diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
index 1d889ae7cf458f..dec76728dabb5d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
@@ -1675,5 +1675,23 @@ def test_with_method_arg(self):
         self.assertEqual(request.get_method(), 'HEAD')
 
 
+class TestReplaceMethod:
+    """Testcase to test the '.replace' method"""
+
+    def test_defrag(self):
+        result = urllib.parse.defrag("http://www.python.org")
+        result = result.replace(frament="something")
+        self.assertEqual(result.fragment, "something")
+
+    def test_urlsplit(self):
+        result = urllib.parse.urlsplit("http://www.python.org")
+        result = result.replace(frament="something")
+        self.assertEqual(result.fragment, "something")
+
+    def test_urlparse(self):
+        result = urllib.parse.urlparse("http://www.python.org")
+        result = result.replace(frament="something")
+        self.assertEqual(result.fragment, "something")
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/parse.py b/Lib/urllib/parse.py
index 67d9bbea0d3150..61358f5b1e32b7 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/parse.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/parse.py
@@ -313,6 +313,11 @@ def _hostinfo(self):
 _ParseResultBase.query.__doc__ = _SplitResultBase.query.__doc__
 _ParseResultBase.fragment.__doc__ = _SplitResultBase.fragment.__doc__
 
+# Re-export these, since we don't have a 'replace' field
+# and making the user call '._replace' feels yucky
+_DefragResultBase.replace = _DefragResultBase._replace
+_SplitResultBase.replace = _SplitResultBase._replace
+_ParseResultBase.replace = _ParseResultBase._replace
 
 # For backwards compatibility, alias _NetlocResultMixinStr
 # ResultBase is no longer part of the documented API, but it is