diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyCallingNonCallableInspection.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyCallingNonCallableInspection.java
index be64b32af41a..c045b17c53a2 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyCallingNonCallableInspection.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyCallingNonCallableInspection.java
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ import com.jetbrains.python.psi.PyExpression;
 import com.jetbrains.python.psi.PyReferenceExpression;
 import com.jetbrains.python.psi.impl.PyBuiltinCache;
 import com.jetbrains.python.psi.resolve.QualifiedResolveResult;
-import com.jetbrains.python.psi.types.PyABCUtil;
-import com.jetbrains.python.psi.types.PyClassType;
-import com.jetbrains.python.psi.types.PyType;
-import com.jetbrains.python.psi.types.PyTypeReference;
+import com.jetbrains.python.psi.types.*;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
@@ -63,7 +60,7 @@ public class PyCallingNonCallableInspection extends PyInspection {
             registerProblem(node, String.format("'%s' object is not callable", cls.getName()));
           }
         }
-        else if (calleeType != null && !(calleeType instanceof PyTypeReference)) {
+        else if (calleeType != null && !(calleeType instanceof PyTypeReference) && !(calleeType instanceof PyCallableType)) {
           registerProblem(node, String.format("'%s' is not callable", callee.getName()));
         }
       }
diff --git a/python/testData/inspections/PyCallingNonCallableInspection/namedTupleCallable.py b/python/testData/inspections/PyCallingNonCallableInspection/namedTupleCallable.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72f070e1eea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/inspections/PyCallingNonCallableInspection/namedTupleCallable.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from collections import namedtuple
+
+Point = namedtuple('Point', ['x', 'y'], verbose=True)
+
+p = Point(11, y=22)
diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyCallingNonCallableTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyCallingNonCallableTest.java
index 11f83a71988e..3d656581bbfc 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyCallingNonCallableTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyCallingNonCallableTest.java
@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@ public class PyCallingNonCallableTest extends PyLightFixtureTestCase {
     doTest();
   }
   
+  public void testNamedTupleCallable() {
+    doTest();
+  }
+  
   private void doTest() {
-    setLanguageLevel(LanguageLevel.PYTHON26);
+    setLanguageLevel(LanguageLevel.PYTHON27);
     try {
       myFixture.configureByFile("inspections/PyCallingNonCallableInspection/" + getTestName(true) + ".py");
       myFixture.enableInspections(PyCallingNonCallableInspection.class);