diff --git a/src/typemap.c b/src/typemap.c
index 5258f89ab9066..475981e170b46 100644
--- a/src/typemap.c
+++ b/src/typemap.c
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ static int sig_match_by_type_simple(jl_value_t **types, size_t n, jl_tupletype_t
     }
     if (va) {
         jl_value_t *decl = jl_field_type(sig, i);
+        if (jl_vararg_kind(decl) == JL_VARARG_INT) {
+            if (n-i != jl_unbox_long(jl_tparam1(decl)))
+                return 0;
+        }
         jl_value_t *t = jl_tparam0(decl);
         for(; i < n; i++) {
             if (!jl_subtype(types[i], t, 0))
@@ -150,6 +154,10 @@ static inline int sig_match_simple(jl_value_t **args, size_t n, jl_value_t **sig
     }
     if (va) {
         jl_value_t *decl = sig[i];
+        if (jl_vararg_kind(decl) == JL_VARARG_INT) {
+            if (n-i != jl_unbox_long(jl_tparam1(decl)))
+                return 0;
+        }
         jl_value_t *t = jl_tparam0(decl);
         for(; i < n; i++) {
             if (!jl_subtype(args[i], t, 1))
diff --git a/test/core.jl b/test/core.jl
index 4d9900fd815ec..de36aacfcfb43 100644
--- a/test/core.jl
+++ b/test/core.jl
@@ -600,11 +600,23 @@ Type11167{Float32,5}
 
 # dispatch
 let
-    local foo, bar, baz
-    foo(x::Tuple{Vararg{Any}})=0
-    foo(x::Tuple{Vararg{Integer}})=1
-    @test foo((:a,))==0
-    @test foo(( 2,))==1
+    local foo, foo2, fooN, bar, baz
+    foo(x::Tuple{Vararg{Any}}) = 0
+    foo(x::Tuple{Vararg{Integer}}) = 1
+    @test foo((:a,)) == 0
+    @test foo(( 2,)) == 1
+
+    foo2(x::Vararg{Any,2}) = 2
+    @test foo2(1,2) == 2
+    @test_throws MethodError foo2(1)
+    @test_throws MethodError foo2(1,2,3)
+
+    fooN{T,N}(A::Array{T,N}, x::Vararg{Any,N}) = -1
+    @test fooN([1,2], 1) == -1
+    @test_throws MethodError fooN([1,2], 1, 2) == -1
+    @test fooN([1 2; 3 4], 1, 2) == -1
+    @test_throws MethodError fooN([1 2; 3 4], 1)
+    @test_throws MethodError fooN([1 2; 3 4], 1, 2, 3)
 
     bar{T}(x::Tuple{T,T,T,T})=1
     bar(x::Tuple{Any,Any,Any,Any})=2