diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/compiled.py b/jedi/evaluate/compiled.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/compiled.py
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+from jedi.cache import underscore_memoization
+
+
+class PyObject(object):
+    def __init__(self, obj, parent=None):
+        self.obj = obj
+        self.parent = parent
+
+    def get_defined_names(self):
+        for name in dir(self.obj):
+            yield PyName(self, name)
+
+
+class PyName(object):
+    def __init__(self, obj, name):
+        self._obj = obj
+        self._name = name
+
+        self.start_pos = 0, 0  # an illegal start_pos, to make sorting easy.
+
+    @property
+    @underscore_memoization
+    def parent(self):
+        return PyObject(getattr(self._obj.obj, self._name), self._obj)
diff --git a/test/test_compiled.py b/test/test_compiled.py
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index 00000000..45b64412
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+++ b/test/test_compiled.py
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+from jedi._compatibility import builtins
+from jedi.evaluate import compiled
+from jedi.evaluate import Evaluator
+
+
+def test_simple():
+    bltn = compiled.PyObject(builtins)
+    obj = compiled.PyObject('_str_', bltn)
+    upper = Evaluator().find_types(obj, 'upper')
+    assert len(upper) == 1