diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Base/Data/Core/Plugins/InpcPropertyAccessorPlugin.cs b/src/Avalonia.Base/Data/Core/Plugins/InpcPropertyAccessorPlugin.cs
index b93bf87fdf..91d69b5d3d 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Base/Data/Core/Plugins/InpcPropertyAccessorPlugin.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Base/Data/Core/Plugins/InpcPropertyAccessorPlugin.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Data.Core.Plugins
         
         private PropertyInfo? GetFirstPropertyWithName(object instance, string propertyName)
         {
-            if (instance is IReflectableType reflectableType)
+            if (instance is IReflectableType reflectableType && instance is not Type)
                 return reflectableType.GetTypeInfo().GetProperty(propertyName, PropertyBindingFlags);
 
             var type = instance.GetType();
diff --git a/tests/Avalonia.Markup.UnitTests/Data/BindingTests.cs b/tests/Avalonia.Markup.UnitTests/Data/BindingTests.cs
index 11a22f0dec..f4a4a2934f 100644
--- a/tests/Avalonia.Markup.UnitTests/Data/BindingTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Avalonia.Markup.UnitTests/Data/BindingTests.cs
@@ -637,6 +637,17 @@ namespace Avalonia.Markup.UnitTests.Data
             Assert.Equal("baz", source["Foo"]);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Binding_To_Types_Should_Work()
+        {
+            var type = typeof(string);
+            var textBlock = new TextBlock() { DataContext = type };
+            using (textBlock.Bind(TextBlock.TextProperty, new Binding("Name")))
+            {
+                Assert.Equal("String", textBlock.Text);
+            };
+        }
+
         private class StyledPropertyClass : AvaloniaObject
         {
             public static readonly StyledProperty<double> DoubleValueProperty =