diff --git a/lib/Test/More.pm b/lib/Test/More.pm
index 55f70e33a..affc1ab6e 100644
--- a/lib/Test/More.pm
+++ b/lib/Test/More.pm
@@ -1206,13 +1206,28 @@ sub _format_stack {
     return $out;
 }
 
+my %_types = (
+  (map +($_ => $_), qw(
+    Regexp
+    ARRAY
+    HASH
+    SCALAR
+    REF
+    GLOB
+    CODE
+  )),
+  'LVALUE'  => 'SCALAR',
+  'REF'     => 'SCALAR',
+  'VSTRING' => 'SCALAR',
+);
+
 sub _type {
     my $thing = shift;
 
     return '' if !ref $thing;
 
-    for my $type (qw(Regexp ARRAY HASH REF SCALAR GLOB CODE VSTRING)) {
-        return $type if UNIVERSAL::isa( $thing, $type );
+    for my $type (keys %_types) {
+        return $_types{$type} if UNIVERSAL::isa( $thing, $type );
     }
 
     return '';
diff --git a/t/Legacy/is_deeply_fail.t b/t/Legacy/is_deeply_fail.t
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index c43b3a2e1..cab70e267
--- a/t/Legacy/is_deeply_fail.t
+++ b/t/Legacy/is_deeply_fail.t
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ package main;
 
 
 my $TB = Test::Builder->create;
-$TB->plan(tests => 102);
+$TB->plan(tests => 110);
 
 # Utility testing functions.
 sub ok ($;$) {
@@ -428,3 +428,31 @@ ERR
     ok !is_deeply( [\\$version1], [\\$version2], "version objects");
     is( $out, "not ok 42 - version objects\n" );
 }
+
+{
+    my $version1 = v1.2.3;
+    my $version2 = '' . v1.2.3;
+    ok is_deeply( [\$version1], [\$version2], "version objects");
+    is( $out, "ok 43 - version objects\n" );
+}
+
+{
+    my $version1 = v1.2.3;
+    my $version2 = v1.2.3;
+    ok !is_deeply( [$version1], [\$version2], "version objects");
+    is( $out, "not ok 44 - version objects\n" );
+}
+
+{
+    my $string = "abc";
+    my $string2 = "b";
+    ok is_deeply( [\substr($string, 1, 1)], [\$string2], "lvalue ref");
+    is( $out, "ok 45 - lvalue ref\n" );
+}
+
+{
+    my $string = "b";
+    my $string2 = "b";
+    ok !is_deeply( [\substr($string, 1, 1)], ["b"], "lvalue ref");
+    is( $out, "not ok 46 - lvalue ref\n" );
+}