diff --git a/Lib/typing.py b/Lib/typing.py
index 75ec2a6a2e..47112a6a1a 100644
--- a/Lib/typing.py
+++ b/Lib/typing.py
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
     'ParamSpecArgs',
     'ParamSpecKwargs',
     'runtime_checkable',
+    'Self',
     'Text',
     'TYPE_CHECKING',
     'TypeAlias',
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ def _type_check(arg, msg, is_argument=True, module=None, *, allow_special_forms=
     if (isinstance(arg, _GenericAlias) and
             arg.__origin__ in invalid_generic_forms):
         raise TypeError(f"{arg} is not valid as type argument")
-    if arg in (Any, NoReturn, Final, TypeAlias):
+    if arg in (Any, NoReturn, Final, Self, TypeAlias):
         return arg
     if isinstance(arg, _SpecialForm) or arg in (Generic, Protocol):
         raise TypeError(f"Plain {arg} is not valid as type argument")
@@ -438,6 +439,25 @@ def stop() -> NoReturn:
     """
     raise TypeError(f"{self} is not subscriptable")
 
+@_SpecialForm
+def Self(self, parameters):
+    """Used to spell the type of "self" in classes.
+
+    Example::
+
+        from typing import Self
+
+        class Foo:
+            def return_self(self) -> Self:
+                ...
+                return self
+
+    This is especially useful for:
+        - classmethods that are used as alternative constructors
+        - annotating an `__enter__` method which returns self
+    """
+    raise TypeError(f"{self} is not subscriptable")
+
 @_SpecialForm
 def ClassVar(self, parameters):
     """Special type construct to mark class variables.
diff --git a/extra_tests/snippets/stdlib_typing.py b/extra_tests/snippets/stdlib_typing.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0dd5f40ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra_tests/snippets/stdlib_typing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from typing import Self
+
+class Shape:
+    def set_scale(self, scale: float) -> Self:
+        self.scale = scale
+        return self
+
+print(Shape().set_scale(3).scale)