diff --git a/test/test_dtype.py b/test/test_dtype.py
index 1e083694..1f6236d6 100644
--- a/test/test_dtype.py
+++ b/test/test_dtype.py
@@ -216,6 +216,9 @@ class TestHelpers(unittest.TestCase):
     assert not dtypes.is_int(dtype.vec(amt) if amt > 1 else dtype)
     assert not dtypes.is_unsigned(dtype.vec(amt) if amt > 1 else dtype)
 
+  def test_bf16_is_float(self):
+    assert dtypes.is_float(dtypes.bfloat16)
+
   @given(st.sampled_from([d for d in DTYPES_DICT.values() if dtypes.is_float(d) or dtypes.is_int(d)]), st.integers(min_value=2, max_value=8))
   def test_scalar(self, dtype, amt):
     assert dtype.vec(amt).scalar() == dtype
diff --git a/tinygrad/helpers.py b/tinygrad/helpers.py
index 40a3c674..62d124e2 100644
--- a/tinygrad/helpers.py
+++ b/tinygrad/helpers.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class PtrDType(DType):
 
 class dtypes:
   @staticmethod
-  def is_float(x: DType) -> bool: return x.scalar() in (dtypes.float16, dtypes.float32, dtypes.float64)
+  def is_float(x: DType) -> bool: return x.scalar() in (dtypes.float16, dtypes.bfloat16, dtypes.float32, dtypes.float64)
   @staticmethod # static methds on top, or bool in the type info will refer to dtypes.bool
   def is_int(x: DType) -> bool: return x.scalar() in (dtypes.int8, dtypes.int16, dtypes.int32, dtypes.int64) or dtypes.is_unsigned(x)
   @staticmethod