diff --git a/Doc/library/inspect.rst b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
index 850d6018bab..10339641c3b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ attributes:
 |           | __globals__       | global namespace in which |
 |           |                   | this function was defined |
 +-----------+-------------------+---------------------------+
+|           | __builtins__      | builtins namespace        |
++-----------+-------------------+---------------------------+
 |           | __annotations__   | mapping of parameters     |
 |           |                   | names to annotations;     |
 |           |                   | ``"return"`` key is       |
@@ -251,6 +253,10 @@ attributes:
 
    Add ``cr_origin`` attribute to coroutines.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.10
+
+   Add ``__builtins__`` attribute to functions.
+
 .. function:: getmembers(object[, predicate])
 
    Return all the members of an object in a list of ``(name, value)``
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
index 0fba27c7d58..b903b3e0b81 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
@@ -280,6 +280,11 @@ Other Language Changes
 * Assignment expressions can now be used unparenthesized within set literals
   and set comprehensions, as well as in sequence indexes (but not slices).
 
+* Functions have a new ``__builtins__`` attribute which is used to look for
+  builtin symbols when a function is executed, instead of looking into
+  ``__globals__['__builtins__']``.
+  (Contributed by Mark Shannon in :issue:`42990`.)
+
 
 New Modules
 ===========
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_collections.py b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
index befb7ab436c..54a4cbed44e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_collections.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
@@ -682,9 +682,10 @@ class TestNamedTuple(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(np.y, 2)
 
     def test_new_builtins_issue_43102(self):
-        self.assertEqual(
-            namedtuple('C', ()).__new__.__globals__['__builtins__'],
-            {})
+        obj = namedtuple('C', ())
+        new_func = obj.__new__
+        self.assertEqual(new_func.__globals__['__builtins__'], {})
+        self.assertEqual(new_func.__builtins__, {})
 
 
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_funcattrs.py b/Lib/test/test_funcattrs.py
index 11d68cc75e2..15cf250f192 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_funcattrs.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_funcattrs.py
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ class FunctionPropertiesTest(FuncAttrsTest):
         self.cannot_set_attr(self.b, '__globals__', 2,
                              (AttributeError, TypeError))
 
+    def test___builtins__(self):
+        self.assertIs(self.b.__builtins__, __builtins__)
+        self.cannot_set_attr(self.b, '__builtins__', 2,
+                             (AttributeError, TypeError))
+
     def test___closure__(self):
         a = 12
         def f(): print(a)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-02-17-19-02-21.bpo-42990.SKXHiI.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-02-17-19-02-21.bpo-42990.SKXHiI.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc17154762a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-02-17-19-02-21.bpo-42990.SKXHiI.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Functions have a new ``__builtins__`` attribute which is used to look for
+builtin symbols when a function is executed, instead of looking into
+``__globals__['__builtins__']``. Patch by Mark Shannon and Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Objects/funcobject.c b/Objects/funcobject.c
index b331c4c4d6e..523930da8dc 100644
--- a/Objects/funcobject.c
+++ b/Objects/funcobject.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ static PyMemberDef func_memberlist[] = {
     {"__doc__",       T_OBJECT,     OFF(func_doc), 0},
     {"__globals__",   T_OBJECT,     OFF(func_globals), READONLY},
     {"__module__",    T_OBJECT,     OFF(func_module), 0},
+    {"__builtins__",  T_OBJECT,     OFF(func_builtins), READONLY},
     {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
 };