diff --git a/lib/absinthe/phase/schema/compile.ex b/lib/absinthe/phase/schema/compile.ex
index 5046119371..7e36f6f073 100644
--- a/lib/absinthe/phase/schema/compile.ex
+++ b/lib/absinthe/phase/schema/compile.ex
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ defmodule Absinthe.Phase.Schema.Compile do
 
     %{schema_definitions: [schema]} = blueprint
 
-    type_ast = build_types(schema.type_artifacts)
+    prototype_schema = Keyword.fetch!(opts, :prototype_schema)
+
+    type_ast = build_types(schema.type_artifacts, prototype_schema)
+
     directive_ast = build_directives(schema.directive_artifacts)
 
     type_list =
@@ -27,8 +30,6 @@ defmodule Absinthe.Phase.Schema.Compile do
         {type_def.identifier, type_def.name}
       end)
 
-    prototype_schema = Keyword.fetch!(opts, :prototype_schema)
-
     metadata = build_metadata(schema)
 
     implementors = build_implementors(schema)
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ defmodule Absinthe.Phase.Schema.Compile do
     end
   end
 
-  def build_types(types) do
+  def build_types(types, prototype_schema) do
     for type <- types do
       if !type.definition,
         do:
@@ -108,9 +109,13 @@ defmodule Absinthe.Phase.Schema.Compile do
       end
     end
     |> Enum.concat([
-      quote do
-        def __absinthe_type__(_type) do
-          nil
+      if prototype_schema == Absinthe.Schema.Prototype do
+        quote do
+          def __absinthe_type__(_type), do: nil
+        end
+      else
+        quote do
+          def __absinthe_type__(type), do: unquote(prototype_schema).__absinthe_type__(type)
         end
       end
     ])
diff --git a/test/absinthe/introspection_test.exs b/test/absinthe/introspection_test.exs
index c2e5dd1eba..1a72603d38 100644
--- a/test/absinthe/introspection_test.exs
+++ b/test/absinthe/introspection_test.exs
@@ -89,6 +89,88 @@ defmodule Absinthe.IntrospectionTest do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "introspection of complex directives" do
+    defmodule ComplexDirectiveSchema do
+      use Absinthe.Schema
+      use Absinthe.Fixture
+
+      defmodule ComplexDirectivePrototype do
+        use Absinthe.Schema.Prototype
+
+        input_object :complex do
+          field :str, :string
+        end
+
+        directive :complex_directive do
+          arg :complex, :complex
+
+          on [:field]
+        end
+      end
+
+      @prototype_schema ComplexDirectivePrototype
+
+      query do
+        field :foo,
+          type: :string,
+          args: [],
+          resolve: fn _, _ -> {:ok, "foo"} end
+      end
+    end
+
+    test "renders type for complex directives" do
+      result =
+        """
+        query IntrospectionQuery {
+          __schema {
+            directives {
+              name
+              args {
+                name
+                description
+                type {
+                  kind
+                  name
+                }
+                defaultValue
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        """
+        |> run(ComplexDirectiveSchema)
+
+      assert {:ok,
+              %{
+                data: %{
+                  "__schema" => %{
+                    "directives" => directives
+                  }
+                }
+              }} = result
+
+      assert Enum.any?(directives, fn directive ->
+               match?(
+                 directive,
+                 %{
+                   "name" => "complexDirective",
+                   "args" => [
+                     %{
+                       "type" => %{
+                         "kind" => "INPUT_OBJECT",
+                         "name" => "Complex"
+                       },
+                       "defaultValue" => nil,
+                       "description" => nil,
+                       "name" => "complex"
+                     }
+                   ]
+                 }
+               )
+             end)
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "introspection of an enum type" do
     test "can use __type and value information with deprecations" do
       result =