diff --git a/news/473.feature b/news/473.feature
index 09a46d524..01061c606 100644
--- a/news/473.feature
+++ b/news/473.feature
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Add tentative support for typing.TypedDict
+Add minimal support for typing.TypedDict
diff --git a/omegaconf/omegaconf.py b/omegaconf/omegaconf.py
index 3a87f1934..ec186d55a 100644
--- a/omegaconf/omegaconf.py
+++ b/omegaconf/omegaconf.py
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ def _node_wrap(
     ref_type: Any = None,
 ) -> Node:
     node: Node
-    is_dict = type(value) is dict or is_dict_annotation(type_)
+    is_dict = is_primitive_dict(value) or is_dict_annotation(type_)
     is_list = (
         type(value) in (list, tuple)
         or is_list_annotation(type_)
diff --git a/tests/structured_conf/data/attr_classes.py b/tests/structured_conf/data/attr_classes.py
index 29f710e05..d7a8d5626 100644
--- a/tests/structured_conf/data/attr_classes.py
+++ b/tests/structured_conf/data/attr_classes.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def __eq__(self, other: Any) -> Any:
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):  # pragma: no cover
 
     class TypedDictSubclass(TypedDict):
-        foo: str
+        foo: int
 
 
 @attr.s(auto_attribs=True)
diff --git a/tests/structured_conf/test_structured_config.py b/tests/structured_conf/test_structured_config.py
index a6e6b1759..783968483 100644
--- a/tests/structured_conf/test_structured_config.py
+++ b/tests/structured_conf/test_structured_config.py
@@ -462,8 +462,12 @@ def test_dict_field(self, class_type: str) -> None:
     def test_typed_dict_field(self, class_type: str) -> None:
         module: Any = import_module(class_type)
         input_ = module.WithTypedDictField
-        conf = OmegaConf.structured(input_(dict={"foo": "bar"}))
-        assert conf.dict["foo"] == "bar"
+        conf = OmegaConf.structured(input_(dict={"foo": 10}))
+        assert conf.dict["foo"] == 10
+
+        # typed dicts does not currently runtime type safety.
+        conf = OmegaConf.merge(conf, {"dict": {"foo": "not_failed"}})
+        assert conf.dict["foo"] == "not_failed"
 
     def test_merged_type1(self, class_type: str) -> None:
         # Test that the merged type is that of the last merged config