diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 702c0fdbd..c1a07a441 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
 
 * `retry` for the more flexible `retry` method introduced in 0.6 which includes support for kwargs ([#19331], [#21419]).
 
-## Renamed functions
+## Renamed functions and types
 
 
 * `$` is now `xor` or `⊻` ([#18977])
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ Currently, the `@compat` macro supports the following syntaxes:
     `read(::IO, ::Type{String})`, `read(::AbstractString, ::Type{String})`,
     and `read(::Cmd, ::Type{String})` are defined for 0.6 and below.
 
+* `Range` is now `AbstractRange` ([#23570])
 
 ## New macros
 
@@ -305,3 +306,4 @@ includes this fix. Find the minimum version from there.
 [#22751]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22751
 [#22761]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22761
 [#22864]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22864
+[#23570]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/23570
diff --git a/src/Compat.jl b/src/Compat.jl
index 7661ac3df..5be1fef91 100644
--- a/src/Compat.jl
+++ b/src/Compat.jl
@@ -582,6 +582,12 @@ if VERSION < v"0.7.0-DEV.1285"
     Base.OverflowError(msg) = OverflowError()
 end
 
+# 0.7.0-DEV.1721
+@static if !isdefined(Base, :AbstractRange)
+    const AbstractRange = Range
+    export AbstractRange
+end
+
 include("deprecated.jl")
 
 end # module Compat
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 7fa9a0f84..7bb0d7c21 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -767,6 +767,9 @@ no_specialize(@nospecialize(x::Integer)) = sin(2)
 @test contains(read(@__FILE__, String), "read(@__FILE__, String)")
 @test read(`$(Base.julia_cmd()) --startup-file=no -e "println(:aaaa)"`, String) == "aaaa\n"
 
+# 0.7
+@test isa(1:2, AbstractRange)
+
 if VERSION < v"0.6.0"
     include("deprecated.jl")
 end