diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt
index f28e1c90..8c3df84f 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.txt
+++ b/AUTHORS.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Code Contributors
 - Lior Goldberg (@goldberglior)
 - Ryan Clary (@mrclary)
 - Max Mäusezahl (@mmaeusezahl) <maxmaeusezahl@googlemail.com>
+- Vladislav Serebrennikov (@endilll)
 
 And a few more "anonymous" contributors.
 
diff --git a/jedi/inference/compiled/access.py b/jedi/inference/compiled/access.py
index 99bd843c..a02b548b 100644
--- a/jedi/inference/compiled/access.py
+++ b/jedi/inference/compiled/access.py
@@ -485,9 +485,9 @@ class DirectObjectAccess(object):
         return inspect.isclass(self._obj) and self._obj != type
 
     def _annotation_to_str(self, annotation):
-        if isinstance(annotation, type):
-            return str(annotation.__name__)
-        return str(annotation)
+        if py_version < 30:
+            return ''
+        return inspect.formatannotation(annotation)
 
     def get_signature_params(self):
         return [
diff --git a/test/test_inference/test_mixed.py b/test/test_inference/test_mixed.py
index 7f3c387f..fce1929f 100644
--- a/test/test_inference/test_mixed.py
+++ b/test/test_inference/test_mixed.py
@@ -102,3 +102,14 @@ def test_signature():
 
     s, = jedi.Interpreter('some_signature', [locals()]).goto()
     assert s.docstring() == 'some_signature(*, bar=1)'
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info[0:2] < (3, 5), reason="Typing was introduced in Python 3.5")
+def test_compiled_signature_annotation_string():
+    import typing
+    def func(x: typing.Type, y: typing.Union[typing.Type, int]): pass
+    func.__name__ = 'not_func'
+
+    s, = jedi.Interpreter('func()', [locals()]).get_signatures(1, 5)
+    assert s.params[0].description == 'param x: Type'
+    assert s.params[1].description == 'param y: Union[Type, int]'