diff --git a/src/core/Int.pm b/src/core/Int.pm
index 1b463a08a1e..fa1dd2a07ee 100644
--- a/src/core/Int.pm
+++ b/src/core/Int.pm
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ augment class Int does Real {
         self.Num.ACCEPTS($other);
     }
 
+    method Bridge() {
+        self.Num;
+    }
+
     our Bool multi method Bool() { self != 0 ?? Bool::True !! Bool::False }
 
     our Int multi method Int() { self }
diff --git a/src/core/Num.pm b/src/core/Num.pm
index f08fe660dc0..ee6fe2a0132 100644
--- a/src/core/Num.pm
+++ b/src/core/Num.pm
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ augment class Num does Real {
             $other == self;
         }
     }
+
     multi method ACCEPTS(Complex $other) {
         if self eq 'NaN' {
             $other.re eq 'NaN' || $other.im eq 'NaN';
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@ augment class Num does Real {
         }
     }
 
+    method Bridge() {
+        self;
+    }
+
     multi method Bool() {
         self != 0.0e0
     }
diff --git a/src/core/Rat.pm b/src/core/Rat.pm
index effd1617ad4..605dfb5ee9b 100644
--- a/src/core/Rat.pm
+++ b/src/core/Rat.pm
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ class Rat does Real {
 
     multi method perl() { "$!numerator/$!denominator"; }
 
+    method Bridge() {
+        $!denominator == 0 ?? Inf * $!numerator.sign
+                           !! $!numerator.Bridge / $!denominator.Bridge;
+    }
+
     our Bool multi method Bool() { $!numerator != 0 ?? Bool::True !! Bool::False }
 
     multi method Num() {
diff --git a/src/core/Real.pm b/src/core/Real.pm
index c9a76f5e119..fbdc08d3236 100644
--- a/src/core/Real.pm
+++ b/src/core/Real.pm
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 role Real does Numeric {
+    method Bridge() {
+        fail "Bridge must be defined for the Real type " ~ self.WHAT;
+    }
+
     method abs() {
         self < 0 ?? -self !! self;
     }