diff --git a/base/missing.jl b/base/missing.jl
index 8166ade8d2401..daf1dcf7ada9c 100644
--- a/base/missing.jl
+++ b/base/missing.jl
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ isless(::Missing, ::Any) = false
 isless(::Any, ::Missing) = true
 
 # Unary operators/functions
-for f in (:(!), :(+), :(-), :(identity), :(zero), :(one), :(oneunit),
+for f in (:(!), :(~), :(+), :(-), :(identity), :(zero), :(one), :(oneunit),
           :(abs), :(abs2), :(sign),
           :(acos), :(acosh), :(asin), :(asinh), :(atan), :(atanh),
           :(sin), :(sinh), :(cos), :(cosh), :(tan), :(tanh),
diff --git a/test/missing.jl b/test/missing.jl
index 960edeaaf74ff..8f1b82e0c88af 100644
--- a/test/missing.jl
+++ b/test/missing.jl
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ end
     arithmetic_operators = [+, -, *, /, ^, Base.div, Base.mod, Base.fld, Base.rem]
 
     # All unary operators return missing when evaluating missing
-    for f in [!, +, -]
+    for f in [!, ~, +, -]
         @test ismissing(f(missing))
     end