diff --git a/Lib/sre_parse.py b/Lib/sre_parse.py
index 319bf43b33f..e63f2acbb40 100644
--- a/Lib/sre_parse.py
+++ b/Lib/sre_parse.py
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ class SubPattern:
     def __delitem__(self, index):
         del self.data[index]
     def __getitem__(self, index):
+        if isinstance(index, slice):
+            return SubPattern(self.pattern, self.data[index])
         return self.data[index]
     def __setitem__(self, index, code):
         self.data[index] = code