diff --git a/mypyc/codegen/emit.py b/mypyc/codegen/emit.py
index 0ef6dd57e441..323d34f83a04 100644
--- a/mypyc/codegen/emit.py
+++ b/mypyc/codegen/emit.py
@@ -451,8 +451,8 @@ def emit_cast(self,
 
         # TODO: Verify refcount handling.
         if (is_list_rprimitive(typ) or is_dict_rprimitive(typ) or is_set_rprimitive(typ)
-                or is_str_rprimitive(typ) or is_bytes_rprimitive(typ) or is_range_rprimitive(typ)
-                or is_float_rprimitive(typ) or is_int_rprimitive(typ) or is_bool_rprimitive(typ)):
+                or is_str_rprimitive(typ) or is_range_rprimitive(typ) or is_float_rprimitive(typ)
+                or is_int_rprimitive(typ) or is_bool_rprimitive(typ) or is_bit_rprimitive(typ)):
             if declare_dest:
                 self.emit_line('PyObject *{};'.format(dest))
             if is_list_rprimitive(typ):
@@ -463,8 +463,6 @@ def emit_cast(self,
                 prefix = 'PySet'
             elif is_str_rprimitive(typ):
                 prefix = 'PyUnicode'
-            elif is_bytes_rprimitive(typ):
-                prefix = 'PyBytes'
             elif is_range_rprimitive(typ):
                 prefix = 'PyRange'
             elif is_float_rprimitive(typ):
@@ -484,6 +482,18 @@ def emit_cast(self,
                 'else {',
                 err,
                 '}')
+        elif is_bytes_rprimitive(typ):
+            if declare_dest:
+                self.emit_line('PyObject *{};'.format(dest))
+            check = '(PyBytes_Check({}) || PyByteArray_Check({}))'
+            if likely:
+                check = '(likely{})'.format(check)
+            self.emit_arg_check(src, dest, typ, check.format(src, src), optional)
+            self.emit_lines(
+                '    {} = {};'.format(dest, src),
+                'else {',
+                err,
+                '}')
         elif is_tuple_rprimitive(typ):
             if declare_dest:
                 self.emit_line('{} {};'.format(self.ctype(typ), dest))
diff --git a/mypyc/test-data/fixtures/ir.py b/mypyc/test-data/fixtures/ir.py
index 9e32a70dfd79..0384f4831702 100644
--- a/mypyc/test-data/fixtures/ir.py
+++ b/mypyc/test-data/fixtures/ir.py
@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@ def __ne__(self, x: object) -> bool: pass
     def __getitem__(self, i: int) -> int: pass
     def join(self, x: Iterable[object]) -> bytes: pass
 
+class bytearray:
+    @overload
+    def __init__(self) -> None: pass
+    @overload
+    def __init__(self, x: object) -> None: pass
+    @overload
+    def __init__(self, string: str, encoding: str, err: str = ...) -> None: pass
+
 class bool(int):
     def __init__(self, o: object = ...) -> None: ...
     @overload
diff --git a/mypyc/test-data/run-bytes.test b/mypyc/test-data/run-bytes.test
index b88201fc896a..a1bf3de599d4 100644
--- a/mypyc/test-data/run-bytes.test
+++ b/mypyc/test-data/run-bytes.test
@@ -52,4 +52,30 @@ def test_len() -> None:
     # Use bytes() to avoid constant folding
     b = b'foo' + bytes()
     assert len(b) == 3
-    assert len(bytes()) == 0
\ No newline at end of file
+    assert len(bytes()) == 0
+
+[case testBytearrayBasics]
+from typing import Any
+
+def test_init() -> None:
+    brr1: bytes = bytearray(3)
+    assert brr1 == bytearray(b'\x00\x00\x00')
+    assert brr1 == b'\x00\x00\x00'
+    l = [10, 20, 30, 40]
+    brr2: bytes = bytearray(l)
+    assert brr2 == bytearray(b'\n\x14\x1e(')
+    assert brr2 == b'\n\x14\x1e('
+    brr3: bytes = bytearray(range(5))
+    assert brr3 == bytearray(b'\x00\x01\x02\x03\x04')
+    assert brr3 == b'\x00\x01\x02\x03\x04'
+    brr4: bytes = bytearray('string', 'utf-8')
+    assert brr4 == bytearray(b'string')
+    assert brr4 == b'string'
+
+def f(b: bytes) -> bool:
+    return True
+
+def test_bytearray_passed_into_bytes() -> None:
+    assert f(bytearray(3))
+    brr1: Any = bytearray()
+    assert f(brr1)