diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/engine/constraintvalidation/ClassBasedValidatorDescriptor.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/engine/constraintvalidation/ClassBasedValidatorDescriptor.java
index fd5f8c96ce..5fc6530cd6 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/engine/constraintvalidation/ClassBasedValidatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/engine/constraintvalidation/ClassBasedValidatorDescriptor.java
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ public static <T extends Annotation> ClassBasedValidatorDescriptor<T> of(Class<?
 		return new ClassBasedValidatorDescriptor<T>( validatorClass );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Constraint checking is relaxed for built-in constraints as they have been carefully crafted so we are sure types
+	 * are right.
+	 */
+	public static <T extends Annotation> ClassBasedValidatorDescriptor<T> ofBuiltin(Class<? extends ConstraintValidator<T, ?>> validatorClass,
+			Class<? extends Annotation> registeredConstraintAnnotationType) {
+		return new ClassBasedValidatorDescriptor<T>( validatorClass );
+	}
+
 	private static EnumSet<ValidationTarget> determineValidationTargets(Class<? extends ConstraintValidator<?, ?>> validatorClass) {
 		SupportedValidationTarget supportedTargetAnnotation = validatorClass.getAnnotation(
 				SupportedValidationTarget.class );
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/engine/constraintvalidation/ConstraintValidatorDescriptor.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/engine/constraintvalidation/ConstraintValidatorDescriptor.java
index cb4da5b2ec..5cf692e8d4 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/engine/constraintvalidation/ConstraintValidatorDescriptor.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/engine/constraintvalidation/ConstraintValidatorDescriptor.java
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ static <A extends Annotation> ConstraintValidatorDescriptor<A> forClass(Class<?
 		return ClassBasedValidatorDescriptor.of( validatorClass, constraintAnnotationType );
 	}
 
+	static <A extends Annotation> ConstraintValidatorDescriptor<A> forBuiltinClass(Class<? extends ConstraintValidator<A, ?>> validatorClass,
+			Class<? extends Annotation> constraintAnnotationType) {
+		return ClassBasedValidatorDescriptor.ofBuiltin( validatorClass, constraintAnnotationType );
+	}
+
 	static <A extends Annotation, T> ConstraintValidatorDescriptor<A> forLambda(Class<A> annotationType, Type validatedType, ValidationCallable<T> lambda) {
 		return new LambdaBasedValidatorDescriptor<>( validatedType, lambda );
 	}
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/metadata/core/ConstraintHelper.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/metadata/core/ConstraintHelper.java
index 03d0a458ef..82e60f7a1b 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/metadata/core/ConstraintHelper.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validator/internal/metadata/core/ConstraintHelper.java
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ private static <A extends Annotation> void putBuiltinConstraint(Map<Class<? exte
 
 	private static <A extends Annotation> void putBuiltinConstraint(Map<Class<? extends Annotation>, List<ConstraintValidatorDescriptor<?>>> validators,
 			Class<A> constraintType, Class<? extends ConstraintValidator<A, ?>> validatorType) {
-		validators.put( constraintType, Collections.singletonList( ConstraintValidatorDescriptor.forClass( validatorType, constraintType ) ) );
+		validators.put( constraintType, Collections.singletonList( ConstraintValidatorDescriptor.forBuiltinClass( validatorType, constraintType ) ) );
 	}
 
 	private static <A extends Annotation> void putBuiltinConstraints(Map<Class<? extends Annotation>, List<ConstraintValidatorDescriptor<?>>> validators,
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ private static <A extends Annotation> void putBuiltinConstraints(Map<Class<? ext
 		List<ConstraintValidatorDescriptor<?>> descriptors = new ArrayList<>( validatorTypes.size() );
 
 		for ( Class<? extends ConstraintValidator<A, ?>> validatorType : validatorTypes ) {
-			descriptors.add( ConstraintValidatorDescriptor.forClass( validatorType, constraintType ) );
+			descriptors.add( ConstraintValidatorDescriptor.forBuiltinClass( validatorType, constraintType ) );
 		}
 
 		validators.put( constraintType, CollectionHelper.toImmutableList( descriptors ) );