diff --git a/extra_tests/snippets/complex.py b/extra_tests/snippets/complex.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6858a1521b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra_tests/snippets/complex.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import testutils
+
+# __complex__
+def test__complex__():
+    z = 3 + 4j
+    assert z.__complex__() == z
+    assert type(z.__complex__()) == complex
+    
+    class complex_subclass(complex):
+        pass
+    z = complex_subclass(3 + 4j)
+    assert z.__complex__() == 3 + 4j
+    assert type(z.__complex__()) == complex
+
+testutils.skip_if_unsupported(3,11,test__complex__)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vm/src/builtins/complex.rs b/vm/src/builtins/complex.rs
index 1c2f0145e0..52374d9657 100644
--- a/vm/src/builtins/complex.rs
+++ b/vm/src/builtins/complex.rs
@@ -89,6 +89,15 @@ impl PyComplex {
         self.value
     }
 
+    #[pymethod(magic)]
+    fn complex(zelf: PyRef<Self>, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyRef<PyComplex> {
+        if zelf.is(&vm.ctx.types.complex_type) {
+            zelf
+        } else {
+            PyComplex::from(zelf.value).into_ref(vm)
+        }
+    }
+
     #[pyproperty]
     fn real(&self) -> f64 {
         self.value.re