diff --git a/vm/src/lib.rs b/vm/src/lib.rs
index 95ee6e14df..aaecdac626 100644
--- a/vm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vm/src/lib.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ pub mod types;
 pub mod utils;
 pub mod version;
 pub mod vm;
+pub mod warn;
 
 pub use self::convert::{TryFromBorrowedObject, TryFromObject};
 pub use self::object::{
diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/warnings.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/warnings.rs
index 7eca878a46..c5da9be56d 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/warnings.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/warnings.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ mod _warnings {
     use crate::{
         builtins::{PyStrRef, PyTypeRef},
         function::OptionalArg,
-        stdlib::sys::PyStderr,
-        AsObject, PyResult, VirtualMachine,
+        PyResult, VirtualMachine,
     };
 
     #[derive(FromArgs)]
@@ -38,27 +37,13 @@ mod _warnings {
 
     #[pyfunction]
     fn warn(args: WarnArgs, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<()> {
-        // TODO: Implement correctly
         let level = args.stacklevel.unwrap_or(1);
-        let category = if let OptionalArg::Present(category) = args.category {
-            if !category.fast_issubclass(vm.ctx.exceptions.warning) {
-                return Err(vm.new_type_error(format!(
-                    "category must be a Warning subclass, not '{}'",
-                    category.class().name()
-                )));
-            }
-            category
-        } else {
-            vm.ctx.exceptions.user_warning.to_owned()
-        };
-        let stderr = PyStderr(vm);
-        writeln!(
-            stderr,
-            "level:{}: {}: {}",
-            level,
-            category.name(),
-            args.message
-        );
-        Ok(())
+        crate::warn::warn(
+            args.message,
+            args.category.into_option(),
+            level as isize,
+            None,
+            vm,
+        )
     }
 }
diff --git a/vm/src/warn.rs b/vm/src/warn.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..597a2a512e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vm/src/warn.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+use crate::{
+    builtins::{PyDict, PyStrRef, PyType, PyTypeRef},
+    AsObject, Py, PyObjectRef, PyResult, VirtualMachine,
+};
+
+pub fn py_warn(
+    category: &Py<PyType>,
+    message: String,
+    stack_level: usize,
+    vm: &VirtualMachine,
+) -> PyResult<()> {
+    // TODO: use rust warnings module
+    if let Ok(module) = vm.import("warnings", None, 0) {
+        if let Ok(func) = module.get_attr("warn", vm) {
+            let _ = vm.invoke(&func, (message, category.to_owned(), stack_level));
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub fn warn(
+    message: PyStrRef,
+    category: Option<PyTypeRef>,
+    stack_level: isize,
+    source: Option<PyObjectRef>,
+    vm: &VirtualMachine,
+) -> PyResult<()> {
+    let (filename, lineno, module, registry) = setup_context(stack_level, vm)?;
+    warn_explicit(
+        category, message, filename, lineno, module, registry, None, source, vm,
+    )
+}
+
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+fn warn_explicit(
+    category: Option<PyTypeRef>,
+    message: PyStrRef,
+    _filename: PyStrRef,
+    _lineno: usize,
+    _module: PyObjectRef,
+    _registry: PyObjectRef,
+    _source_line: Option<PyObjectRef>,
+    _source: Option<PyObjectRef>,
+    vm: &VirtualMachine,
+) -> PyResult<()> {
+    // TODO: Implement correctly
+    let category = if let Some(category) = category {
+        if !category.fast_issubclass(vm.ctx.exceptions.warning) {
+            return Err(vm.new_type_error(format!(
+                "category must be a Warning subclass, not '{}'",
+                category.class().name()
+            )));
+        }
+        category
+    } else {
+        vm.ctx.exceptions.user_warning.to_owned()
+    };
+    let stderr = crate::stdlib::sys::PyStderr(vm);
+    writeln!(stderr, "{}: {}", category.name(), message.as_str(),);
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+// filename, module, and registry are new refs, globals is borrowed
+// Returns 0 on error (no new refs), 1 on success
+fn setup_context(
+    _stack_level: isize,
+    vm: &VirtualMachine,
+) -> PyResult<
+    // filename, lineno, module, registry
+    (PyStrRef, usize, PyObjectRef, PyObjectRef),
+> {
+    let __warningregistry__ = "__warningregistry__";
+    let __name__ = "__name__";
+
+    // Setup globals, filename and lineno.
+    let frame = vm.current_frame();
+
+    //     PyThreadState *tstate = _PyThreadState_GET();
+    //     PyFrameObject *f = PyThreadState_GetFrame(tstate);
+    //     // Stack level comparisons to Python code is off by one as there is no
+    //     // warnings-related stack level to avoid.
+    //     if (stack_level <= 0 || is_internal_frame(f)) {
+    //         while (--stack_level > 0 && f != NULL) {
+    //             PyFrameObject *back = PyFrame_GetBack(f);
+    //             Py_DECREF(f);
+    //             f = back;
+    //         }
+    //     }
+    //     else {
+    //         while (--stack_level > 0 && f != NULL) {
+    //             f = next_external_frame(f);
+    //         }
+    //     }
+
+    let (globals, filename, lineno) = if let Some(f) = frame {
+        // TODO:
+        let lineno = 1;
+        // *lineno = PyFrame_GetLineNumber(f);
+        // *filename = code->co_filename;
+        (f.globals.clone(), f.code.source_path, lineno)
+    } else {
+        (vm.current_globals().clone(), vm.ctx.intern_str("sys"), 1)
+    };
+
+    let registry = if let Ok(registry) = globals.get_item(__warningregistry__, vm) {
+        registry
+    } else {
+        let registry = PyDict::new_ref(&vm.ctx);
+        globals.set_item(__warningregistry__, registry.clone().into(), vm)?;
+        registry.into()
+    };
+
+    // Setup module.
+    let module = globals
+        .get_item(__name__, vm)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| vm.new_pyobj("<string>"));
+    Ok((filename.to_owned(), lineno, module, registry))
+}