diff --git a/gc.c b/gc.c
index 1244c2f582..454034afdb 100644
--- a/gc.c
+++ b/gc.c
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 **********************************************************************/
 
+#define rb_data_object_alloc rb_data_object_alloc
+#define rb_data_typed_object_alloc rb_data_typed_object_alloc
+
 #include "internal.h"
 #include "ruby/st.h"
 #include "ruby/re.h"
diff --git a/include/ruby/ruby.h b/include/ruby/ruby.h
index 039b40ee8c..b3c05391be 100644
--- a/include/ruby/ruby.h
+++ b/include/ruby/ruby.h
@@ -1013,8 +1013,6 @@ typedef void (*RUBY_DATA_FUNC)(void*);
 #   define RUBY_UNTYPED_DATA_WARNING 0
 # endif
 #endif
-#define rb_data_object_alloc rb_data_object_wrap
-#define rb_data_typed_object_alloc rb_data_typed_object_wrap
 VALUE rb_data_object_wrap(VALUE,void*,RUBY_DATA_FUNC,RUBY_DATA_FUNC);
 VALUE rb_data_object_zalloc(VALUE,size_t,RUBY_DATA_FUNC,RUBY_DATA_FUNC);
 VALUE rb_data_typed_object_wrap(VALUE klass, void *datap, const rb_data_type_t *);
@@ -1245,6 +1243,24 @@ rb_data_typed_object_make(VALUE klass, const rb_data_type_t *type, void **datap,
     return result;
 }
 
+#ifndef rb_data_object_alloc
+DEPRECATED_BY(rb_data_object_wrap, static inline VALUE rb_data_object_alloc(VALUE,void*,RUBY_DATA_FUNC,RUBY_DATA_FUNC));
+static inline VALUE
+rb_data_object_alloc(VALUE klass, void *data, RUBY_DATA_FUNC dmark, RUBY_DATA_FUNC dfree)
+{
+    return rb_data_object_wrap(klass, data, dmark, dfree);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef rb_data_typed_object_alloc
+DEPRECATED_BY(rb_data_typed_object_wrap, static inline VALUE rb_data_typed_object_alloc(VALUE,void*,const rb_data_type_t*));
+static inline VALUE
+rb_data_typed_object_alloc(VALUE klass, void *datap, const rb_data_type_t *type)
+{
+    return rb_data_typed_object_wrap(klass, datap, type);
+}
+#endif
+
 #define rb_data_object_wrap_0 rb_data_object_wrap
 #define rb_data_object_wrap_1 rb_data_object_wrap_warning
 #define rb_data_object_wrap  RUBY_MACRO_SELECT(rb_data_object_wrap_, RUBY_UNTYPED_DATA_WARNING)