diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index c8b69eaa5e..c077049896 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ lazy val commonSettings = Seq(
     Resolver.sonatypeRepo("snapshots")
   ),
   libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
-    "com.github.mpilquist" %%% "simulacrum" % "0.10.0" % "compile-time",
+    "com.github.mpilquist" %%% "simulacrum" % "0.11.0" % "compile-time",
     "org.typelevel" %%% "machinist" % "0.6.2",
     compilerPlugin("org.scalamacros" %% "paradise" % "2.1.0" cross CrossVersion.patch),
     compilerPlugin("org.spire-math" %% "kind-projector" % "0.9.4")
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/cats/syntax/apply.scala b/core/src/main/scala/cats/syntax/apply.scala
index 32854d57c7..bb0e736ab8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/cats/syntax/apply.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/cats/syntax/apply.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ package syntax
 trait ApplySyntax extends TupleCartesianSyntax {
   implicit final def catsSyntaxApply[F[_], A](fa: F[A])(implicit F: Apply[F]): Apply.Ops[F, A] =
     new Apply.Ops[F, A] {
+      type TypeClassType = Apply[F]
+
       val self = fa
       val typeClassInstance = F
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/cats/syntax/cartesian.scala b/core/src/main/scala/cats/syntax/cartesian.scala
index abb69f05ad..e2cb025588 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/cats/syntax/cartesian.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/cats/syntax/cartesian.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ package syntax
 trait CartesianSyntax {
   implicit final def catsSyntaxCartesian[F[_], A](fa: F[A])(implicit F: Cartesian[F]): CartesianOps[F, A] =
     new CartesianOps[F, A] {
+      type TypeClassType = Cartesian[F]
+
       val self = fa
       val typeClassInstance = F
     }