2 files changed, 37 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/qml/qml/qqmlproperty.cpp b/src/qml/qml/qqmlproperty.cpp
index 2d459421d9..b798215fa5 100644
--- a/src/qml/qml/qqmlproperty.cpp
+++ b/src/qml/qml/qqmlproperty.cpp
@@ -1521,13 +1521,28 @@ bool QQmlPropertyPrivate::writeBinding(QObject *object,
             return true;
 
         const char *valueType = 0;
-        if (value.userType() == QVariant::Invalid) valueType = "null";
-        else valueType = QMetaType::typeName(value.userType());
+        const char *propertyType = 0;
+
+        if (value.userType() == QMetaType::QObjectStar) {
+            if (QObject *o = *(QObject **)value.constData()) {
+                valueType = o->metaObject()->className();
+
+                const QMetaObject *propertyMetaObject = rawMetaObjectForType(QQmlEnginePrivate::get(engine), type);
+                propertyType = propertyMetaObject->className();
+            }
+        } else if (value.userType() != QVariant::Invalid) {
+            valueType = QMetaType::typeName(value.userType());
+        }
+
+        if (!valueType)
+            valueType = "null";
+        if (!propertyType)
+            propertyType = QMetaType::typeName(type);
 
         expression->delayedError()->error.setDescription(QLatin1String("Unable to assign ") +
                                                          QLatin1String(valueType) +
                                                          QLatin1String(" to ") +
-                                                         QLatin1String(QMetaType::typeName(type)));
+                                                         QLatin1String(propertyType));
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/qml/qml/v4/qv4bindings.cpp b/src/qml/qml/v4/qv4bindings.cpp
index 5bace305f1..25fbbd4861 100644
--- a/src/qml/qml/v4/qv4bindings.cpp
+++ b/src/qml/qml/v4/qv4bindings.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include <private/qqmlmetatype_p.h>
 #include <private/qqmltrace_p.h>
 #include <private/qqmlstringconverters_p.h>
+#include <private/qqmlproperty_p.h>
 
 #include <QtQml/qqmlinfo.h>
 #include <QtCore/qnumeric.h>
@@ -1656,6 +1657,24 @@ void QV4Bindings::run(int instrIndex, quint32 &executedBlocks,
         if (data.isUndefined()) 
             THROW_EXCEPTION_STR(instr->store.exceptionId, QLatin1String("Unable to assign undefined value"));
 
+        if (data.gettype() == QObjectStarType) {
+            if (QObject *dataObject = data.getQObject()) {
+                const QMetaObject *dataMo = dataObject->metaObject();
+
+                QQmlEnginePrivate *ep = QQmlEnginePrivate::get(context->engine);
+                QMetaProperty receiver = output->metaObject()->property(instr->store.index);
+                const QMetaObject *receiverMo = QQmlPropertyPrivate::rawMetaObjectForType(ep, receiver.userType());
+
+                // Verify that these types are compatible
+                if (!QQmlPropertyPrivate::canConvert(dataMo, receiverMo)) {
+                    THROW_EXCEPTION_STR(instr->store.exceptionId, QLatin1String("Unable to assign ") +
+                                                                  QLatin1String(dataMo->className()) +
+                                                                  QLatin1String(" to ") +
+                                                                  QLatin1String(receiverMo->className()));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         int status = -1;
         void *argv[] = { data.typeDataPtr(), 0, &status, &storeFlags };
         QMetaObject::metacall(output, QMetaObject::WriteProperty,