diff --git a/Lib/test/test_threading.py b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
index db70dfa95df052..3282e58491941b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_threading.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
@@ -1106,6 +1106,29 @@ def run(self):
         # explicitly break the reference cycle to not leak a dangling thread
         thread.exc = None
 
+    def test_excepthook(self):
+        script = r"""if True:
+            import sys
+            import threading
+
+            def f():
+                raise Exception()
+
+            def hook(*args):
+                # print('thread: %r' % (threading.current_thread(),))
+                print('custom hook: %r' % (args,))
+
+            sys.excepthook = hook
+
+            threading.Thread(target=f).start()
+            """
+        rc, out, err = assert_python_ok("-c", script)
+        decoded_out = out.decode()
+        decoded_err = err.decode()
+        self.assertNotIn("Traceback", decoded_err)
+        self.assertIn("custom hook", decoded_out)
+
+
 class TimerTests(BaseTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
diff --git a/Lib/threading.py b/Lib/threading.py
index bb41456fb1410c..a7b4f7aade2fb2 100644
--- a/Lib/threading.py
+++ b/Lib/threading.py
@@ -918,19 +918,21 @@ def _bootstrap_inner(self):
             except SystemExit:
                 pass
             except:
-                # If sys.stderr is no more (most likely from interpreter
-                # shutdown) use self._stderr.  Otherwise still use sys (as in
-                # _sys) in case sys.stderr was redefined since the creation of
-                # self.
-                if _sys and _sys.stderr is not None:
-                    print("Exception in thread %s:\n%s" %
-                          (self.name, _format_exc()), file=_sys.stderr)
-                elif self._stderr is not None:
-                    # Do the best job possible w/o a huge amt. of code to
-                    # approximate a traceback (code ideas from
-                    # Lib/traceback.py)
-                    exc_type, exc_value, exc_tb = self._exc_info()
-                    try:
+                exc_type, exc_value, exc_tb = self._exc_info()
+                try:
+                    if _sys and _sys.excepthook != _sys.__excepthook__:
+                        _sys.excepthook(exc_type, exc_value, exc_tb)
+                    # If sys.stderr is no more (most likely from interpreter
+                    # shutdown) use self._stderr.  Otherwise still use sys (as in
+                    # _sys) in case sys.stderr was redefined since the creation of
+                    # self.
+                    elif _sys and _sys.stderr is not None:
+                        print("Exception in thread %s:\n%s" %
+                              (self.name, _format_exc()), file=_sys.stderr)
+                    elif self._stderr is not None:
+                        # Do the best job possible w/o a huge amt. of code to
+                        # approximate a traceback (code ideas from
+                        # Lib/traceback.py)
                         print((
                             "Exception in thread " + self.name +
                             " (most likely raised during interpreter shutdown):"), file=self._stderr)
@@ -945,10 +947,10 @@ def _bootstrap_inner(self):
                             exc_tb = exc_tb.tb_next
                         print(("%s: %s" % (exc_type, exc_value)), file=self._stderr)
                         self._stderr.flush()
-                    # Make sure that exc_tb gets deleted since it is a memory
-                    # hog; deleting everything else is just for thoroughness
-                    finally:
-                        del exc_type, exc_value, exc_tb
+                # Make sure that exc_tb gets deleted since it is a memory
+                # hog; deleting everything else is just for thoroughness
+                finally:
+                    del exc_type, exc_value, exc_tb
             finally:
                 # Prevent a race in
                 # test_threading.test_no_refcycle_through_target when