diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/createClass.ts b/packages/types/src/create/createClass.ts
index 284954ed58..20074954f9 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/createClass.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/create/createClass.ts
@@ -175,16 +175,9 @@ const infoMapping: Record<TypeDefInfo, (registry: Registry, value: TypeDef) => C
     WrapperOpaque.with(getSubType(value))
 };
 
-// Returns the type Class for construction
-export function getTypeClass<T extends Codec = Codec> (registry: Registry, typeDef: TypeDef): Constructor<T> {
-  let Type = registry.get(typeDef.type);
-
-  if (Type) {
-    return Type as Constructor<T>;
-  }
-
+export function constructTypeClass<T extends Codec = Codec> (registry: Registry, typeDef: TypeDef): Constructor<T> {
   try {
-    Type = infoMapping[typeDef.info](registry, typeDef);
+    const Type = infoMapping[typeDef.info](registry, typeDef);
 
     assert(Type, 'No class created');
 
@@ -201,6 +194,11 @@ export function getTypeClass<T extends Codec = Codec> (registry: Registry, typeD
   }
 }
 
+// Returns the type Class for construction
+export function getTypeClass<T extends Codec = Codec> (registry: Registry, typeDef: TypeDef): Constructor<T> {
+  return registry.get(typeDef.type, false, typeDef) as Constructor<T>;
+}
+
 export function createClass<T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (registry: Registry, type: K): DetectConstructor<T, K> {
   return getTypeClass(
     registry,
diff --git a/packages/types/src/create/registry.ts b/packages/types/src/create/registry.ts
index 0cd29c1dec..e4b79fcb4a 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/create/registry.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/create/registry.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import type { ExtDef } from '../extrinsic/signedExtensions/types';
 import type { ChainProperties, CodecHash, DispatchErrorModule, Hash, MetadataLatest, SiField, SiLookupTypeId, SiVariant } from '../interfaces/types';
 import type { CallFunction, Codec, CodecHasher, Constructor, DetectCodec, DetectConstructor, RegisteredTypes, Registry, RegistryError, RegistryTypes } from '../types';
-import type { CreateOptions } from './types';
+import type { CreateOptions, TypeDef } from './types';
 
 import { assert, assertReturn, BN_ZERO, formatBalance, isFunction, isString, isU8a, lazyMethod, logger, objectSpread, stringCamelCase, stringify } from '@polkadot/util';
 import { blake2AsU8a } from '@polkadot/util-crypto';
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { decorateConstants, filterCallsSome, filterEventsSome } from '../metadat
 import { createCallFunction } from '../metadata/decorate/extrinsics';
 import { Metadata } from '../metadata/Metadata';
 import { PortableRegistry } from '../metadata/PortableRegistry';
-import { createClass } from './createClass';
+import { constructTypeClass, createClass } from './createClass';
 import { createTypeUnsafe } from './createType';
 import { lazyVariants } from './lazy';
 
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ export class TypeRegistry implements Registry {
     );
   }
 
-  public get <T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (name: K, withUnknown?: boolean): DetectConstructor<T, K> | undefined {
+  public get <T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (name: K, withUnknown?: boolean, knownTypeDef?: TypeDef): DetectConstructor<T, K> | undefined {
     let Type = this.#classes.get(name);
 
     // we have not already created the type, attempt it
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ export class TypeRegistry implements Registry {
       // we have a definition, so create the class now (lazily)
       if (definition) {
         BaseType = createClass(this, definition);
-
-        this.#classes.set(name, BaseType);
+      } else if (knownTypeDef) {
+        BaseType = constructTypeClass(this, knownTypeDef);
       } else if (withUnknown) {
         l.warn(`Unable to resolve type ${name}, it will fail on construction`);
 
diff --git a/packages/types/src/types/registry.ts b/packages/types/src/types/registry.ts
index 642cdd82af..88e26c9326 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/types/registry.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/types/registry.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 import type { Observable } from 'rxjs';
 import type { BN } from '@polkadot/util';
-import type { CreateOptions } from '../create/types';
+import type { CreateOptions, TypeDef } from '../create/types';
 import type { ExtDef } from '../extrinsic/signedExtensions/types';
 import type { MetadataLatest } from '../interfaces/metadata';
 import type { CodecHash, Hash } from '../interfaces/runtime';
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ export interface Registry {
   createClass <T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (type: K): DetectConstructor<T, K>;
   createType <T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (type: K, ...params: unknown[]): DetectCodec<T, K>;
   createTypeUnsafe <T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (type: K, params: unknown[], options?: CreateOptions): DetectCodec<T, K>;
-  get <T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (name: K, withUnknown?: boolean): DetectConstructor<T, K> | undefined;
+  get <T extends Codec = Codec, K extends string = string> (name: K, withUnknown?: boolean, knownTypeDef?: TypeDef): DetectConstructor<T, K> | undefined;
   getChainProperties (): ChainProperties | undefined;
   getClassName (clazz: Constructor): string | undefined;
   getDefinition (typeName: string): string | undefined;