diff --git a/stdlib/@tests/stubtest_allowlists/common.txt b/stdlib/@tests/stubtest_allowlists/common.txt
index c170ef769..2d9b998e7 100644
--- a/stdlib/@tests/stubtest_allowlists/common.txt
+++ b/stdlib/@tests/stubtest_allowlists/common.txt
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ multiprocessing.reduction.AbstractReducer.ForkingPickler
 multiprocessing.pool.Pool.__del__
 
 # C signature is broader than what is actually accepted
-queue.SimpleQueue.__init__
+_?queue.SimpleQueue.__init__
 
 # Items that depend on the existence and flags of SSL
 imaplib.IMAP4_SSL.ssl
diff --git a/stdlib/VERSIONS b/stdlib/VERSIONS
index 7c9f3cfda..2ea4d0c79 100644
--- a/stdlib/VERSIONS
+++ b/stdlib/VERSIONS
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ _osx_support: 3.0-
 _posixsubprocess: 3.2-
 _py_abc: 3.7-
 _pydecimal: 3.5-
+_queue: 3.7-
 _random: 3.0-
 _sitebuiltins: 3.4-
 _socket: 3.0-  # present in 3.0 at runtime, but not in typeshed
diff --git a/stdlib/_queue.pyi b/stdlib/_queue.pyi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d4caea74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stdlib/_queue.pyi
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import sys
+from typing import Any, Generic, TypeVar
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
+    from types import GenericAlias
+
+_T = TypeVar("_T")
+
+class Empty(Exception): ...
+
+class SimpleQueue(Generic[_T]):
+    def __init__(self) -> None: ...
+    def empty(self) -> bool: ...
+    def get(self, block: bool = True, timeout: float | None = None) -> _T: ...
+    def get_nowait(self) -> _T: ...
+    def put(self, item: _T, block: bool = True, timeout: float | None = None) -> None: ...
+    def put_nowait(self, item: _T) -> None: ...
+    def qsize(self) -> int: ...
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
+        def __class_getitem__(cls, item: Any, /) -> GenericAlias: ...
diff --git a/stdlib/queue.pyi b/stdlib/queue.pyi
index 16643c99d..4fb49cb61 100644
--- a/stdlib/queue.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/queue.pyi
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import sys
+from _queue import Empty as Empty, SimpleQueue as SimpleQueue
 from threading import Condition, Lock
 from typing import Any, Generic, TypeVar
 
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 13):
 
 _T = TypeVar("_T")
 
-class Empty(Exception): ...
 class Full(Exception): ...
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 13):
@@ -55,14 +55,3 @@ class PriorityQueue(Queue[_T]):
 
 class LifoQueue(Queue[_T]):
     queue: list[_T]
-
-class SimpleQueue(Generic[_T]):
-    def __init__(self) -> None: ...
-    def empty(self) -> bool: ...
-    def get(self, block: bool = True, timeout: float | None = None) -> _T: ...
-    def get_nowait(self) -> _T: ...
-    def put(self, item: _T, block: bool = True, timeout: float | None = None) -> None: ...
-    def put_nowait(self, item: _T) -> None: ...
-    def qsize(self) -> int: ...
-    if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
-        def __class_getitem__(cls, item: Any, /) -> GenericAlias: ...