diff --git a/plugins/javaFX/javaFX-CE/testSrc/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/JavaFxCoercingTest.java b/plugins/javaFX/javaFX-CE/testSrc/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/JavaFxCoercingTest.java
index 48ffb35544dd..b86409810cfd 100644
--- a/plugins/javaFX/javaFX-CE/testSrc/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/JavaFxCoercingTest.java
+++ b/plugins/javaFX/javaFX-CE/testSrc/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/JavaFxCoercingTest.java
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ public class JavaFxCoercingTest extends AbstractJavaFXTestCase {
     doTest();
   }
 
+  public void testFactoryCoercing() throws Exception {
+    doTest();
+  }
+
   private void doTest() throws Exception {
     myFixture.testHighlighting(false, false, false, getTestName(true) + ".fxml");
   }
diff --git a/plugins/javaFX/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/descriptors/JavaFxClassBackedElementDescriptor.java b/plugins/javaFX/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/descriptors/JavaFxClassBackedElementDescriptor.java
index 3c8b1e887a2a..723cae673715 100644
--- a/plugins/javaFX/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/descriptors/JavaFxClassBackedElementDescriptor.java
+++ b/plugins/javaFX/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/descriptors/JavaFxClassBackedElementDescriptor.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import com.intellij.psi.impl.source.xml.XmlAttributeImpl;
 import com.intellij.psi.search.GlobalSearchScope;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.*;
 import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlAttribute;
+import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlAttributeValue;
 import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlTag;
 import com.intellij.util.ArrayUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.Function;
@@ -377,6 +378,20 @@ public class JavaFxClassBackedElementDescriptor implements XmlElementDescriptor,
       if (constField != null) {
         aClass = PsiUtil.resolveClassInType(constField.getType());
       }
+    } else {
+      final XmlAttribute factoryAttr = context.getAttribute(FxmlConstants.FX_FACTORY);
+      if (factoryAttr != null) {
+        final XmlAttributeValue valueElement = factoryAttr.getValueElement();
+        if (valueElement != null) {
+          final PsiReference reference = valueElement.getReference();
+          final PsiElement staticFactoryMethod = reference != null ? reference.resolve() : null;
+          if (staticFactoryMethod instanceof PsiMethod && 
+              ((PsiMethod)staticFactoryMethod).getParameterList().getParametersCount() == 0 && 
+              ((PsiMethod)staticFactoryMethod).hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.STATIC)) {
+            aClass = PsiUtil.resolveClassInType(((PsiMethod)staticFactoryMethod).getReturnType());
+          }
+        }
+      }
     }
     final String canCoerceError = JavaFxPsiUtil.isClassAcceptable(parentTag, aClass);
     if (canCoerceError != null) {
diff --git a/plugins/javaFX/testData/coercing/factoryCoercing.fxml b/plugins/javaFX/testData/coercing/factoryCoercing.fxml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1173b0a6480f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/javaFX/testData/coercing/factoryCoercing.fxml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?import javafx.collections.FXCollections?>
+<?import javafx.scene.control.ComboBox?>
+<?import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane?>
+<?import java.lang.String?>
+<GridPane xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml">
+    <ComboBox>
+        <items>
+            <FXCollections fx:factory="observableArrayList">
+                <String fx:value="1" />
+                <String fx:value="2" />
+            </FXCollections>
+        </items>
+    </ComboBox>
+</GridPane>
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diff --git a/plugins/javaFX/testData/coercing/rootTagSubtagsCoercing.fxml b/plugins/javaFX/testData/coercing/rootTagSubtagsCoercing.fxml
index d44cb8ddd612..44a5ed8270a4 100644
--- a/plugins/javaFX/testData/coercing/rootTagSubtagsCoercing.fxml
+++ b/plugins/javaFX/testData/coercing/rootTagSubtagsCoercing.fxml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
             <String fx:value="C"/>
         </FXCollections>
     </fx:define>
-    <<error descr="Unable to coerce javafx.collections.FXCollections to javafx.scene.Node">FXCollections</error> fx:factory="observableArrayList">
+    <<error descr="Unable to coerce javafx.collections.ObservableList to javafx.scene.Node">FXCollections</error> fx:factory="observableArrayList">
         <String fx:value="A"/>
         <String fx:value="B"/>
         <String fx:value="C"/>
-    </<error descr="Unable to coerce javafx.collections.FXCollections to javafx.scene.Node">FXCollections</error>>
+    </<error descr="Unable to coerce javafx.collections.ObservableList to javafx.scene.Node">FXCollections</error>>
 </fx:root>
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