diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index 0bab1a80c..5e0037f19 100644
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ if ( typeof Symbol === "function" ) {
 /* jshint ignore: end */
 
 // Populate the class2type map
-jQuery.each( "Boolean Number String Function Array Date RegExp Object Error".split( " " ),
+jQuery.each( "Boolean Number String Function Array Date RegExp Object Error Symbol".split( " " ),
 function( i, name ) {
 	class2type[ "[object " + name + "]" ] = name.toLowerCase();
 } );
diff --git a/test/unit/core.js b/test/unit/core.js
index f8fb1c7cd..c6d68df2d 100644
--- a/test/unit/core.js
+++ b/test/unit/core.js
@@ -264,6 +264,19 @@ QUnit.test( "type", function( assert ) {
 	assert.equal( jQuery.type( new MyObject() ), "object", "Object" );
 } );
 
+QUnit.test( "type for `Symbol`", function( assert ) {
+	// Prevent reference errors
+	if( typeof Symbol !== "function" ) {
+		assert.expect( 0 );
+		return
+	}
+
+	assert.expect( 2 );
+
+	assert.equal( jQuery.type( Symbol() ), "symbol", "Symbol" );
+	assert.equal( jQuery.type( Object( Symbol() ) ), "symbol", "Symbol" );
+});
+
 QUnit.asyncTest( "isPlainObject", function( assert ) {
 	assert.expect( 16 );