diff --git a/hpy/devel/include/hpy/cpython/misc.h b/hpy/devel/include/hpy/cpython/misc.h
index 632af72fa..3d46b9d3d 100644
--- a/hpy/devel/include/hpy/cpython/misc.h
+++ b/hpy/devel/include/hpy/cpython/misc.h
@@ -276,6 +276,10 @@ HPyAPI_FUNC HPy HPy_CallTupleDict(HPyContext *ctx, HPy callable, HPy args, HPy k
     return ctx_CallTupleDict(ctx, callable, args, kw);
 }
 
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03090000
+#define PyObject_Vectorcall _PyObject_Vectorcall
+#endif
+
 HPyAPI_FUNC HPy HPy_Call(HPyContext *ctx, HPy callable, const HPy *args, size_t nargs, HPy kwnames)
 {
     if (sizeof(HPy) == sizeof(PyObject *)) {
@@ -284,6 +288,10 @@ HPyAPI_FUNC HPy HPy_Call(HPyContext *ctx, HPy callable, const HPy *args, size_t
     return ctx_Call(ctx, callable, args, nargs, kwnames);
 }
 
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03090000
+#undef PyObject_Vectorcall
+#endif
+
 HPyAPI_FUNC HPy HPy_CallMethod(HPyContext *ctx, HPy name, const HPy *args, size_t nargs, HPy kwnames)
 {
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03090000