diff --git a/src/Core/builtins.jl b/src/Core/builtins.jl
index 6a501526..eb4dd670 100644
--- a/src/Core/builtins.jl
+++ b/src/Core/builtins.jl
@@ -1098,6 +1098,7 @@ pydict(; kwargs...) =
     isempty(kwargs) ? pynew(errcheck(C.PyDict_New())) : pystrdict_fromiter(kwargs)
 pydict(x) = ispy(x) ? pybuiltins.dict(x) : pydict_fromiter(x)
 pydict(x::NamedTuple) = pydict(; x...)
+pydict(pairs::Pair...) = pydict(pairs)
 export pydict
 
 ### datetime
diff --git a/test/Core.jl b/test/Core.jl
index c5a9b48e..4f50a1fe 100644
--- a/test/Core.jl
+++ b/test/Core.jl
@@ -508,6 +508,10 @@ end
     @test pyeq(Bool, pydict(Dict("foo" => 1, "bar" => 2)), x)
     @test pyeq(Bool, pydict((foo = 1, bar = 2)), x)
     @test pyeq(Bool, pydict(x), x)
+    y = pydict("foo" => 1, "bar" => 2)
+    @test pyeq(Bool, pygetitem(y, "foo"), 1)
+    @test pyeq(Bool, pygetitem(y, "bar"), 2)
+    @test pyeq(Bool, x, y)
 end
 
 @testitem "bool" begin