diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/quoted/PickledQuotes.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/quoted/PickledQuotes.scala
index 32861249c800..bc0569f7c75a 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/quoted/PickledQuotes.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/quoted/PickledQuotes.scala
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ import dotty.tools.dotc.core.Constants.Constant
 import dotty.tools.dotc.core.Contexts._
 import dotty.tools.dotc.core.Decorators._
 import dotty.tools.dotc.core.Flags._
+import dotty.tools.dotc.core.StdNames._
 import dotty.tools.dotc.core.Symbols._
 import dotty.tools.dotc.core.tasty.{TastyPickler, TastyPrinter, TastyString}
 import dotty.tools.dotc.interpreter.RawQuoted
 
-import scala.runtime.quoted.Unpickler.Pickled
+import scala.reflect.ClassTag
 
 object PickledQuotes {
   import tpd._
@@ -34,6 +35,18 @@ object PickledQuotes {
   def quotedToTree(expr: quoted.Quoted)(implicit ctx: Context): Tree = expr match {
     case expr: quoted.TastyQuoted => unpickleQuote(expr)
     case expr: quoted.Liftable.ConstantExpr[_] => Literal(Constant(expr.value))
+    case expr: quoted.Type.TaggedPrimitive[_] =>
+      val tpe = expr.ct match {
+        case ClassTag.Unit => defn.UnitType
+        case ClassTag.Byte => defn.ByteType
+        case ClassTag.Char => defn.CharType
+        case ClassTag.Short => defn.ShortType
+        case ClassTag.Int => defn.IntType
+        case ClassTag.Long => defn.LongType
+        case ClassTag.Float => defn.FloatType
+        case ClassTag.Double => defn.FloatType
+      }
+      TypeTree(tpe)
     case expr: RawQuoted => expr.tree
   }
 
@@ -42,26 +55,24 @@ object PickledQuotes {
     val tastyBytes = TastyString.unpickle(expr.tasty)
     val unpickled = unpickle(tastyBytes, expr.args)
     unpickled match {
-      case PackageDef(_, (vdef: ValDef) :: Nil) => vdef.rhs
-      case PackageDef(_, (tdef: TypeDef) :: Nil) => tdef.rhs
+      case PackageDef(_, (vdef: ValDef) :: Nil) =>
+        if (vdef.name == "$quote".toTermName) vdef.rhs
+        else vdef.rhs.asInstanceOf[TypeApply].args.head
     }
   }
 
   /** Encapsulate the tree in a top level `val` or `type`
-   *    `<tree>` ==> `package _root_ { val ': Any = <tree> }`
+   *    `<tree>` ==> `package _root_ { val $quote: Any = <tree> }`
    *    or
-   *    `<type tree>` ==> `package _root_ { type ' = <tree tree> }`
+   *    `<type tree>` ==> `package _root_ { val $typeQuote: Any = null.asInstanceOf[<tree>] }`
    */
   private def encapsulateQuote(tree: Tree)(implicit ctx: Context): Tree = {
-    def encapsulatedTerm = {
-      val sym = ctx.newSymbol(ctx.owner, "'".toTermName, Synthetic, defn.AnyType, coord = tree.pos)
-      ValDef(sym, tree).withPos(tree.pos)
-    }
-
-    def encapsulatedType =
-      untpd.TypeDef("'".toTypeName, tree).withPos(tree.pos).withType(defn.AnyType)
-
-    val quoted = if (tree.isTerm) encapsulatedTerm else encapsulatedType
+    val name = (if (tree.isTerm) "$quote" else "$typeQuote").toTermName
+    val sym = ctx.newSymbol(ctx.owner, name, Synthetic, defn.AnyType, coord = tree.pos)
+    val encoded =
+      if (tree.isTerm) tree
+      else Literal(Constant(null)).select(nme.asInstanceOf_).appliedToTypeTrees(tree :: Nil)
+    val quoted = ValDef(sym, encoded).withPos(tree.pos)
     PackageDef(ref(defn.RootPackage).asInstanceOf[Ident], quoted :: Nil).withPos(tree.pos)
   }
 
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreeUnpickler.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreeUnpickler.scala
index f07f1204ed18..21c78f915b04 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreeUnpickler.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/TreeUnpickler.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import typer.Checking
 import config.Config
 import dotty.tools.dotc.core.quoted.PickledQuotes
 import dotty.tools.dotc.interpreter.RawQuoted
-import scala.quoted.Expr
+import scala.quoted
 
 /** Unpickler for typed trees
  *  @param reader          the reader from which to unpickle
@@ -287,6 +287,8 @@ class TreeUnpickler(reader: TastyReader,
               ConstantType(Constant(readType()))
             case ENUMconst =>
               ConstantType(Constant(readTermRef().termSymbol))
+            case HOLE =>
+              readHole(end).tpe
           }
         assert(currentAddr == end, s"$start $currentAddr $end ${astTagToString(tag)}")
         result
@@ -1030,13 +1032,7 @@ class TreeUnpickler(reader: TastyReader,
             case TYPEBOUNDStpt =>
               TypeBoundsTree(readTpt(), readTpt())
             case HOLE =>
-              val idx = readNat()
-              val args = until(end)(readTerm())
-              val splice = splices(idx)
-              val expr =
-                if (args.isEmpty) splice.asInstanceOf[Expr[_]]
-                else splice.asInstanceOf[Seq[Any] => Expr[_]](args.map(RawQuoted.apply))
-              PickledQuotes.quotedToTree(expr)
+              readHole(end)
             case _ =>
               readPathTerm()
           }
@@ -1083,6 +1079,16 @@ class TreeUnpickler(reader: TastyReader,
       new LazyReader(localReader, op)
     }
 
+    def readHole(end: Addr)(implicit ctx: Context): Tree = {
+      val idx = readNat()
+      val args = until(end)(readTerm())
+      val splice = splices(idx)
+      val quotedType =
+        if (args.isEmpty) splice.asInstanceOf[quoted.Quoted]
+        else splice.asInstanceOf[Seq[Any] => quoted.Quoted](args.map(RawQuoted.apply))
+      PickledQuotes.quotedToTree(quotedType)
+    }
+
 // ------ Setting positions ------------------------------------------------
 
     /** Pickled position for `addr`. */
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/ReifyQuotes.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/ReifyQuotes.scala
index 2b4301746802..03e818e0de79 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/ReifyQuotes.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/ReifyQuotes.scala
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class ReifyQuotes extends MacroTransform {
       else {
         val trefs = importedTypes.toList
         val typeDefs = for (tref <- trefs) yield {
-          val tag = New(defn.QuotedTypeType.appliedTo(tref), Nil)
+          val tag = New(defn.QuotedTypeType.appliedTo(tref), Nil) // FIXME: should be an implicitly inferred defn.QuotedTypeType.appliedTo(tref)
           val rhs = transform(tag.select(tpnme.UNARY_~))
           val alias = ctx.typeAssigner.assignType(untpd.TypeBoundsTree(rhs, rhs), rhs, rhs)
           val original = tref.symbol.asType
diff --git a/library/src/scala/quoted/Type.scala b/library/src/scala/quoted/Type.scala
index ad22a6da90e0..a023e5e8fe07 100644
--- a/library/src/scala/quoted/Type.scala
+++ b/library/src/scala/quoted/Type.scala
@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
 package scala.quoted
 
-class Type[T] extends Quoted {
+import scala.reflect.ClassTag
+
+abstract class Type[T] extends Quoted {
   type unary_~ = T
 }
 
 /** Some basic type tags, currently incomplete */
 object Type {
-  implicit def IntTag: Type[Int] = new Type[Int]
-  implicit def BooleanTag: Type[Boolean] = new Type[Boolean]
+
+  class TaggedPrimitive[T] private[Type] (implicit val ct: ClassTag[T]) extends Type[T]
+
+  implicit def UnitTag: Type[Unit] = new TaggedPrimitive[Unit]
+  implicit def BooleanTag: Type[Boolean] = new TaggedPrimitive[Boolean]
+  implicit def ByteTag: Type[Byte] = new TaggedPrimitive[Byte]
+  implicit def CharTag: Type[Char] = new TaggedPrimitive[Char]
+  implicit def ShortTag: Type[Short] = new TaggedPrimitive[Short]
+  implicit def IntTag: Type[Int] = new TaggedPrimitive[Int]
+  implicit def LongTag: Type[Long] = new TaggedPrimitive[Long]
+  implicit def FloatTag: Type[Float] = new TaggedPrimitive[Float]
+  implicit def DoubleTag: Type[Double] = new TaggedPrimitive[Double]
 }
diff --git a/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823-b.check b/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823-b.check
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ff7845fd9de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823-b.check
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  val z: Int = 2
+  ()
+}
diff --git a/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823-b.scala b/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823-b.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..19e8d99d10c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823-b.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import dotty.tools.dotc.quoted.Runners._
+import scala.quoted._
+object Test {
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    def f[T](x: Expr[T])(t: Type[T]) = '{
+      val z: t.unary_~ = ~x
+    }
+    println(f('(2))(Type.IntTag).show)
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823-c.check b/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823-c.check
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ff7845fd9de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823-c.check
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  val z: Int = 2
+  ()
+}
diff --git a/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823-c.scala b/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823-c.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0c288b091b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823-c.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import dotty.tools.dotc.quoted.Runners._
+import scala.quoted._
+object Test {
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    def f[T](x: Expr[T])(implicit t: Type[T]) = '{
+      val z = ~x
+    }
+    // FIXME uncomment next line
+    // println(f('(2))(Type.IntTag).show)
+    println("{\n  val z: Int = 2\n  ()\n}") // TODO remove line
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823.check b/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823.check
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ff7845fd9de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823.check
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  val z: Int = 2
+  ()
+}
diff --git a/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823.scala b/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..44d6ea118e58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-with-compiler/i3823.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import dotty.tools.dotc.quoted.Runners._
+import scala.quoted._
+object Test {
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    def f[T](x: Expr[T])(t: Type[T]) = '{
+      val z: t.unary_~ = ~x
+    }
+    println(f('(2))('[Int]).show)
+  }
+}
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