diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/PropertyAccessor.php b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/PropertyAccessor.php
index 87e9c71266ef7..38f9afb7ad442 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/PropertyAccessor.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/PropertyAccessor.php
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ private function writeIndex(&$array, $index, $value)
      *
      * @throws NoSuchPropertyException If the property does not exist or is not
      *                                 public.
+     * @throws \TypeError
      */
     private function writeProperty(&$object, $property, $value)
     {
@@ -553,7 +554,7 @@ private function writeProperty(&$object, $property, $value)
         $access = $this->getWriteAccessInfo($object, $property, $value);
 
         if (self::ACCESS_TYPE_METHOD === $access[self::ACCESS_TYPE]) {
-            $object->{$access[self::ACCESS_NAME]}($value);
+            $this->callMethod($object, $access[self::ACCESS_NAME], $value);
         } elseif (self::ACCESS_TYPE_PROPERTY === $access[self::ACCESS_TYPE]) {
             $object->{$access[self::ACCESS_NAME]} = $value;
         } elseif (self::ACCESS_TYPE_ADDER_AND_REMOVER === $access[self::ACCESS_TYPE]) {
@@ -567,12 +568,48 @@ private function writeProperty(&$object, $property, $value)
 
             $object->$property = $value;
         } elseif (self::ACCESS_TYPE_MAGIC === $access[self::ACCESS_TYPE]) {
-            $object->{$access[self::ACCESS_NAME]}($value);
+            $this->callMethod($object, $access[self::ACCESS_NAME], $value);
         } else {
             throw new NoSuchPropertyException($access[self::ACCESS_NAME]);
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Throws a {@see \TypeError} as in PHP 7 when using PHP 5.
+     *
+     * @param object $object
+     * @param string $method
+     * @param mixed  $value
+     *
+     * @throws \TypeError
+     * @throws \Exception
+     */
+    private function callMethod($object, $method, $value) {
+        if (PHP_MAJOR_VERSION >= 7) {
+            $object->{$method}($value);
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        set_error_handler(function ($errno, $errstr) use ($object, $method) {
+            if (E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR === $errno && false !== strpos($errstr, sprintf('passed to %s::%s() must', get_class($object), $method))) {
+                throw new \TypeError($errstr);
+            }
+
+            return false;
+        });
+
+        try {
+            $object->{$method}($value);
+            restore_error_handler();
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            // Cannot use finally in 5.5 because of https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67047
+            restore_error_handler();
+
+            throw $e;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Adjusts a collection-valued property by calling add*() and remove*()
      * methods.
@@ -582,6 +619,8 @@ private function writeProperty(&$object, $property, $value)
      * @param array|\Traversable $collection   The collection to write
      * @param string             $addMethod    The add*() method
      * @param string             $removeMethod The remove*() method
+     *
+     * @throws \TypeError
      */
     private function writeCollection($object, $property, $collection, $addMethod, $removeMethod)
     {
@@ -613,11 +652,11 @@ private function writeCollection($object, $property, $collection, $addMethod, $r
         }
 
         foreach ($itemToRemove as $item) {
-            $object->{$removeMethod}($item);
+            $this->callMethod($object, $removeMethod, $item);
         }
 
         foreach ($itemsToAdd as $item) {
-            $object->{$addMethod}($item);
+            $this->callMethod($object, $addMethod, $item);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/PropertyAccessorInterface.php b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/PropertyAccessorInterface.php
index be41ee175d985..5def1f4555cd2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/PropertyAccessorInterface.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/PropertyAccessorInterface.php
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ interface PropertyAccessorInterface
      * @throws Exception\AccessException          If a property/index does not exist or is not public
      * @throws Exception\UnexpectedTypeException  If a value within the path is neither object
      *                                            nor array
+     * @throws \TypeError                         If a the type of the value does not match the type
+     *                                            of the parameter of the mutator method
      */
     public function setValue(&$objectOrArray, $propertyPath, $value);
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/Tests/Fixtures/TestClass.php b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/Tests/Fixtures/TestClass.php
index 7b1b927529afe..e63af3a8bac5d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/Tests/Fixtures/TestClass.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/Tests/Fixtures/TestClass.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class TestClass
     private $publicIsAccessor;
     private $publicHasAccessor;
     private $publicGetter;
+    private $date;
 
     public function __construct($value)
     {
@@ -173,4 +174,14 @@ public function getPublicGetter()
     {
         return $this->publicGetter;
     }
+
+    public function setDate(\DateTimeInterface $date)
+    {
+        $this->date = $date;
+    }
+
+    public function getDate()
+    {
+        return $this->date;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/Tests/PropertyAccessorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/Tests/PropertyAccessorTest.php
index ce4438550e8d3..f2ab76d1cdff5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/Tests/PropertyAccessorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/Tests/PropertyAccessorTest.php
@@ -510,4 +510,21 @@ public function testIsWritableForReferenceChainIssue($object, $path, $value)
     {
         $this->assertEquals($value, $this->propertyAccessor->isWritable($object, $path));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException \TypeError
+     */
+    public function testThrowTypeError()
+    {
+        $this->propertyAccessor->setValue(new TestClass('Kévin'), 'date', 'This is a string, \DateTime excepted.');
+    }
+
+    public function testSetTypeHint()
+    {
+        $date = new \DateTimeImmutable();
+        $object = new TestClass('Kévin');
+
+        $this->propertyAccessor->setValue($object, 'date', $date);
+        $this->assertSame($date, $object->getDate());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/composer.json b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/composer.json
index fc657c1d21f9f..2cecd9c133071 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/composer.json
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/PropertyAccess/composer.json
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=5.5.9"
+        "php": ">=5.5.9",
+        "symfony/polyfill-php70": "~1.0"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": { "Symfony\\Component\\PropertyAccess\\": "" },