diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e9c4d6b3bad64..d7191743c36f6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2684,7 +2684,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc_errors 0.0.0",
  "rustc_fs_util 0.0.0",
  "rustc_incremental 0.0.0",
- "rustc_mir 0.0.0",
  "rustc_target 0.0.0",
  "serialize 0.0.0",
  "syntax 0.0.0",
diff --git a/src/librustc/query/mod.rs b/src/librustc/query/mod.rs
index 00856041edf46..10efef54526a6 100644
--- a/src/librustc/query/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/query/mod.rs
@@ -441,6 +441,15 @@ rustc_queries! {
             no_force
             desc { "extract field of const" }
         }
+
+        /// Produces an absolute path representation of the given type. See also the documentation
+        /// on `std::any::type_name`.
+        query type_name(key: Ty<'tcx>) -> &'tcx ty::Const<'tcx> {
+            eval_always
+            no_force
+            desc { "get absolute path of type" }
+        }
+
     }
 
     TypeChecking {
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/intrinsic.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/intrinsic.rs
index 060c295eb7af1..98a829b2affec 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/intrinsic.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/intrinsic.rs
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ impl IntrinsicCallMethods<'tcx> for Builder<'a, 'll, 'tcx> {
             }
             "type_name" => {
                 let tp_ty = substs.type_at(0);
-                let ty_name = rustc_mir::interpret::type_name(self.tcx, tp_ty);
+                let ty_name = self.tcx.type_name(tp_ty);
                 OperandRef::from_const(self, ty_name).immediate_or_packed_pair(self)
             }
             "type_id" => {
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/mod.rs b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/mod.rs
index ed389a8df94ab..d59bee6943a51 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/interpret/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/interpret/mod.rs
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ pub use self::visitor::{ValueVisitor, MutValueVisitor};
 
 pub use self::validity::RefTracking;
 
-pub use self::intrinsics::type_name;
+pub(super) use self::intrinsics::type_name;
diff --git a/src/librustc_mir/lib.rs b/src/librustc_mir/lib.rs
index 46bda28c13c5c..9213a009ea740 100644
--- a/src/librustc_mir/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_mir/lib.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ pub fn provide(providers: &mut Providers<'_>) {
         let (param_env, (value, field)) = param_env_and_value.into_parts();
         const_eval::const_field(tcx, param_env, None, field, value)
     };
+    providers.type_name = interpret::type_name;
 }
 
 __build_diagnostic_array! { librustc_mir, DIAGNOSTICS }