diff --git a/pythonosc/osc_message_builder.py b/pythonosc/osc_message_builder.py
index dac5158128dbef83097d8b064b24ff71a826d1fc..6214deca3001c50ad783caf3cc536ee765e2b10c 100644
--- a/pythonosc/osc_message_builder.py
+++ b/pythonosc/osc_message_builder.py
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 """Build OSC messages for client applications."""
 
-try:
-    import builtins
-except ImportError:
-    # for python 2.x
-    import __builtin__ as builtins
-
 from pythonosc import osc_message
 from pythonosc.parsing import osc_types
 
@@ -65,19 +59,20 @@ class OscMessageBuilder(object):
       raise ValueError(
           'arg_type must be one of {}'.format(self._SUPPORTED_ARG_TYPES))
     if not arg_type:
-      builtin_type = type(arg_value)
-      if builtin_type == builtins.str:
+      if isinstance(arg_value, str):
         arg_type = self.ARG_TYPE_STRING
-      elif builtin_type == builtins.bytes:
+      elif isinstance(arg_value, bytes):
         arg_type = self.ARG_TYPE_BLOB
-      elif builtin_type == builtins.int:
+      elif isinstance(arg_value, int):
         arg_type = self.ARG_TYPE_INT
-      elif builtin_type == builtins.float:
+      elif isinstance(arg_value, float):
         arg_type = self.ARG_TYPE_FLOAT
-      elif builtin_type == builtins.bool and arg_value:
+      elif arg_value == True:
         arg_type = self.ARG_TYPE_TRUE
-      elif builtin_type == builtins.bool and not arg_value:
+      elif arg_value == False:
         arg_type = self.ARG_TYPE_FALSE
+      else:
+        raise ValueError('Infered arg_value type is not supported')
     self._args.append((arg_type, arg_value))
 
   def build(self):
diff --git a/pythonosc/test/test_osc_message_builder.py b/pythonosc/test/test_osc_message_builder.py
index 38cddc9cfcf89f5cae6919e783a0af16ce59aaa5..e73c088eff49912246a1836de5c9b0dc5c7074fe 100644
--- a/pythonosc/test/test_osc_message_builder.py
+++ b/pythonosc/test/test_osc_message_builder.py
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ class TestOscMessageBuilder(unittest.TestCase):
     builder = osc_message_builder.OscMessageBuilder("")
     self.assertRaises(ValueError, builder.add_arg, "what?", 1)
 
+  def test_add_arg_invalid_infered_type(self):
+    builder = osc_message_builder.OscMessageBuilder('')
+    self.assertRaises(ValueError, builder.add_arg, {'name': 'John'})
+
   def test_all_param_types(self):
     builder = osc_message_builder.OscMessageBuilder(address="/SYNC")
     builder.add_arg(4.0)