diff --git a/base/abstractarray.jl b/base/abstractarray.jl
index 589d460e9a3f7..8ba42f2d2e146 100644
--- a/base/abstractarray.jl
+++ b/base/abstractarray.jl
@@ -1744,6 +1744,9 @@ function hvcat(nbc::Integer, as...)
     hvcat(ntuple(i->nbc, nbr), as...)
 end
 
+hvcat(::Val{rows}, values...) where {rows} = hvcat(rows, values...)
+typed_hvcat(T, ::Val{rows}, values...) where {rows} = typed_hvcat(T, rows, values...)
+
 """
     hvcat(rows::Tuple{Vararg{Int}}, values...)
 
diff --git a/src/julia-syntax.scm b/src/julia-syntax.scm
index 2f02c09acedac..bf1983c985719 100644
--- a/src/julia-syntax.scm
+++ b/src/julia-syntax.scm
@@ -2339,7 +2339,7 @@
                                        (list x)))
                                  a)))
                   `(call (top hvcat)
-                         (tuple ,.(map length rows))
+                         (call (curly (top Val) (tuple ,.(map length rows))))
                          ,.(apply append rows)))
                 `(call (top vcat) ,@a))))))
 
@@ -2366,7 +2366,7 @@
                                    (list x)))
                              a)))
               `(call (top typed_hvcat) ,t
-                     (tuple ,.(map length rows))
+                     (call (curly (top Val) (tuple ,.(map length rows))))
                      ,.(apply append rows)))
             `(call (top typed_vcat) ,t ,@a)))))