diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
index 7f73b441c2e2..fc9d90402b31 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
@@ -572,6 +572,8 @@ class ApplyResult(object):
         self._event.set()
         del self._cache[self._job]
 
+AsyncResult = ApplyResult       # create alias -- see #17805
+
 #
 # Class whose instances are returned by `Pool.map_async()`
 #