diff --git a/tests/snippets/sysmod.py b/tests/snippets/sysmod.py
index 3b602dd589..89c4aec1ad 100644
--- a/tests/snippets/sysmod.py
+++ b/tests/snippets/sysmod.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 assert sys.platform == "linux" or sys.platform == "darwin" or sys.platform == "win32" or sys.platform == "unknown"
 
+if hasattr(sys, "_framework"):
+    assert type(sys._framework) is str
+
 assert isinstance(sys.builtin_module_names, tuple)
 assert 'sys' in sys.builtin_module_names
 
diff --git a/vm/src/sysmodule.rs b/vm/src/sysmodule.rs
index 7aea659fba..14528a6395 100644
--- a/vm/src/sysmodule.rs
+++ b/vm/src/sysmodule.rs
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ pub fn make_module(vm: &VirtualMachine, module: PyObjectRef, builtins: PyObjectR
         "unknown".to_string()
     };
 
+    let framework = "".to_string();
+
     // https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/conditional-compilation.html#target_endian
     let bytorder = if cfg!(target_endian = "little") {
         "little".to_string()
@@ -347,6 +349,7 @@ settrace() -- set the global debug tracing function
       "modules" => modules.clone(),
       "warnoptions" => ctx.new_list(vec![]),
       "platform" => ctx.new_str(platform),
+      "_framework" => ctx.new_str(framework),
       "meta_path" => ctx.new_list(vec![]),
       "path_hooks" => ctx.new_list(vec![]),
       "path_importer_cache" => ctx.new_dict(),