diff --git a/stdlib/locale.pyi b/stdlib/locale.pyi
index 959054e84..2c4959843 100644
--- a/stdlib/locale.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/locale.pyi
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ if sys.platform == "linux" or sys.platform == "darwin":
     def bindtextdomain(__domain: _str, __dir: StrPath | None) -> _str: ...
     def bind_textdomain_codeset(__domain: _str, __codeset: _str | None) -> _str | None: ...
 
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+    def getencoding() -> _str: ...
+
 locale_alias: dict[_str, _str]  # undocumented
 locale_encoding_alias: dict[_str, _str]  # undocumented
 windows_locale: dict[int, _str]  # undocumented
diff --git a/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py311.txt b/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py311.txt
index 18e53991a..e6ddc33f5 100644
--- a/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py311.txt
+++ b/tests/stubtest_allowlists/py311.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ ipaddress.IPv4Interface.hostmask
 ipaddress.IPv6Interface.hostmask
 ipaddress._BaseNetwork.broadcast_address
 ipaddress._BaseNetwork.hostmask
-locale.getencoding
 logging.getLevelNamesMapping
 logging.handlers.SysLogHandler.createSocket
 multiprocessing.managers.SharedMemoryServer.create