diff --git a/symengine/lib/symengine_wrapper.in.pyx b/symengine/lib/symengine_wrapper.in.pyx
index 8974b7d9..71b4734b 100644
--- a/symengine/lib/symengine_wrapper.in.pyx
+++ b/symengine/lib/symengine_wrapper.in.pyx
@@ -951,6 +951,9 @@ cdef class Basic(object):
     def __neg__(Basic self not None):
         return c2py(symengine.neg(self.thisptr))
 
+    def __pos__(self):
+        return self
+
     def __abs__(Basic self not None):
         return c2py(symengine.abs(self.thisptr))
 
diff --git a/symengine/tests/test_arit.py b/symengine/tests/test_arit.py
index e6ff192b..931b8adb 100644
--- a/symengine/tests/test_arit.py
+++ b/symengine/tests/test_arit.py
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ def test_arit8():
     assert (2*y**(-2*x**2)) * (3*y**(2*x**2)) == 6
 
 
+def test_unary():
+    x = Symbol("x")
+    assert -x == 0 - x
+    assert +x == x
+
+
 def test_expand1():
     x = Symbol("x")
     y = Symbol("y")