.cpython_only
+class UnraisableHookTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def write_unraisable_exc(self, exc, obj):
+        import _testcapi
+        import types
+        try:
+            # raise the exception to get a traceback in the except block
+            try:
+                raise exc
+            except Exception as exc2:
+                _testcapi.write_unraisable_exc(exc2, obj)
+                return types.SimpleNamespace(exc_type=type(exc2),
+                                             exc_value=exc2,
+                                             exc_traceback=exc2.__traceback__,
+                                             object=obj)
+        finally:
+            # Explicitly break any reference cycle
+            exc = None
+            exc2 = None
+
+    def test_original_unraisablehook(self):
+        obj = "an object"
+
+        with test.support.captured_output("stderr") as stderr:
+            with test.support.swap_attr(sys, 'unraisablehook',
+                                        sys.__unraisablehook__):
+                self.write_unraisable_exc(ValueError(42), obj)
+
+        err = stderr.getvalue()
+        self.assertIn(f'Exception ignored in: {obj!r}\n', err)
+        self.assertIn('Traceback (most recent call last):\n', err)
+        self.assertIn('ValueError: 42\n', err)
+
+    def test_original_unraisablehook_wrong_type(self):
+        exc = ValueError(42)
+        with test.support.swap_attr(sys, 'unraisablehook',
+                                    sys.__unraisablehook__):
+            with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+                sys.unraisablehook(exc)
+
+    def test_custom_unraisablehook(self):
+        hook_args = None
+
+        def hook_func(args):
+            nonlocal hook_args
+            hook_args = args
+
+        obj = object()
+        try:
+            with test.support.swap_attr(sys, 'unraisablehook', hook_func):
+                expected = self.write_unraisable_exc(ValueError(42), obj)
+                for attr in "exc_type exc_value exc_traceback object".split():
+                    self.assertEqual(getattr(hook_args, attr),
+                                     getattr(expected, attr),
+                                     (hook_args, expected))
+        finally:
+            # expected and hook_args contain an exception: break reference cycle
+            expected = None
+            hook_args = None
+
+    def test_custom_unraisablehook_fail(self):
+        def hook_func(*args):
+            raise Exception("hook_func failed")
+
+        with test.support.captured_output("stderr") as stderr:
+            with test.support.swap_attr(sys, 'unraisablehook', hook_func):
+                self.write_unraisable_exc(ValueError(42), None)
+
+        err = stderr.getvalue()
+        self.assertIn(f'Exception ignored in: {hook_func!r}\n',
+                      err)
+        self.assertIn('Traceback (most recent call last):\n', err)
+        self.assertIn('Exception: hook_func failed\n', err)
+
+
 @test.support.cpython_only
 class SizeofTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -1277,8 +1352,5 @@ def test_asyncgen_hooks(self):
         self.assertIsNone(cur.finalizer)
 
 
-def test_main():
-    test.support.run_unittest(SysModuleTest, SizeofTest)
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    test_main()
+    unittest.main()
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Add new :func:`sys.unraisablehook` function which can be overridden to
+control how "unraisable exceptions" are handled. It is called when an
+exception has occurred but there is no way for Python to handle it. For
+example, when a destructor raises an exception or during garbage collection
+(:func:`gc.collect`).
@@ -4982,6 +4982,20 @@ negative_refcount(PyObject *self, PyObject *Py_UNUSED(args))
 #endif
 
 
+static PyObject*
+test_write_unraisable_exc(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *exc, *obj;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OO", &exc, &obj)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    PyErr_SetObject((PyObject *)Py_TYPE(exc), exc);
+    PyErr_WriteUnraisable(obj);
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+
 static PyMethodDef TestMethods[] = {
     {"raise_exception",         raise_exception,                 METH_VARARGS},
     {"raise_memoryerror",       raise_memoryerror,               METH_NOARGS},
@@ -5221,6 +5235,7 @@ static PyMethodDef TestMethods[] = {
 #ifdef Py_REF_DEBUG
     {"negative_refcount", negative_refcount, METH_NOARGS},
 #endif
+    {"write_unraisable_exc", test_write_unraisable_exc, METH_VARARGS},
     {NULL, NULL} /* sentinel */
 };