diff --git a/httprunner/built_in.py b/httprunner/built_in.py
index e28f5efb..ecf150c4 100644
--- a/httprunner/built_in.py
+++ b/httprunner/built_in.py
@@ -89,7 +89,18 @@ def contained_by(check_value, expect_value):
     assert check_value in expect_value
 
 def type_match(check_value, expect_value):
-    assert isinstance(check_value, expect_value)
+    def get_type(name):
+        if isinstance(name, type):
+            return name
+        elif isinstance(name, str):
+            try:
+                return __builtins__[name]
+            except KeyError:
+                raise ValueError(name)
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(name)
+
+    assert isinstance(check_value, get_type(expect_value))
 
 def regex_match(check_value, expect_value):
     assert isinstance(expect_value, string_type)
diff --git a/tests/data/test_bugfix.yml b/tests/data/test_bugfix.yml
index b00e5c7d..2297e119 100644
--- a/tests/data/test_bugfix.yml
+++ b/tests/data/test_bugfix.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,12 @@
         url: /api/users/1000
         method: GET
         headers:
+
+- test:
+    name: bugfix type_match #84
+    request:
+        url: http://127.0.0.1:5000/api/users/1000
+        method: GET
+    validate:
+        - eq: [status_code, 401]
+        - type_match: [status_code, int]
diff --git a/tests/test_runner.py b/tests/test_runner.py
index 03dc34b4..18234cbb 100644
--- a/tests/test_runner.py
+++ b/tests/test_runner.py
@@ -144,3 +144,15 @@ class TestRunner(ApiServerUnittest):
             test_dict_headers
         )
         self.assertEqual(headers["Content-Type"], "application/json")
+
+    def test_bugfix_type_match(self):
+        testcase_file_path = os.path.join(
+            os.getcwd(), 'tests/data/test_bugfix.yml')
+        testcases = testcase._load_file(testcase_file_path)
+        config_dict = {
+            "path": testcase_file_path
+        }
+        self.test_runner.init_config(config_dict, "testset")
+
+        test = testcases[2]["test"]
+        self.assertTrue(self.test_runner._run_test(test))
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 046058f6..6c8c1b09 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ class TestUtils(ApiServerUnittest):
         functions_mapping["endswith"]("123abc", "abc")
         functions_mapping["endswith"](12345, 45)
 
+        functions_mapping["type_match"](580509390, int)
+        functions_mapping["type_match"](580509390, "int")
+
     def test_deep_update_dict(self):
         origin_dict = {'a': 1, 'b': {'c': 3, 'd': 4}, 'f': 6, 'h': 123}
         override_dict = {'a': 2, 'b': {'c': 33, 'e': 5}, 'g': 7, 'h': None}