diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 27e4d04924..b5e97c319c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ What's New in astroid 2.15.5?
 =============================
 Release date: TBA
 
+* Handle ``objects.Super`` in ``helpers.object_type()``.
+
+  Refs pylint-dev/pylint#8554
 
 
 What's New in astroid 2.15.4?
diff --git a/astroid/helpers.py b/astroid/helpers.py
index 3c5d8e5fd4..40bbf7e069 100644
--- a/astroid/helpers.py
+++ b/astroid/helpers.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from collections.abc import Generator
 
-from astroid import bases, manager, nodes, raw_building, util
+from astroid import bases, manager, nodes, objects, raw_building, util
 from astroid.context import CallContext, InferenceContext
 from astroid.exceptions import (
     AstroidTypeError,
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def _object_type(
             raise InferenceError
         elif isinstance(inferred, util.UninferableBase):
             yield inferred
-        elif isinstance(inferred, (bases.Proxy, nodes.Slice)):
+        elif isinstance(inferred, (bases.Proxy, nodes.Slice, objects.Super)):
             yield inferred._proxied
         else:  # pragma: no cover
             raise AssertionError(f"We don't handle {type(inferred)} currently")
diff --git a/tests/test_helpers.py b/tests/test_helpers.py
index 5fdadc234f..aaf45c7413 100644
--- a/tests/test_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/test_helpers.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ def test_object_type(self) -> None:
             ("type", self._extract("type")),
             ("object", self._extract("type")),
             ("object()", self._extract("object")),
+            ("super()", self._extract("super")),
             ("lambda: None", self._build_custom_builtin("function")),
             ("len", self._build_custom_builtin("builtin_function_or_method")),
             ("None", self._build_custom_builtin("NoneType")),