diff --git a/include/osgIntrospection/Reflection b/include/osgIntrospection/Reflection
index 1025d9d4f..c4253a6ea 100644
--- a/include/osgIntrospection/Reflection
+++ b/include/osgIntrospection/Reflection
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 /// returning the Type object associated to the type of the given
 /// expression.
 #define typeof(type)  osgIntrospection::Reflection::getType(extended_typeid< type >())
+#define typeofvalue(val)  osgIntrospection::Reflection::getType(osgIntrospection::ExtendedTypeInfo(typeid(val), false, false))
 
 namespace osgIntrospection
 {
diff --git a/include/osgIntrospection/Value b/include/osgIntrospection/Value
index 8424e4a4d..34183062d 100644
--- a/include/osgIntrospection/Value
+++ b/include/osgIntrospection/Value
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ namespace osgIntrospection
             virtual const Type* ptype() const
             {
                 if (!static_cast<Instance<T> *>(inst_)->_data) return 0;
-                return &typeof(typename remove_pointer<T>::type);
+                return &typeofvalue(*static_cast<Instance<T> *>(inst_)->_data);
             }
 
             virtual bool nullptr() const