diff --git a/pygobject/gobject/pygobject.c b/pygobject/gobject/pygobject.c

index 70dc89a..ee8ffdf 100644

--- a/pygobject/gobject/pygobject.c

+++ b/pygobject/gobject/pygobject.c

@@ -822,8 +822,10 @@ pygobject_inherit_slots(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *bases, gboolean check_for_

                                   offsetof(PyTypeObject, tp_hash),

                                   offsetof(PyTypeObject, tp_iter),

                                   offsetof(PyTypeObject, tp_repr),

-                                  offsetof(PyTypeObject, tp_str),

-                                  offsetof(PyTypeObject, tp_print) };

+                                  offsetof(PyTypeObject, tp_str)

+                                  /* tp_print was dropped on Python 3.9 */

+                                  // offsetof(PyTypeObject, tp_print)

+                                    };

     int i;

     /* Happens when registering gobject.GObject itself, at least. */