diff --git a/lib/ClassBuilder.js b/lib/ClassBuilder.js
index 2b02134..a9902d7 100644
--- a/lib/ClassBuilder.js
+++ b/lib/ClassBuilder.js
@@ -259,7 +259,8 @@ exports.isInstanceOf = function( type, instance )
     implemented = meta.implemented;
     i           = implemented.length;
 
-    // check implemented interfaces
+    // check implemented interfaces et. al. (other systems may make use of
+    // this meta-attribute to provide references to types)
     while ( i-- )
     {
         if ( implemented[ i ] === type )
diff --git a/lib/class.js b/lib/class.js
index 0a0cdfa..af2d51a 100644
--- a/lib/class.js
+++ b/lib/class.js
@@ -384,7 +384,17 @@ function createUse( base, traits )
                 traits[ i ].__mixin( dfn );
             }
 
-            return extend.call( null, base, dfn );
+            var C    = extend.call( null, base, dfn ),
+                meta = ClassBuilder.getMeta( C );
+
+            // add each trait to the list of implemented types so that the
+            // class is considered to be of type T in traits
+            for ( var i = 0, n = traits.length; i < n; i++ )
+            {
+                meta.implemented.push( traits[ i ] );
+            }
+
+            return C;
         },
     };
 }
diff --git a/test/Trait/DefinitionTest.js b/test/Trait/DefinitionTest.js
index cbaff31..c4b1b26 100644
--- a/test/Trait/DefinitionTest.js
+++ b/test/Trait/DefinitionTest.js
@@ -245,4 +245,26 @@ require( 'common' ).testCase(
 
         this.fail( false, true, "Mixin must fail on conflict: " + desc );
     },
+
+
+    /**
+     * Traits in ease.js were designed in such a way that an object can be
+     * considered to be a type of any of the traits that its class mixes in;
+     * this is consistent with the concept of interfaces and provides a very
+     * simple and intuitive type system.
+     */
+    'A class is considered to be a type of each used trait': function()
+    {
+        var Ta = this.Sut( {} ),
+            Tb = this.Sut( {} ),
+            Tc = this.Sut( {} ),
+            o  = this.Class.use( Ta, Tb ).extend( {} )();
+
+        // these two were mixed in
+        this.assertOk( this.Class.isA( Ta, o ) );
+        this.assertOk( this.Class.isA( Tb, o ) );
+
+        // this one was not
+        this.assertOk( this.Class.isA( Tc, o ) === false );
+    },
 } );
diff --git a/test/Trait/MixedExtendTest.js b/test/Trait/MixedExtendTest.js
index 76f8cb6..80e44f7 100644
--- a/test/Trait/MixedExtendTest.js
+++ b/test/Trait/MixedExtendTest.js
@@ -56,4 +56,19 @@ require( 'common' ).testCase(
         C().foo();
         this.assertOk( called );
     },
+
+
+    /**
+     * Just as subtypes inherit the same polymorphisms with respect to
+     * interfaces, so too should subtypes inherit supertypes' mixed in
+     * traits' types.
+     */
+    'Subtype has same polymorphic qualities of parent mixins': function()
+    {
+        var T = this.Sut( {} ),
+            o = this.Class.use( T ).extend( {} ).extend( {} )();
+
+        // o's supertype mixes in T
+        this.assertOk( this.Class.isA( T, o ) );
+    },
 } );