diff --git a/scrapy/item.py b/scrapy/item.py
index c0434c576..28b419917 100644
--- a/scrapy/item.py
+++ b/scrapy/item.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class ItemMeta(type):
             else:
                 new_attrs[n] = v
 
-        cls = type.__new__(mcs, class_name, bases, new_attrs)
+        cls = super(ItemMeta, mcs).__new__(mcs, class_name, bases, new_attrs)
         cls.fields = cls.fields.copy()
         cls.fields.update(fields)
         return cls