diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/transform/UnCurry.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/transform/UnCurry.scala
index 3544dc9966d9..19b2d4a66d2b 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/transform/UnCurry.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/transform/UnCurry.scala
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ abstract class UnCurry extends InfoTransform
         args.take(formals.length - 1) :+ (suffix setType formals.last)
       }
 
-      val args1 = if (isVarArgTypes(formals)) transformVarargs(formals.last.typeArgs.head) else args
+      val args1 = if (isVarArgTypes(formals)) transformVarargs(formals.last.typeArgs.head.widen) else args
 
       map2(formals, args1) { (formal, arg) =>
         if (!isByNameParamType(formal))
diff --git a/test/files/run/literal-type-varargs.flags b/test/files/run/literal-type-varargs.flags
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..48fd867160ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/run/literal-type-varargs.flags
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-Xexperimental
diff --git a/test/files/run/literal-type-varargs.scala b/test/files/run/literal-type-varargs.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3b78af727dc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/run/literal-type-varargs.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+object Test extends App {
+   val x = List.apply[1](1)
+   assert(x == List(1))
+}