diff --git a/jedi/api/classes.py b/jedi/api/classes.py
index b44e5eb8..b7aaadd3 100644
--- a/jedi/api/classes.py
+++ b/jedi/api/classes.py
@@ -513,6 +513,16 @@ class BaseDefinition(object):
     def execute(self):
         return _values_to_definitions(self._name.infer().execute_with_values())
 
+    def get_type_hint(self):
+        """
+        Returns type hints like ``Iterable[int]`` or ``Union[int, str]``.
+
+        This method might be quite slow, especially for functions. The problem
+        is finding executions for those functions to return something like
+        ``Callable[[int, str], str]``.
+        """
+        return self._name.infer().get_type_hint()
+
 
 class Completion(BaseDefinition):
     """
diff --git a/jedi/inference/base_value.py b/jedi/inference/base_value.py
index 96f43395..05134773 100644
--- a/jedi/inference/base_value.py
+++ b/jedi/inference/base_value.py
@@ -264,6 +264,9 @@ class Value(HelperValueMixin, BaseValue):
     def py__name__(self):
         return self.name.string_name
 
+    def get_type_hint(self, add_class_info=True):
+        return None
+
 
 def iterate_values(values, contextualized_node=None, is_async=False):
     """
@@ -414,6 +417,26 @@ class ValueSet(BaseValueSet):
     def get_signatures(self):
         return [sig for c in self._set for sig in c.get_signatures()]
 
+    def get_type_hint(self, add_class_info=True):
+        t = [v.get_type_hint(add_class_info=add_class_info) for v in self._set]
+        type_hints = sorted(filter(None, t))
+        if len(type_hints) == 1:
+            return type_hints[0]
+
+        optional = 'None' in type_hints
+        if optional:
+            type_hints.remove('None')
+
+        if len(type_hints) == 0:
+            return None
+        elif len(type_hints) == 1:
+            s = type_hints[0]
+        else:
+            s = 'Union[%s]' % ', '.join(type_hints)
+        if optional:
+            s = 'Optional[%s]' % s
+        return s
+
 
 NO_VALUES = ValueSet([])
 
diff --git a/jedi/inference/compiled/value.py b/jedi/inference/compiled/value.py
index fe8c03c2..bad5c73f 100644
--- a/jedi/inference/compiled/value.py
+++ b/jedi/inference/compiled/value.py
@@ -285,6 +285,11 @@ class CompiledValue(Value):
             for k in self.access_handle.get_key_paths()
         ]
 
+    def get_type_hint(self, add_class_info=True):
+        if self.access_handle.get_repr() in ('None', "<class 'NoneType'>"):
+            return 'None'
+        return None
+
 
 class CompiledModule(CompiledValue):
     file_io = None  # For modules
diff --git a/jedi/inference/gradual/base.py b/jedi/inference/gradual/base.py
index e09766be..d3472bdb 100644
--- a/jedi/inference/gradual/base.py
+++ b/jedi/inference/gradual/base.py
@@ -165,6 +165,14 @@ class GenericClass(ClassMixin, DefineGenericBase):
     def _get_wrapped_value(self):
         return self._class_value
 
+    def get_type_hint(self, add_class_info=True):
+        n = self.py__name__()
+        n = dict(list="List", dict="Dict", set="Set", tuple="Tuple").get(n, n)
+        s = n + self._generics_manager.get_type_hint()
+        if add_class_info:
+            return 'Type[%s]' % s
+        return s
+
     def get_type_var_filter(self):
         return _TypeVarFilter(self.get_generics(), self.list_type_vars())
 
@@ -239,6 +247,9 @@ class _GenericInstanceWrapper(ValueWrapper):
                 return ValueSet([builtin_from_name(self.inference_state, u'None')])
         return self._wrapped_value.py__stop_iteration_returns()
 
+    def get_type_hint(self, add_class_info=True):
+        return self._wrapped_value.class_value.get_type_hint(add_class_info=False)
+
 
 class _PseudoTreeNameClass(Value):
     """
diff --git a/jedi/inference/gradual/generics.py b/jedi/inference/gradual/generics.py
index f0060e4f..6bd6aa63 100644
--- a/jedi/inference/gradual/generics.py
+++ b/jedi/inference/gradual/generics.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ class _AbstractGenericManager(object):
             debug.warning('No param #%s found for annotation %s', index, self)
             return NO_VALUES
 
+    def get_type_hint(self):
+        return '[%s]' % ', '.join(t.get_type_hint(add_class_info=False) for t in self.to_tuple())
+
 
 class LazyGenericManager(_AbstractGenericManager):
     def __init__(self, context_of_index, index_value):
diff --git a/jedi/inference/value/instance.py b/jedi/inference/value/instance.py
index 858c778e..2eca9f9d 100644
--- a/jedi/inference/value/instance.py
+++ b/jedi/inference/value/instance.py
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ class AbstractInstanceValue(Value):
             for name in names
         )
 
+    def get_type_hint(self, add_class_info=True):
+        return self.py__name__()
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<%s of %s>" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.class_value)
 
diff --git a/jedi/inference/value/klass.py b/jedi/inference/value/klass.py
index b7d79646..37b743b3 100644
--- a/jedi/inference/value/klass.py
+++ b/jedi/inference/value/klass.py
@@ -221,6 +221,11 @@ class ClassMixin(object):
     def _as_context(self):
         return ClassContext(self)
 
+    def get_type_hint(self, add_class_info=True):
+        if add_class_info:
+            return 'Type[%s]' % self.py__name__()
+        return self.py__name__()
+
 
 class ClassValue(use_metaclass(CachedMetaClass, ClassMixin, FunctionAndClassBase)):
     api_type = u'class'
diff --git a/test/test_api/test_classes.py b/test/test_api/test_classes.py
index 4a17c572..b27c30e6 100644
--- a/test/test_api/test_classes.py
+++ b/test/test_api/test_classes.py
@@ -558,3 +558,34 @@ def test_definition_goto_follow_imports(Script):
     assert follow.description == 'def dumps'
     assert follow.line != 1
     assert follow.module_name == 'json'
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'code, expected', [
+        ('1', 'int'),
+        ('x = None; x', 'None'),
+        ('n: Optional[str]; n', 'Optional[str]'),
+        ('n = None if xxxxx else ""; n', 'Optional[str]'),
+        ('n = None if xxxxx else str(); n', 'Optional[str]'),
+        ('n = None if xxxxx else str; n', 'Optional[Type[str]]'),
+        ('class Foo: pass\nFoo', 'Type[Foo]'),
+        ('class Foo: pass\nFoo()', 'Foo'),
+
+        ('n: Type[List[int]]; n', 'Type[List[int]]'),
+        ('n: Type[List]; n', 'Type[list]'),
+        ('n: List[int]; n', 'List[int]'),
+        ('n: Iterable[int]; n', 'Iterable[int]'),
+
+        ('n = [1]; n', 'List[int]'),
+        ('n = [1, ""]; n', 'List[Union[int, str]]'),
+        ('n = [1, str(), None]; n', 'List[Optional[Union[int, str]]]'),
+        ('n = {1, str()}; n', 'Set[Union[int, str]]'),
+        ('n = (1,); n', 'Tuple[int]'),
+        ('n = {1: ""}; n', 'Dict[int, str]'),
+        ('n = {1: "", 1.0: b""}; n', 'Dict[Union[float, int], Union[bytes, str]]'),
+    ]
+)
+def test_get_type_hint(Script, code, expected, skip_python2):
+    code = 'from typing import *\n' + code
+    d, = Script(code).goto()
+    assert d.get_type_hint() == expected