diff --git a/stdlib/2.7/__builtin__.pyi b/stdlib/2.7/__builtin__.pyi
index bc57a3c8b..480298f8f 100644
--- a/stdlib/2.7/__builtin__.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/2.7/__builtin__.pyi
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class type:
     def __new__(cls, o: object) -> type: ...
     @overload
     def __new__(cls, name: str, bases: Tuple[type, ...], namespace: Dict[str, Any]) -> type: ...
+    def __call__(self, *args: Any, **kwds: Any) -> Any: ...
 
 class int(SupportsInt, SupportsFloat, SupportsAbs[int]):
     @overload
diff --git a/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi b/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi
index 26f384852..fc9d82b6e 100644
--- a/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi
+++ b/stdlib/3/builtins.pyi
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class type:
     def __new__(cls, o: object) -> type: ...
     @overload
     def __new__(cls, name: str, bases: Tuple[type, ...], namespace: Dict[str, Any]) -> type: ...
+    def __call__(self, *args: Any, **kwds: Any) -> Any: ...
 
 class int(SupportsInt, SupportsFloat, SupportsAbs[int]):
     def __init__(self, x: Union[SupportsInt, str, bytes] = None, base: int = None) -> None: ...