diff --git a/crates/capi/src/lib.rs b/crates/capi/src/lib.rs
index 70c2226e67f..35158e394de 100644
--- a/crates/capi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/capi/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub mod pyerrors;
 pub mod pylifecycle;
 pub mod pystate;
 pub mod refcount;
+pub mod tupleobject;
 pub mod unicodeobject;
 mod util;
 
diff --git a/crates/capi/src/tupleobject.rs b/crates/capi/src/tupleobject.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..985141f6d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/capi/src/tupleobject.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+use crate::PyObject;
+use crate::object::define_py_check;
+use crate::pystate::with_vm;
+use core::ffi::c_int;
+use core::slice;
+use rustpython_vm::PyResult;
+use rustpython_vm::builtins::PyTuple;
+use rustpython_vm::sliceable::SliceableSequenceOp;
+
+define_py_check!(fn PyTuple_Check, types.tuple_type);
+define_py_check!(exact fn PyTuple_CheckExact, types.tuple_type);
+
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+pub extern "C" fn PyTuple_New(len: isize) -> *mut PyObject {
+    with_vm(|vm| {
+        if len == 0 {
+            return Ok(vm.ctx.empty_tuple.to_owned());
+        }
+
+        Err(vm.new_not_implemented_error(
+            "PyTuple_New for non zero sized tuples is not supported, use PyTuple_FromArray instead",
+        ))
+    })
+}
+
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn PyTuple_FromArray(
+    array: *const *mut PyObject,
+    size: isize,
+) -> *mut PyObject {
+    with_vm(|vm| {
+        let size = size
+            .try_into()
+            .map_err(|_| vm.new_system_error("negative size passed to Tuple_FromArray"))?;
+        let slice = unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(array, size) };
+        let elements = slice
+            .iter()
+            .map(|ptr| unsafe { &**ptr }.to_owned())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        Ok(vm.new_tuple(elements))
+    })
+}
+
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+pub extern "C" fn PyTuple_SetItem(
+    _tuple: *mut PyObject,
+    _pos: isize,
+    _value: *mut PyObject,
+) -> c_int {
+    with_vm::<PyResult<()>, _>(
+        |vm| Err(vm.new_not_implemented_error("Tuple objects are immutable")),
+    )
+}
+
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn PyTuple_Size(tuple: *mut PyObject) -> isize {
+    with_vm(|vm| {
+        let tuple = unsafe { &*tuple }.try_downcast_ref::<PyTuple>(vm)?;
+        Ok(tuple.__len__())
+    })
+}
+
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn PyTuple_GetItem(tuple: *mut PyObject, pos: isize) -> *mut PyObject {
+    with_vm(|vm| {
+        let tuple = unsafe { &*tuple }.try_downcast_ref::<PyTuple>(vm)?;
+        let result: &PyObject = pos
+            .try_into()
+            .ok()
+            .and_then(|index: usize| tuple.get(index))
+            .ok_or_else(|| vm.new_index_error("tuple index out of range"))?;
+
+        Ok(result.as_raw())
+    })
+}
+
+#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn PyTuple_GetSlice(
+    tuple: *mut PyObject,
+    low: isize,
+    high: isize,
+) -> *mut PyObject {
+    with_vm(|vm| {
+        let tuple = unsafe { &*tuple }.try_downcast_ref::<PyTuple>(vm)?;
+        let len = tuple.__len__() as isize;
+        let low = low.clamp(0, len);
+        let high = high.clamp(low, len);
+        let slice = tuple.do_slice(low as usize..high as usize);
+        Ok(vm.ctx.new_tuple(slice))
+    })
+}
+
+#[cfg(false)]
+mod tests {
+    use pyo3::prelude::*;
+    use pyo3::types::PyTuple;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_empty_tuple() {
+        Python::attach(|py| {
+            let tuple = PyTuple::empty(py);
+            assert_eq!(tuple.len(), 0);
+        })
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_tuple_into_python() {
+        Python::attach(|py| {
+            let tuple = (1, 2, 3).into_pyobject(py).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(tuple.len(), 3);
+        })
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_tuple_get_slice() {
+        Python::attach(|py| {
+            let tuple = (1, 2, 3).into_pyobject(py).unwrap();
+            let slice = tuple.get_slice(1, 2);
+            assert_eq!(slice.extract::<(u32,)>().unwrap(), (2,));
+        })
+    }
+}