diff --git a/Lib/http/cookies.py b/Lib/http/cookies.py
index 6694f5478bdadf..85b1d766078626 100644
--- a/Lib/http/cookies.py
+++ b/Lib/http/cookies.py
@@ -293,6 +293,17 @@ def __init__(self):
         for key in self._reserved:
             dict.__setitem__(self, key, "")
 
+    def __class_getitem__(cls, type):
+        """Provide minimal support for using this class as generic
+        (for example in type annotations).
+
+        See PEP 484 and PEP 560 for more details. For example, `Morsel[T]`
+        is a valid expression at runtime (type argument `T` indicates the
+        type of pair). Note, no type checking happens at runtime, but
+        a static type checker can be used.
+        """
+        return cls
+
     @property
     def key(self):
         return self._key
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_http_cookies.py b/Lib/test/test_http_cookies.py
index 6072c7e15e92be..d36b163c60d02e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_http_cookies.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_http_cookies.py
@@ -479,6 +479,9 @@ def test_repr(self):
                 r'Set-Cookie: key=coded_val; '
                 r'expires=\w+, \d+ \w+ \d+ \d+:\d+:\d+ \w+')
 
+    def test_class_getitem(self):
+        self.assertIs(cookies.Morsel[str], cookies.Morsel)
+
 def test_main():
     run_unittest(CookieTests, MorselTests)
     run_doctest(cookies)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-12-10-21-27-37.bpo-39019.7o43Gq.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-12-10-21-27-37.bpo-39019.7o43Gq.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ae103eb3d74514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-12-10-21-27-37.bpo-39019.7o43Gq.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Implement dummy ``__class_getitem__`` for ``http.cookies.Morsel``.