diff --git a/Include/complexobject.h b/Include/complexobject.h
index edd2069..b82eb90 100644
--- a/Include/complexobject.h
+++ b/Include/complexobject.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 extern DL_IMPORT(PyTypeObject) PyComplex_Type;
 
 #define PyComplex_Check(op) PyObject_TypeCheck(op, &PyComplex_Type)
+#define PyComplex_CheckExact(op) ((op)->ob_type == &PyComplex_Type)
 
 extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject *) PyComplex_FromCComplex(Py_complex);
 extern DL_IMPORT(PyObject *) PyComplex_FromDoubles(double real, double imag);
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
index b029979..f8b7fc7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_descr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -1430,6 +1430,30 @@
     verify(hash(a) == hash(12345.0))
     verify((+a).__class__ is float)
 
+    class madcomplex(complex):
+        def __repr__(self):
+            return "%.17gj%+.17g" % (self.imag, self.real)
+    a = madcomplex(-3, 4)
+    verify(repr(a) == "4j-3")
+    base = complex(-3, 4)
+    verify(base.__class__ is complex)
+    verify(complex(a) == base)
+    verify(complex(a).__class__ is complex)
+    a = madcomplex(a)  # just trying another form of the constructor
+    verify(repr(a) == "4j-3")
+    verify(complex(a) == base)
+    verify(complex(a).__class__ is complex)
+    verify(hash(a) == hash(base))
+    verify((+a).__class__ is complex)
+    verify((a + 0).__class__ is complex)
+    verify(a + 0 == base)
+    verify((a - 0).__class__ is complex)
+    verify(a - 0 == base)
+    verify((a * 1).__class__ is complex)
+    verify(a * 1 == base)
+    verify((a / 1).__class__ is complex)
+    verify(a / 1 == base)
+
     class madtuple(tuple):
         _rev = None
         def rev(self):
diff --git a/Objects/complexobject.c b/Objects/complexobject.c
index 7404993..a8419e3 100644
--- a/Objects/complexobject.c
+++ b/Objects/complexobject.c
@@ -489,8 +489,12 @@
 static PyObject *
 complex_pos(PyComplexObject *v)
 {
-	Py_INCREF(v);
-	return (PyObject *)v;
+	if (PyComplex_CheckExact(v)) {
+		Py_INCREF(v);
+		return (PyObject *)v;
+	}
+	else
+		return PyComplex_FromCComplex(v->cval);
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -792,11 +796,12 @@
 		return NULL;
 	if (PyString_Check(r) || PyUnicode_Check(r))
 		return complex_subtype_from_string(type, r);
-	if ((nbr = r->ob_type->tp_as_number) == NULL ||
-	    nbr->nb_float == NULL ||
-	    (i != NULL &&
-	     ((nbi = i->ob_type->tp_as_number) == NULL ||
-	      nbi->nb_float == NULL))) {
+
+	nbr = r->ob_type->tp_as_number;
+	if (i != NULL)
+		nbi = i->ob_type->tp_as_number;
+	if (nbr == NULL || nbr->nb_float == NULL ||
+	    ((i != NULL) && (nbi == NULL || nbi->nb_float == NULL))) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
 			   "complex() arg can't be converted to complex");
 		return NULL;
@@ -826,6 +831,9 @@
 		}
 	}
 	if (PyComplex_Check(r)) {
+		/* Note that if r is of a complex subtype, we're only
+		   retaining its real & imag parts here, and the return
+		   value is (properly) of the builtin complex type. */
 		cr = ((PyComplexObject*)r)->cval;
 		if (own_r) {
 			Py_DECREF(r);
@@ -868,10 +876,10 @@
 }
 
 static char complex_doc[] =
-"complex(real[, imag]) -> complex number\n\
-\n\
-Create a complex number from a real part and an optional imaginary part.\n\
-This is equivalent to (real + imag*1j) where imag defaults to 0.";
+"complex(real[, imag]) -> complex number\n"
+"\n"
+"Create a complex number from a real part and an optional imaginary part.\n"
+"This is equivalent to (real + imag*1j) where imag defaults to 0.";
 
 static PyNumberMethods complex_as_number = {
 	(binaryfunc)complex_add, 		/* nb_add */
diff --git a/Objects/floatobject.c b/Objects/floatobject.c
index 880eb0e..b9a5e1b 100644
--- a/Objects/floatobject.c
+++ b/Objects/floatobject.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@
 	tmp = float_new(&PyFloat_Type, args, kwds);
 	if (tmp == NULL)
 		return NULL;
-	assert(PyFloat_Check(tmp));
+	assert(PyFloat_CheckExact(tmp));
 	new = type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
 	if (new == NULL)
 		return NULL;