diff --git a/IPython/lib/pretty.py b/IPython/lib/pretty.py
index 3115d3f..1cb46b1 100644
--- a/IPython/lib/pretty.py
+++ b/IPython/lib/pretty.py
@@ -648,6 +648,22 @@ def _re_pattern_pprint(obj, p, cycle):
     p.text(')')
 
 
+def _types_simplenamespace_pprint(obj, p, cycle):
+    """The pprint function for types.SimpleNamespace."""
+    name = 'namespace'
+    with p.group(len(name) + 1, name + '(', ')'):
+        if cycle:
+            p.text('...')
+        else:
+            for idx, (attr, value) in enumerate(obj.__dict__.items()):
+                if idx:
+                    p.text(',')
+                    p.breakable()
+                attr_kwarg = '{}='.format(attr)
+                with p.group(len(attr_kwarg), attr_kwarg):
+                    p.pretty(value)
+
+
 def _type_pprint(obj, p, cycle):
     """The pprint for classes and types."""
     # Heap allocated types might not have the module attribute,
@@ -741,6 +757,7 @@ _type_pprinters = {
     types.FunctionType:         _function_pprint,
     types.BuiltinFunctionType:  _function_pprint,
     types.MethodType:           _repr_pprint,
+    types.SimpleNamespace:      _types_simplenamespace_pprint,
     datetime.datetime:          _repr_pprint,
     datetime.timedelta:         _repr_pprint,
     _exception_base:            _exception_pprint
diff --git a/IPython/lib/tests/test_pretty.py b/IPython/lib/tests/test_pretty.py
index 695012d..ba4c329 100644
--- a/IPython/lib/tests/test_pretty.py
+++ b/IPython/lib/tests/test_pretty.py
@@ -407,6 +407,26 @@ def test_mappingproxy():
         nt.assert_equal(pretty.pretty(obj), expected)
 
 
+def test_simplenamespace():
+    SN = types.SimpleNamespace
+
+    sn_recursive = SN()
+    sn_recursive.first = sn_recursive
+    sn_recursive.second = sn_recursive
+    cases = [
+        (SN(), "namespace()"),
+        (SN(x=SN()), "namespace(x=namespace())"),
+        (SN(a_long_name=[SN(s=string.ascii_lowercase)]*3, a_short_name=None),
+         "namespace(a_long_name=[namespace(s='abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'),\n"
+         "                       namespace(s='abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'),\n"
+         "                       namespace(s='abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')],\n"
+         "          a_short_name=None)"),
+        (sn_recursive, "namespace(first=namespace(...), second=namespace(...))"),
+    ]
+    for obj, expected in cases:
+        nt.assert_equal(pretty.pretty(obj), expected)
+
+
 def test_pretty_environ():
     dict_repr = pretty.pretty(dict(os.environ))
     # reindent to align with 'environ' prefix