diff --git a/Sources/Foundation/JSONDecoder.swift b/Sources/Foundation/JSONDecoder.swift
index faa3431631..aef6c2a0f6 100644
--- a/Sources/Foundation/JSONDecoder.swift
+++ b/Sources/Foundation/JSONDecoder.swift
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ open class JSONDecoder {
         do {
             var parser = JSONParser(bytes: Array(data))
             let json = try parser.parse()
-            return try JSONDecoderImpl(userInfo: self.userInfo, from: json, codingPath: [], options: self.options).unwrap(as: T.self)
+            return try JSONDecoderImpl(userInfo: self.userInfo, from: json, codingPath: [], options: self.options).unwrap(as: type)
         } catch let error as JSONError {
             throw DecodingError.dataCorrupted(DecodingError.Context(codingPath: [], debugDescription: "The given data was not valid JSON.", underlyingError: error))
         } catch {
@@ -292,11 +292,11 @@ extension JSONDecoderImpl: Decoder {
         if type == Decimal.self {
             return try self.unwrapDecimal() as! T
         }
-        if T.self is _JSONStringDictionaryDecodableMarker.Type {
-            return try self.unwrapDictionary(as: T.self)
+        if type is _JSONStringDictionaryDecodableMarker.Type {
+            return try self.unwrapDictionary(as: type)
         }
 
-        return try T(from: self)
+        return try type.init(from: self)
     }
 
     private func unwrapDate() throws -> Date {
@@ -611,8 +611,8 @@ extension JSONDecoderImpl {
             try decodeFixedWidthInteger()
         }
 
-        func decode<T>(_: T.Type) throws -> T where T: Decodable {
-            try self.impl.unwrap(as: T.self)
+        func decode<T>(_ type: T.Type) throws -> T where T: Decodable {
+            try self.impl.unwrap(as: type)
         }
 
         @inline(__always) private func decodeFixedWidthInteger<T: FixedWidthInteger>() throws -> T {
@@ -746,9 +746,9 @@ extension JSONDecoderImpl {
             try decodeFixedWidthInteger(key: key)
         }
 
-        func decode<T>(_: T.Type, forKey key: K) throws -> T where T: Decodable {
+        func decode<T>(_ type: T.Type, forKey key: K) throws -> T where T: Decodable {
             let newDecoder = try decoderForKey(key)
-            return try newDecoder.unwrap(as: T.self)
+            return try newDecoder.unwrap(as: type)
         }
 
         func nestedContainer<NestedKey>(keyedBy type: NestedKey.Type, forKey key: K) throws
@@ -926,9 +926,9 @@ extension JSONDecoderImpl {
             try decodeFixedWidthInteger()
         }
 
-        mutating func decode<T>(_: T.Type) throws -> T where T: Decodable {
-            let newDecoder = try decoderForNextElement(ofType: T.self)
-            let result = try newDecoder.unwrap(as: T.self)
+        mutating func decode<T>(_ type: T.Type) throws -> T where T: Decodable {
+            let newDecoder = try decoderForNextElement(ofType: type)
+            let result = try newDecoder.unwrap(as: type)
 
             // Because of the requirement that the index not be incremented unless
             // decoding the desired result type succeeds, it can not be a tail call.
diff --git a/Tests/Foundation/Tests/TestJSONEncoder.swift b/Tests/Foundation/Tests/TestJSONEncoder.swift
index 3fc3451898..ab74ac4a7f 100644
--- a/Tests/Foundation/Tests/TestJSONEncoder.swift
+++ b/Tests/Foundation/Tests/TestJSONEncoder.swift
@@ -474,6 +474,24 @@ class TestJSONEncoder : XCTestCase {
             XCTFail("Caught error during decoding empty super decoder: \(error)")
         }
     }
+    
+    func test_childTypeDecoder() {
+        class BaseTestType: Decodable { }
+        class ChildTestType: BaseTestType { }
+
+        func dynamicTestType() -> BaseTestType.Type {
+            return ChildTestType.self
+        }
+
+        let decoder = JSONDecoder()
+        do {
+            let testType = dynamicTestType()
+            let instance = try decoder.decode(testType, from: Data(#"{}"#.utf8))
+            XCTAssertTrue(instance is ChildTestType)
+        } catch {
+            XCTFail("Caught error during decoding empty super decoder: \(error)")
+        }
+    }
 
     // MARK: - Test encoding and decoding of built-in Codable types
     func test_codingOfBool() {
@@ -1562,6 +1580,7 @@ extension TestJSONEncoder {
             ("test_nestedContainerCodingPaths", test_nestedContainerCodingPaths),
             ("test_superEncoderCodingPaths", test_superEncoderCodingPaths),
             ("test_notFoundSuperDecoder", test_notFoundSuperDecoder),
+            ("test_childTypeDecoder", test_childTypeDecoder),
             ("test_codingOfBool", test_codingOfBool),
             ("test_codingOfNil", test_codingOfNil),
             ("test_codingOfInt8", test_codingOfInt8),