diff --git a/ipykernel/debugger.py b/ipykernel/debugger.py
index 67df688c8..5d5116995 100644
--- a/ipykernel/debugger.py
+++ b/ipykernel/debugger.py
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ async def inspectVariables(self, message):
                 var_list.append({
                     'name': k,
                     'value': v,
+                    'type': str(type(v))[8:-2],
                     'variablesReference': 0
                 })
         reply = {