diff --git a/Lib/collections.py b/Lib/collections.py
index eb2024352de..33aedd973a5 100644
--- a/Lib/collections.py
+++ b/Lib/collections.py
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ class {typename}(tuple):
         'Return self as a plain tuple.  Used by copy and pickle.'
         return tuple(self)
 
+    def __getstate__(self):
+        'Exclude the OrderedDict from pickling'
+        return None
+
 {field_defs}
 '''
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_collections.py b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
index b2a5f052604..c18256b788d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_collections.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ class TestNamedTuple(unittest.TestCase):
                 q = loads(dumps(p, protocol))
                 self.assertEqual(p, q)
                 self.assertEqual(p._fields, q._fields)
+                self.assertNotIn(b'OrderedDict', dumps(p, protocol))
 
     def test_copy(self):
         p = TestNT(x=10, y=20, z=30)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e3e203f9b52..a062175107c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ Library
 
 - Issue #17666: Fix reading gzip files with an extra field.
 
+- Issue #15535: Fix namedtuple pickles which were picking up the OrderedDict
+  instead of just the underlying tuple.
+
 
 What's New in Python 3.2.4?
 ===========================