diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 24328640..7d328cb0 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "ChainRulesTestUtils"
 uuid = "cdddcdb0-9152-4a09-a978-84456f9df70a"
-version = "0.5.9"
+version = "0.5.10"
 
 [deps]
 ChainRulesCore = "d360d2e6-b24c-11e9-a2a3-2a2ae2dbcce4"
diff --git a/src/testers.jl b/src/testers.jl
index 10020f26..dde9dfc9 100644
--- a/src/testers.jl
+++ b/src/testers.jl
@@ -70,19 +70,20 @@ function _make_j′vp_call(fdm, f, ȳ, xs, ignores)
     @assert length(fd) == length(arginds)
 
     for (dx, ind) in zip(fd, arginds)
-        args[ind] = _maybe_fix_to_composite(dx)
+        args[ind] = _maybe_fix_to_composite(xs[ind], dx)
     end
     return (args...,)
 end
 
 """
-    _make_jvp_call(fdm, f, xs, ẋs, ignores)
+    _make_jvp_call(fdm, f, y, xs, ẋs, ignores)
 
 Call `FiniteDifferences.jvp`, with the option to ignore certain `xs`.
 
 # Arguments
 - `fdm::FiniteDifferenceMethod`: How to numerically differentiate `f`.
 - `f`: The function to differentiate.
+- `y`: The primal output `y=f(xs...)` or at least something of the right type
 - `xs`: Inputs to `f`, such that `y = f(xs...)`.
 - `ẋs`: The directional derivatives of `xs` w.r.t. some real number `t`.
 - `ignores`: Collection of `Bool`s, the same length as `xs` and `ẋs`.
@@ -91,21 +92,21 @@ Call `FiniteDifferences.jvp`, with the option to ignore certain `xs`.
 # Returns
 - `Ω̇`: Derivative of output w.r.t. `t` estimated by finite differencing.
 """
-function _make_jvp_call(fdm, f, xs, ẋs, ignores)
+function _make_jvp_call(fdm, f, y, xs, ẋs, ignores)
     f2 = _wrap_function(f, xs, ignores)
 
     ignores = collect(ignores)
     all(ignores) && return ntuple(_->nothing, length(xs))
     sigargs = zip(xs[.!ignores], ẋs[.!ignores])
-    return _maybe_fix_to_composite(jvp(fdm, f2, sigargs...))
+    return _maybe_fix_to_composite(y, jvp(fdm, f2, sigargs...))
 end
 
 # TODO: remove after https://github.com/JuliaDiff/FiniteDifferences.jl/issues/97
 # For functions which return a tuple, FD returns a tuple to represent the differential. Tuple
 # is not a natural differential, because it doesn't overload +, so make it a Composite.
-_maybe_fix_to_composite(x::Tuple) = Composite{typeof(x)}(x...)
-_maybe_fix_to_composite(x::NamedTuple) = Composite{typeof(x)}(;x...)
-_maybe_fix_to_composite(x) = x
+_maybe_fix_to_composite(::P, x::Tuple) where {P} = Composite{P}(x...)
+_maybe_fix_to_composite(::P, x::NamedTuple) where {P} = Composite{P}(;x...)
+_maybe_fix_to_composite(::Any, x) = x
 
 """
     test_scalar(f, z; rtol=1e-9, atol=1e-9, fdm=central_fdm(5, 1), fkwargs=NamedTuple(), kwargs...)
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ function frule_test(f, xẋs::Tuple{Any, Any}...; rtol=1e-9, atol=1e-9, fdm=_fdm
 
     ẋs_is_ignored = ẋs .== nothing
     # Correctness testing via finite differencing.
-    dΩ_fd = _make_jvp_call(fdm, (xs...) -> f(deepcopy(xs)...; deepcopy(fkwargs)...), xs, ẋs, ẋs_is_ignored)
+    dΩ_fd = _make_jvp_call(fdm, (xs...) -> f(deepcopy(xs)...; deepcopy(fkwargs)...), Ω, xs, ẋs, ẋs_is_ignored)
     check_equal(dΩ_ad, dΩ_fd; isapprox_kwargs...)
 
 
diff --git a/test/testers.jl b/test/testers.jl
index 640b7ba3..b280af05 100644
--- a/test/testers.jl
+++ b/test/testers.jl
@@ -386,4 +386,25 @@ end
             @test fails(()->rrule_test(my_identity2, 4.1, (2.2, 3.3)))
         end
     end
+
+
+    @testset "Tuple primal that is not equal to differential backing" begin
+        # https://github.com/JuliaMath/SpecialFunctions.jl/issues/288
+        forwards_trouble(x) = (1, 2.0*x)
+        @scalar_rule(forwards_trouble(v), Zero(), 2.0)
+        frule_test(forwards_trouble, (2.5, 2.1))
+
+        rev_trouble((x,y)) = y
+        function ChainRulesCore.rrule(::typeof(rev_trouble), (x,y)::P) where P
+            rev_trouble_pullback(ȳ) = (NO_FIELDS, Composite{P}(Zero(), ȳ))
+            return y, rev_trouble_pullback
+        end
+        rrule_test(
+            rev_trouble, 2.5,
+            (
+                (3, 3.0),
+                Composite{Tuple{Int, Float64}}(Zero(), 1.0)
+            )
+        )
+    end
 end