diff --git a/src/core/IronPython.Modules/_winapi.cs b/src/core/IronPython.Modules/_winapi.cs
index d26d03ec6..6568c5467 100644
--- a/src/core/IronPython.Modules/_winapi.cs
+++ b/src/core/IronPython.Modules/_winapi.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 using IronPython.Runtime;
 using IronPython.Runtime.Operations;
 
+using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;
+
 [assembly: PythonModule("_winapi", typeof(IronPython.Modules.PythonWinApi), PlatformsAttribute.PlatformFamily.Windows)]
 namespace IronPython.Modules {
     [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
@@ -234,6 +236,16 @@ public static int WaitForSingleObject(BigInteger handle, int dwMilliseconds) {
             return WaitForSingleObjectPI(new IntPtr((long)handle), dwMilliseconds);
         }
 
+        public static void SetNamedPipeHandleState(BigInteger named_pipe, object? mode, object? max_collection_count, object? collect_data_timeout) {
+            if (max_collection_count is not null) throw new NotImplementedException();
+            if (collect_data_timeout is not null) throw new NotImplementedException();
+            var pipeHandle = new SafePipeHandle(new IntPtr((long)named_pipe), false);
+            int m = Converter.ConvertToInt32(mode);
+            var result = Interop.Kernel32.SetNamedPipeHandleState(pipeHandle, ref m, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);
+
+            if (!result) throw PythonNT.GetLastWin32Error();
+        }
+
         #endregion
 
         #region struct's and enum's
diff --git a/src/core/IronPython/Interop/Windows/Kernel32/Interop.SetNamedPipeHandleState.cs b/src/core/IronPython/Interop/Windows/Kernel32/Interop.SetNamedPipeHandleState.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb6d24b1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/IronPython/Interop/Windows/Kernel32/Interop.SetNamedPipeHandleState.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
+using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;
+
+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+internal static partial class Interop {
+    internal static partial class Kernel32 {
+        [DllImport(Libraries.Kernel32, SetLastError = true)]
+        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
+        internal static extern unsafe bool SetNamedPipeHandleState(
+          SafePipeHandle hNamedPipe,
+          ref int lpMode,
+          IntPtr lpMaxCollectionCount,
+          IntPtr lpCollectDataTimeout
+        );
+    }
+}