diff --git a/Lib/functools.py b/Lib/functools.py
index f6849899e75..6025032bfaa 100644
--- a/Lib/functools.py
+++ b/Lib/functools.py
@@ -340,6 +340,9 @@ class partial:
         self.args = args
         self.keywords = kwds
 
+    __class_getitem__ = classmethod(GenericAlias)
+
+
 try:
     from _functools import partial
 except ImportError:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_functools.py b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
index ff71fd53c08..dadcd04394b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_functools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
@@ -390,6 +390,13 @@ class TestPartial:
         f = self.partial(object)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, f.__setstate__, BadSequence())
 
+    def test_partial_genericalias(self):
+        alias = self.partial[int]
+        self.assertIs(alias.__origin__, self.partial)
+        self.assertEqual(alias.__args__, (int,))
+        self.assertEqual(alias.__parameters__, ())
+
+
 @unittest.skipUnless(c_functools, 'requires the C _functools module')
 class TestPartialC(TestPartial, unittest.TestCase):
     if c_functools:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-04-10-39-29.gh-issue-83662.CG1s3m.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-04-10-39-29.gh-issue-83662.CG1s3m.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e399330479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-12-04-10-39-29.gh-issue-83662.CG1s3m.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Add missing ``__class_getitem__`` method to the Python implementation of
+:func:`functools.partial`, to make it compatible with the C version. This is
+mainly relevant for alternative Python implementations like PyPy and
+GraalPy, because CPython will usually use the C-implementation of that
+function.