diff --git a/stubs/protobuf/google/protobuf/internal/enum_type_wrapper.pyi b/stubs/protobuf/google/protobuf/internal/enum_type_wrapper.pyi
index 18da7c230..95b5b4bb2 100644
--- a/stubs/protobuf/google/protobuf/internal/enum_type_wrapper.pyi
+++ b/stubs/protobuf/google/protobuf/internal/enum_type_wrapper.pyi
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ _V = TypeVar("_V", bound=int)
 
 # Expose a generic version so that those using mypy-protobuf
 # can get autogenerated NewType wrapper around the int values
-class _EnumTypeWrapper(Generic[_V]):
+# NOTE: this doesn't actually inherit from type,
+# but mypy doesn't support metaclasses that don't inherit from type,
+# so we pretend it does in the stubs...
+class _EnumTypeWrapper(type, Generic[_V]):
     DESCRIPTOR: EnumDescriptor
     def __init__(self, enum_type: EnumDescriptor) -> None: ...
     def Name(self, number: _V) -> str: ...