diff --git a/stdlib/2/wsgiref/types.pyi b/stdlib/2/wsgiref/types.pyi
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+# Type declaration for a WSGI Function in Python 2
+#
+# wsgiref/types.py doesn't exist and neither does WSGIApplication, it's a type
+# provided for type checking purposes.
+#
+# This means you cannot simply import wsgiref.types in your code. Instead,
+# use the `TYPE_CHECKING` flag from the typing module:
+#
+#   from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+#
+#   if TYPE_CHECKING:
+#       from wsgiref.types import WSGIApplication
+#
+# This import is now only taken into account by the type checker. Consequently,
+# you need to use 'WSGIApplication' and not simply WSGIApplication when type
+# hinting your code.  Otherwise Python will raise NameErrors.
+
+from typing import Callable, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union
+from types import TracebackType
+
+_exc_info = Tuple[Optional[Type[BaseException]],
+                  Optional[BaseException],
+                  Optional[TracebackType]]
+_Text = Union[unicode, str]
+WSGIApplication = Callable[
+    [
+        Dict[_Text, _Text],
+        Union[
+            Callable[[_Text, List[Tuple[_Text, _Text]]], Callable[[_Text], None]],
+            Callable[[_Text, List[Tuple[_Text, _Text]], _exc_info], Callable[[_Text], None]],
+        ]
+    ],
+    Iterable[_Text]
+]
diff --git a/stdlib/3/wsgiref/types.pyi b/stdlib/3/wsgiref/types.pyi
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+# Type declaration for a WSGI Function in Python 3
+#
+# wsgiref/types.py doesn't exist and neither does WSGIApplication, it's a type
+# provided for type checking purposes.
+#
+# This means you cannot simply import wsgiref.types in your code. Instead,
+# use the `TYPE_CHECKING` flag from the typing module:
+#
+#   from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+#
+#   if TYPE_CHECKING:
+#       from wsgiref.types import WSGIApplication
+#
+# This import is now only taken into account by the type checker. Consequently,
+# you need to use 'WSGIApplication' and not simply WSGIApplication when type
+# hinting your code.  Otherwise Python will raise NameErrors.
+
+from typing import Callable, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union
+from types import TracebackType
+
+_exc_info = Tuple[Optional[Type[BaseException]],
+                  Optional[BaseException],
+                  Optional[TracebackType]]
+WSGIApplication = Callable[
+    [
+        Dict[str, str],
+        Union[
+            Callable[[str, List[Tuple[str, str]]], Callable[[Union[bytes, str]], None]],
+            Callable[[str, List[Tuple[str, str]], _exc_info], Callable[[Union[bytes, str]], None]],
+        ]
+    ],
+    Iterable[Union[bytes, str]],
+]