diff --git a/devito/symbolics/inspection.py b/devito/symbolics/inspection.py
index 3332bc68d67..6649fa86bf5 100644
--- a/devito/symbolics/inspection.py
+++ b/devito/symbolics/inspection.py
@@ -304,4 +304,10 @@ def sympy_dtype(expr, base=None):
             dtypes.add(i.dtype)
         except AttributeError:
             pass
-    return infer_dtype(dtypes)
+    dtype = infer_dtype(dtypes)
+
+    # Promote if complex
+    if expr.has(ImaginaryUnit):
+        dtype = np.promote_types(dtype, np.complex64).type
+
+    return dtype
diff --git a/devito/types/basic.py b/devito/types/basic.py
index 0c27188ae95..af08d6281d9 100644
--- a/devito/types/basic.py
+++ b/devito/types/basic.py
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ def _C_ctype(self):
             return self.dtype
         elif np.issubdtype(self.dtype, np.complexfloating):
             rtype = self.dtype(0).real.__class__
-            ctname = '%s _Complex' % dtype_to_cstr(rtype)
+            ctname = '%s complex' % dtype_to_cstr(rtype)
             ctype = dtype_to_ctype(rtype)
             r = type(ctname, (ctype,), {})
             return r
diff --git a/tests/test_gpu_common.py b/tests/test_gpu_common.py
index 1204eb2c130..28d0a38edd3 100644
--- a/tests/test_gpu_common.py
+++ b/tests/test_gpu_common.py
@@ -66,6 +66,24 @@ def test_maxpar_option(self):
         assert trees[0][0] is trees[1][0]
         assert trees[0][1] is not trees[1][1]
 
+    def test_complex(self):
+        grid = Grid((5, 5))
+        x, y = grid.dimensions
+        # Float32 complex is called complex64 in numpy
+        u = Function(name="u", grid=grid, dtype=np.complex64)
+
+        eq = Eq(u, x + 1j*y + exp(1j + x.spacing))
+        # Currently wrong alias type
+        op = Operator(eq)
+        op()
+
+        # Check against numpy
+        dx = grid.spacing_map[x.spacing]
+        xx, yy = np.meshgrid(np.linspace(0, 4, 5), np.linspace(0, 4, 5))
+        npres = xx + 1j*yy + np.exp(1j + dx)
+
+        assert np.allclose(u.data, npres.T, rtol=1e-7, atol=0)
+
 
 class TestPassesOptional(object):
 
diff --git a/tests/test_operator.py b/tests/test_operator.py
index 1ad704f8367..376c7e5dff6 100644
--- a/tests/test_operator.py
+++ b/tests/test_operator.py
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ def test_complex(self):
 
         eq = Eq(u, x + 1j*y + exp(1j + x.spacing))
         # Currently wrong alias type
-        op = Operator(eq, opt='noop')
+        op = Operator(eq)
         op()
 
         # Check against numpy