diff --git a/tests/component/test_func.py b/tests/component/test_func.py
index 51cb23fa..9bce8b8e 100644
--- a/tests/component/test_func.py
+++ b/tests/component/test_func.py
@@ -432,6 +432,12 @@ def test_result(self):
         self.roundtrip_simple('(result)', 'i32', [Variant('ok'), Variant('err')])
 
 
+    def test_variant_add_classes(self):
+        from wasmtime.component._types import VariantType, OptionType, ResultType, VariantLikeType
+        for cls in [VariantType, OptionType, ResultType]:
+            self.assertTrue(issubclass(cls, VariantLikeType))
+            self.assertEqual(cls.add_classes, VariantLikeType.add_classes)
+
     # TODO: roundtrip future
     # TODO: roundtrip stream
     # TODO: roundtrip error-context
diff --git a/wasmtime/component/_types.py b/wasmtime/component/_types.py
index f50dff5d..8bd5e74b 100644
--- a/wasmtime/component/_types.py
+++ b/wasmtime/component/_types.py
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ class Variant:
 case_test_cache: Set[type] = set()
 
 
-class VariantLikeType:
+class VariantLikeType(ValType):
     @abstractmethod
     def _cases(self) -> List[Tuple[str, Optional['ValType']]]:
         pass
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ def _lift(self, tag: str, ptr: 'ctypes._Pointer[ffi.wasmtime_component_val_t]')
         raise ValueError(f"tag {tag} not found in variant cases")
 
 
-class VariantType(Managed["ctypes._Pointer[ffi.wasmtime_component_variant_type_t]"], ValType, VariantLikeType):
+class VariantType(Managed["ctypes._Pointer[ffi.wasmtime_component_variant_type_t]"], VariantLikeType):
     def _delete(self, ptr: "ctypes._Pointer[ffi.wasmtime_component_variant_type_t]") -> None:
         ffi.wasmtime_component_variant_type_delete(ptr)
 
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ def convert_from_c(self, c: 'ffi.wasmtime_component_val_t') -> Any:
         return ret
 
 
-class OptionType(Managed["ctypes._Pointer[ffi.wasmtime_component_option_type_t]"], ValType, VariantLikeType):
+class OptionType(Managed["ctypes._Pointer[ffi.wasmtime_component_option_type_t]"], VariantLikeType):
     def _delete(self, ptr: "ctypes._Pointer[ffi.wasmtime_component_option_type_t]") -> None:
         ffi.wasmtime_component_option_type_delete(ptr)
 
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ def convert_from_c(self, c: 'ffi.wasmtime_component_val_t') -> Any:
 
 
 
-class ResultType(Managed["ctypes._Pointer[ffi.wasmtime_component_result_type_t]"], ValType, VariantLikeType):
+class ResultType(Managed["ctypes._Pointer[ffi.wasmtime_component_result_type_t]"], VariantLikeType):
     def _delete(self, ptr: "ctypes._Pointer[ffi.wasmtime_component_result_type_t]") -> None:
         ffi.wasmtime_component_result_type_delete(ptr)