diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 45fe14e86..09ba95cbd 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ The contributors that suggested a given feature are shown in []. Thanks!
 
 ****  Fix false warning on backward indexing, bug1507. [Hao Shi]
 
+****  Fix vpiType accessor, bug1509. [Stefan Wallentowitz]
+
 
 * Verilator 4.018 2019-08-29
 
diff --git a/include/verilated_vpi.cpp b/include/verilated_vpi.cpp
index 1d37151e7..60e17ec36 100644
--- a/include/verilated_vpi.cpp
+++ b/include/verilated_vpi.cpp
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ PLI_INT32 vpi_get(PLI_INT32 property, vpiHandle object) {
         return VL_TIME_PRECISION;
     }
     case vpiType: {
-        VerilatedVpio* vop = VerilatedVpioVar::castp(object);
+        VerilatedVpio* vop = VerilatedVpio::castp(object);
         if (VL_UNLIKELY(!vop)) return 0;
         return vop->type();
     }