diff --git a/src/evalvars.c b/src/evalvars.c
index 8061a50..68df1cb 100644
--- a/src/evalvars.c
+++ b/src/evalvars.c
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@
     {VV_NAME("t_job",		 VAR_NUMBER), NULL, VV_RO},
     {VV_NAME("t_channel",	 VAR_NUMBER), NULL, VV_RO},
     {VV_NAME("t_blob",		 VAR_NUMBER), NULL, VV_RO},
+    {VV_NAME("t_class",		 VAR_NUMBER), NULL, VV_RO},
+    {VV_NAME("t_object",	 VAR_NUMBER), NULL, VV_RO},
     {VV_NAME("termrfgresp",	 VAR_STRING), NULL, VV_RO},
     {VV_NAME("termrbgresp",	 VAR_STRING), NULL, VV_RO},
     {VV_NAME("termu7resp",	 VAR_STRING), NULL, VV_RO},
@@ -255,6 +257,8 @@
     set_vim_var_nr(VV_TYPE_JOB,     VAR_TYPE_JOB);
     set_vim_var_nr(VV_TYPE_CHANNEL, VAR_TYPE_CHANNEL);
     set_vim_var_nr(VV_TYPE_BLOB,    VAR_TYPE_BLOB);
+    set_vim_var_nr(VV_TYPE_CLASS,   VAR_TYPE_CLASS);
+    set_vim_var_nr(VV_TYPE_OBJECT,  VAR_TYPE_OBJECT);
 
     set_vim_var_nr(VV_ECHOSPACE,    sc_col - 1);
 
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_class.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_class.vim
index c6c583a..4c10fef 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_class.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_class.vim
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@
 
       # call an object method
       assert_equal('(2, 12)', pos.ToString())
+
+      assert_equal(v:t_class, type(TextPosition))
+      assert_equal(v:t_object, type(pos))
+      assert_equal('class<TextPosition>', typename(TextPosition))
+      assert_equal('object<TextPosition>', typename(pos))
   END
   v9.CheckScriptSuccess(lines)
 enddef
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index ee42263..1d81e7b 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -696,6 +696,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1188,
+/**/
     1187,
 /**/
     1186,
diff --git a/src/vim.h b/src/vim.h
index 33122d7..655935f 100644
--- a/src/vim.h
+++ b/src/vim.h
@@ -2083,23 +2083,25 @@
 #define VV_TYPE_JOB	85
 #define VV_TYPE_CHANNEL	86
 #define VV_TYPE_BLOB	87
-#define VV_TERMRFGRESP	88
-#define VV_TERMRBGRESP	89
-#define VV_TERMU7RESP	90
-#define VV_TERMSTYLERESP 91
-#define VV_TERMBLINKRESP 92
-#define VV_EVENT	93
-#define VV_VERSIONLONG	94
-#define VV_ECHOSPACE	95
-#define VV_ARGV		96
-#define VV_COLLATE      97
-#define VV_EXITING	98
-#define VV_COLORNAMES   99
-#define VV_SIZEOFINT	100
-#define VV_SIZEOFLONG	101
-#define VV_SIZEOFPOINTER 102
-#define VV_MAXCOL	103
-#define VV_LEN		104	// number of v: vars
+#define VV_TYPE_CLASS	88
+#define VV_TYPE_OBJECT	89
+#define VV_TERMRFGRESP	90
+#define VV_TERMRBGRESP	91
+#define VV_TERMU7RESP	92
+#define VV_TERMSTYLERESP 93
+#define VV_TERMBLINKRESP 94
+#define VV_EVENT	95
+#define VV_VERSIONLONG	96
+#define VV_ECHOSPACE	97
+#define VV_ARGV		98
+#define VV_COLLATE      99
+#define VV_EXITING	100
+#define VV_COLORNAMES   101
+#define VV_SIZEOFINT	102
+#define VV_SIZEOFLONG	103
+#define VV_SIZEOFPOINTER 104
+#define VV_MAXCOL	105
+#define VV_LEN		106	// number of v: vars
 
 // used for v_number in VAR_BOOL and VAR_SPECIAL
 #define VVAL_FALSE	0L	// VAR_BOOL