diff --git a/spec/api-ipc-spec.js b/spec/api-ipc-spec.js
index 47f2eef216..c5e38e83e4 100644
--- a/spec/api-ipc-spec.js
+++ b/spec/api-ipc-spec.js
@@ -187,6 +187,18 @@ describe('ipc module', function () {
       property.property = 1127
     })
 
+    it('rethrows errors getting/setting properties', function () {
+      const foo = remote.require(path.join(fixtures, 'module', 'error-properties.js'))
+
+      assert.throws(function () {
+        foo.bar
+      }, /getting error/)
+
+      assert.throws(function () {
+        foo.bar = 'test'
+      }, /setting error/)
+    })
+
     it('can construct an object from its member', function () {
       var call = remote.require(path.join(fixtures, 'module', 'call.js'))
       var obj = new call.constructor()
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/module/error-properties.js b/spec/fixtures/module/error-properties.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3a1e3b3a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/module/error-properties.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class Foo {
+  set bar (value) {
+    throw new Error('setting error')
+  }
+
+  get bar () {
+    throw new Error('getting error')
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = new Foo()