diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/GenericsHighlightUtil.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/GenericsHighlightUtil.java
index 7a9fc0d0441e..66923d9db269 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/GenericsHighlightUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/GenericsHighlightUtil.java
@@ -845,6 +845,11 @@ public class GenericsHighlightUtil {
   public static PsiType getCollectionItemType(@NotNull PsiExpression expression) {
     final PsiType type = expression.getType();
     if (type == null) return null;
+    return getCollectionItemType(type, expression.getResolveScope());
+  }
+
+  @Nullable
+  public static PsiType getCollectionItemType(final PsiType type, final GlobalSearchScope scope) {
     if (type instanceof PsiArrayType) {
       return ((PsiArrayType)type).getComponentType();
     }
@@ -857,7 +862,7 @@ public class GenericsHighlightUtil {
       PsiSubstitutor substitutor = resolveResult.getSubstitutor();
       JavaPsiFacade facade = JavaPsiFacade.getInstance(manager.getProject());
       if (qName != null) {
-        PsiClass myClass = facade.findClass(qName, expression.getResolveScope());
+        PsiClass myClass = facade.findClass(qName, scope);
         if (myClass != null && myClass != aClass) {
           //different JDKs
           PsiTypeParameter thisTypeParameter = getIterableTypeParameter(facade, myClass);
diff --git a/plugins/javaFX/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/JavaFxClassBackedElementDescriptor.java b/plugins/javaFX/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/JavaFxClassBackedElementDescriptor.java
index 697944fc7e53..383685464cb7 100644
--- a/plugins/javaFX/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/JavaFxClassBackedElementDescriptor.java
+++ b/plugins/javaFX/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/JavaFxClassBackedElementDescriptor.java
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 package org.jetbrains.plugins.javaFX.fxml;
 
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.Validator;
+import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.impl.analysis.GenericsHighlightUtil;
+import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.impl.analysis.HighlightUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Comparing;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.psi.*;
 import com.intellij.psi.impl.source.xml.XmlAttributeImpl;
+import com.intellij.psi.util.InheritanceUtil;
+import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiUtil;
 import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlAttribute;
 import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlFile;
 import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlTag;
@@ -168,11 +172,38 @@ public class JavaFxClassBackedElementDescriptor implements XmlElementDescriptor,
 
   @Override
   public void validate(@NotNull XmlTag context, @NotNull ValidationHost host) {
-    if (context.getParentTag() != null) {
+    final XmlTag parentTag = context.getParentTag();
+    if (parentTag != null) {
       final XmlAttribute attribute = context.getAttribute(FxmlConstants.FX_CONTROLLER);
       if (attribute != null) {
         host.addMessage(((XmlAttributeImpl)attribute).getNameElement(), "fx:controller can only be applied to root element", ValidationHost.ErrorType.ERROR); //todo add delete/move to upper tag fix
       }
+      validateTagAccordingToFieldType(context, parentTag, host);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void validateTagAccordingToFieldType(XmlTag context, XmlTag parentTag, ValidationHost host) {
+    if (myPsiClass != null && myPsiClass.isValid()) {
+      final XmlElementDescriptor descriptor = parentTag.getDescriptor();
+      if (descriptor instanceof JavaFxListPropertyElementDescriptor) {
+        final PsiElement declaration = descriptor.getDeclaration();
+        if (declaration instanceof PsiField) {
+          final PsiType type = ((PsiField)declaration).getType();
+          final PsiType collectionItemType = GenericsHighlightUtil.getCollectionItemType(type, myPsiClass.getResolveScope());
+          if (collectionItemType != null && PsiPrimitiveType.getUnboxedType(collectionItemType) == null) {
+            final PsiClass baseClass = PsiUtil.resolveClassInType(collectionItemType);
+            if (baseClass != null) {
+              final String qualifiedName = baseClass.getQualifiedName();
+              if (qualifiedName != null && !Comparing.strEqual(qualifiedName, CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_STRING)) {
+                if (!InheritanceUtil.isInheritor(myPsiClass, qualifiedName)) {
+                  host.addMessage(context.getNavigationElement(), 
+                                  "Unable to coerce " + HighlightUtil.formatClass(myPsiClass)+ " to " + qualifiedName, ValidationHost.ErrorType.ERROR);
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/javaFX/testData/highlighting/CoercedTypes.fxml b/plugins/javaFX/testData/highlighting/CoercedTypes.fxml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f870619b884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/javaFX/testData/highlighting/CoercedTypes.fxml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>
+<?import java.util.*?>
+<?import java.net.*?>
+<AnchorPane id="AnchorPane" maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" unknownAttr="val" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml">
+  <children>
+    <<error descr="Unable to coerce java.util.ArrayList to javafx.scene.Node">ArrayList</error>/>
+  </children>
+  <stylesheets>
+    <URL value="test.css" />
+  </stylesheets>
+</AnchorPane>
diff --git a/plugins/javaFX/testData/jfxrt.jar b/plugins/javaFX/testData/jfxrt.jar
index fbaec4cc796e..48109d611026 100644
Binary files a/plugins/javaFX/testData/jfxrt.jar and b/plugins/javaFX/testData/jfxrt.jar differ
diff --git a/plugins/javaFX/testSrc/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/JavaFXHighlightingTest.java b/plugins/javaFX/testSrc/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/JavaFXHighlightingTest.java
index 2abe6ed57d6d..0dda34ffc421 100644
--- a/plugins/javaFX/testSrc/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/JavaFXHighlightingTest.java
+++ b/plugins/javaFX/testSrc/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/JavaFXHighlightingTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ public class JavaFXHighlightingTest extends DaemonAnalyzerTestCase {
     doTest();
   }
 
+  public void testCoercedTypes() throws Exception {
+    doTest();
+  }
+
   private void doTest() throws Exception {
     doTest(false, false, getTestName(true) + ".fxml");
   }