diff --git a/Include/bytesobject.h b/Include/bytesobject.h
index 4c4dc40d705d71..cd88bed1d571f6 100644
--- a/Include/bytesobject.h
+++ b/Include/bytesobject.h
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(const char *, Py_ssize_t);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyBytes_FromString(const char *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyBytes_FromObject(PyObject *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyBytes_FromFormatV(const char*, va_list)
-                                Py_GCC_ATTRIBUTE((format(printf, 1, 0)));
+                                Py_PRINTF(1, 0);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyBytes_FromFormat(const char*, ...)
-                                Py_GCC_ATTRIBUTE((format(printf, 1, 2)));
+                                Py_PRINTF(1, 2);
 PyAPI_FUNC(Py_ssize_t) PyBytes_Size(PyObject *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(char *) PyBytes_AsString(PyObject *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyBytes_Repr(PyObject *, int);
diff --git a/Include/pyerrors.h b/Include/pyerrors.h
index 34e3de3328f410..fb71fde2163ccb 100644
--- a/Include/pyerrors.h
+++ b/Include/pyerrors.h
@@ -315,9 +315,9 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyUnicodeTranslateError_SetReason(
     );
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyOS_snprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char  *format, ...)
-                        Py_GCC_ATTRIBUTE((format(printf, 3, 4)));
+                        Py_PRINTF(3, 4);
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyOS_vsnprintf(char *str, size_t size, const char  *format, va_list va)
-                        Py_GCC_ATTRIBUTE((format(printf, 3, 0)));
+                        Py_PRINTF(3, 0);
 
 #ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
 #  define Py_CPYTHON_ERRORS_H
diff --git a/Include/pyport.h b/Include/pyport.h
index 171872cc9cda56..b816c90e038686 100644
--- a/Include/pyport.h
+++ b/Include/pyport.h
@@ -658,6 +658,12 @@ extern char * _getpty(int *, int, mode_t, int);
 
 #define Py_VA_COPY va_copy
 
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && ((__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__>= 4) || __GNUC__ > 4)
+#  define Py_PRINTF(X,Y) Py_GCC_ATTRIBUTE((format(gnu_printf,X,Y)))
+#else
+#  define Py_PRINTF(X,Y) Py_GCC_ATTRIBUTE((format(printf,X,Y))) 
+#endif
+
 /*
  * Convenient macros to deal with endianness of the platform. WORDS_BIGENDIAN is
  * detected by configure and defined in pyconfig.h. The code in pyconfig.h
diff --git a/Include/sysmodule.h b/Include/sysmodule.h
index b5087119b1cae7..d6767dc2466c81 100644
--- a/Include/sysmodule.h
+++ b/Include/sysmodule.h
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ Py_DEPRECATED(3.11) PyAPI_FUNC(void) PySys_SetArgvEx(int, wchar_t **, int);
 Py_DEPRECATED(3.11) PyAPI_FUNC(void) PySys_SetPath(const wchar_t *);
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PySys_WriteStdout(const char *format, ...)
-                 Py_GCC_ATTRIBUTE((format(printf, 1, 2)));
+                 Py_PRINTF(1, 2);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PySys_WriteStderr(const char *format, ...)
-                 Py_GCC_ATTRIBUTE((format(printf, 1, 2)));
+                 Py_PRINTF(1, 2);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PySys_FormatStdout(const char *format, ...);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PySys_FormatStderr(const char *format, ...);