diff --git a/interp.ml b/interp.ml
index 04e7b39e61d..46338375188 100644
--- a/interp.ml
+++ b/interp.ml
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ type extern_api = {
 	delayed_macro : int -> (unit -> (unit -> value));
 	use_cache : unit -> bool;
 	format_string : string -> Ast.pos -> Ast.expr;
+	cast_or_unify : Type.t -> texpr -> Ast.pos -> Type.texpr;
 }
 
 type callstack = {
@@ -2344,8 +2345,9 @@ let macro_lib =
 			with Exit -> VNull
 		);
 		"unify", Fun2 (fun t1 t2 ->
-			try Type.unify (decode_type t1) (decode_type t2); VBool true
-			with Unify_error _ -> VBool false
+			let e1 = mk (TConst TNull) (decode_type t1) Ast.null_pos in
+			try ignore(((get_ctx()).curapi.cast_or_unify) (decode_type t2) e1 Ast.null_pos); VBool true
+			with Typecore.Error (Typecore.Unify _,_) -> VBool false
 		);
 		"typeof", Fun1 (fun v ->
 			encode_type ((get_ctx()).curapi.type_expr (decode_expr v)).etype
diff --git a/typer.ml b/typer.ml
index f37816364f7..590418a3bec 100644
--- a/typer.ml
+++ b/typer.ml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,9 @@ let make_macro_api ctx p =
 		Interp.format_string = (fun s p ->
 			format_string ctx s p
 		);
+		Interp.cast_or_unify = (fun t e p ->
+			Codegen.AbstractCast.cast_or_unify_raise ctx t e p
+		);
 	}
 
 let rec init_macro_interp ctx mctx mint =