diff --git a/Include/cpython/dictobject.h b/Include/cpython/dictobject.h
index 91ddc081e2d013..944965fb9e5351 100644
--- a/Include/cpython/dictobject.h
+++ b/Include/cpython/dictobject.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyDict_GetItem_KnownHash(PyObject *mp, PyObject *key,
                                                  Py_hash_t hash);
-
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyDict_GetItemStringWithError(PyObject *, const char *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyDict_SetDefault(
     PyObject *mp, PyObject *key, PyObject *defaultobj);
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2023-11-15-17-10-09.gh-issue-112026.ts9yyn.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2023-11-15-17-10-09.gh-issue-112026.ts9yyn.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7d54f6b3626828
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2023-11-15-17-10-09.gh-issue-112026.ts9yyn.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Restore the removed ``_PyDict_GetItemStringWithError()`` function. It is
+used by numpy. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Objects/dictobject.c b/Objects/dictobject.c
index 556c74db6f6a23..70f424e07ece9a 100644
--- a/Objects/dictobject.c
+++ b/Objects/dictobject.c
@@ -1842,6 +1842,20 @@ _PyDict_GetItemIdWithError(PyObject *dp, _Py_Identifier *key)
     return _PyDict_GetItem_KnownHash(dp, kv, hash);  // borrowed reference
 }
 
+PyObject *
+_PyDict_GetItemStringWithError(PyObject *v, const char *key)
+{
+    PyObject *kv, *rv;
+    kv = PyUnicode_FromString(key);
+    if (kv == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    rv = PyDict_GetItemWithError(v, kv);
+    Py_DECREF(kv);
+    return rv;
+}
+
+
 /* Fast version of global value lookup (LOAD_GLOBAL).
  * Lookup in globals, then builtins.
  *