diff --git a/base/operators.jl b/base/operators.jl
index bee2949e4918f..3936925bbbb1b 100644
--- a/base/operators.jl
+++ b/base/operators.jl
@@ -1170,13 +1170,13 @@ struct Fix{N,F,T} <: Function
     f::F
     x::T
 
-    function Fix{N}(f::F, x) where {N,F}
+    function Fix{N}(f::Union{F,Type{F}}, x) where {N,F}
         if !(N isa Int)
             throw(ArgumentError(LazyString("expected type parameter in `Fix` to be `Int`, but got `", N, "::", typeof(N), "`")))
         elseif N < 1
             throw(ArgumentError(LazyString("expected `N` in `Fix{N}` to be integer greater than 0, but got ", N)))
         end
-        new{N,_stable_typeof(f),_stable_typeof(x)}(f, x)
+        new{N,(f isa Type{F} ? Type{F} : F),_stable_typeof(x)}(f, x)
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/test/functional.jl b/test/functional.jl
index 9961b24fe8fa9..84c4098308ebd 100644
--- a/test/functional.jl
+++ b/test/functional.jl
@@ -352,5 +352,12 @@ end
             @test_throws ArgumentError("expected type parameter in `Fix` to be `Int`, but got `0.5::Float64`") Fix{0.5}(>, 1)
             @test_throws ArgumentError("expected type parameter in `Fix` to be `Int`, but got `1::UInt64`") Fix{UInt64(1)}(>, 1)
         end
+        @testset "Specialize to structs not in `Base`" begin
+            struct MyStruct
+                x::Int
+            end
+            f = Fix{1}(MyStruct, 1)
+            @test f isa Fix{1,Type{MyStruct},Int}
+        end
     end
 end