diff --git a/Doc/library/typing.rst b/Doc/library/typing.rst
index 44b537f1669e1a..e74b0407b5d49b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/typing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/typing.rst
@@ -1610,6 +1610,14 @@ Functions and decorators
 Introspection helpers
 ---------------------
 
+.. function:: eval_type(t, globalns=None, localns=None)
+
+   Evaluate the given type ``t`` by resolving any forward references.
+
+   For usage of ``globalns`` and ``localns`` see :func:`get_type_hints`.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.10
+
 .. function:: get_type_hints(obj, globalns=None, localns=None, include_extras=False)
 
    Return a dictionary containing type hints for a function, method, module
@@ -1693,4 +1701,3 @@ Constant
       (see :pep:`563`).
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.5.2
-
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_typing.py b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
index 7f96aff7104551..299148a9c5c917 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_typing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from typing import Tuple, List, Dict, MutableMapping
 from typing import Callable
 from typing import Generic, ClassVar, Final, final, Protocol
-from typing import cast, runtime_checkable
+from typing import cast, eval_type, runtime_checkable
 from typing import get_type_hints
 from typing import get_origin, get_args
 from typing import no_type_check, no_type_check_decorator
@@ -4175,6 +4175,19 @@ def test_annotated_in_other_types(self):
         self.assertEqual(X[int], List[Annotated[int, 5]])
 
 
+class EvalTypeTests(BaseTestCase):
+    def test_simple_reference(self):
+        self.assertIs(eval_type(str), str)
+
+    def test_forward_reference(self):
+        self.assertIs(eval_type(ForwardRef('int')), int)
+
+        class C:
+            pass
+
+        self.assertIs(eval_type(ForwardRef('C'), localns=locals()), C)
+
+
 class AllTests(BaseTestCase):
     """Tests for __all__."""
 
diff --git a/Lib/typing.py b/Lib/typing.py
index 5da032bbee8f1e..a261feb5c2323e 100644
--- a/Lib/typing.py
+++ b/Lib/typing.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
     # One-off things.
     'AnyStr',
     'cast',
+    'eval_type',
     'final',
     'get_args',
     'get_origin',
@@ -1278,6 +1279,13 @@ def cast(typ, val):
     return val
 
 
+def eval_type(t, globalns=None, localns=None):
+    """Evaluate all forward references in the given type t.
+    For use of globalns and localns see the docstring for get_type_hints().
+    """
+    return _eval_type(t, globalns, localns)
+
+
 def _get_defaults(func):
     """Internal helper to extract the default arguments, by name."""
     try: