diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 26b236006f..400e5c34cb 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  * Invalid streamId in cql binary protocol when using invalid CL (CASSANDRA-5164)
  * Fix validation for IN where clauses with collections (CASSANDRA-5376)
  * Copy resultSet on count query to avoid ConcurrentModificationException (CASSANDRA-5382)
+ * Correctly typecheck in CQL3 even with ReversedType (CASSANDRA-5386)
 Merged from 1.1:
  * cli: Quote ks and cf names in schema output when needed (CASSANDRA-5052)
  * Fix bad default for min/max timestamp in SSTableMetadata (CASSANDRA-5372)
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/CQL3Type.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/CQL3Type.java
index 58a2fa3086..d7a4e8ee41 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/CQL3Type.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/CQL3Type.java
@@ -105,6 +105,22 @@ public interface CQL3Type
             return false;
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public final boolean equals(Object o)
+        {
+            if(!(o instanceof Custom))
+                return false;
+
+            Custom that = (Custom)o;
+            return type.equals(that.type);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public final int hashCode()
+        {
+            return type.hashCode();
+        }
+
         @Override
         public String toString()
         {
@@ -166,6 +182,22 @@ public interface CQL3Type
             return false;
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public final boolean equals(Object o)
+        {
+            if(!(o instanceof Collection))
+                return false;
+
+            Collection that = (Collection)o;
+            return type.equals(that.type);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public final int hashCode()
+        {
+            return type.hashCode();
+        }
+
         @Override
         public String toString()
         {
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/TypeCast.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/TypeCast.java
index 2fa322ab0b..66b5300e75 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/TypeCast.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/TypeCast.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class TypeCast implements Term.Raw
 
     public boolean isAssignableTo(ColumnSpecification receiver)
     {
-        return receiver.type.equals(type.getType());
+        return receiver.type.asCQL3Type().equals(type);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/functions/FunctionCall.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/functions/FunctionCall.java
index 36603d64fb..01c26af1fd 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/functions/FunctionCall.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/functions/FunctionCall.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public class FunctionCall extends Term.NonTerminal
         public boolean isAssignableTo(ColumnSpecification receiver)
         {
             AbstractType<?> returnType = Functions.getReturnType(functionName, receiver.ksName, receiver.cfName);
-            return receiver.type.equals(returnType);
+            return receiver.type.asCQL3Type().equals(returnType.asCQL3Type());
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/functions/Functions.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/functions/Functions.java
index 3660f5dbbd..a53b1ddbc1 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/functions/Functions.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/functions/Functions.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public abstract class Functions
 
     private static void validateTypes(Function fun, List<? extends AssignementTestable> providedArgs, ColumnSpecification receiver) throws InvalidRequestException
     {
-        if (!receiver.type.equals(fun.returnType()))
+        if (!receiver.type.asCQL3Type().equals(fun.returnType().asCQL3Type()))
             throw new InvalidRequestException(String.format("Type error: cannot assign result of function %s (type %s) to %s (type %s)", fun.name(), fun.returnType().asCQL3Type(), receiver, receiver.type.asCQL3Type()));
 
         if (providedArgs.size() != fun.argsType().size())
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public abstract class Functions
 
     private static boolean isValidType(Function fun, List<? extends AssignementTestable> providedArgs, ColumnSpecification receiver)
     {
-        if (!receiver.type.equals(fun.returnType()))
+        if (!receiver.type.asCQL3Type().equals(fun.returnType().asCQL3Type()))
             return false;
 
         if (providedArgs.size() != fun.argsType().size())
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/statements/Selection.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/statements/Selection.java
index a40245310c..c42b58732d 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/statements/Selection.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql3/statements/Selection.java
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ public abstract class Selection
 
         public boolean isAssignableTo(ColumnSpecification receiver)
         {
-            return receiver.type.equals(isWritetime ? LongType.instance : Int32Type.instance);
+            return receiver.type.asCQL3Type().equals(isWritetime ? CQL3Type.Native.BIGINT : CQL3Type.Native.INT);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/marshal/ReversedType.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/marshal/ReversedType.java
index 40e9a84271..9fdecb88e7 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/marshal/ReversedType.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/marshal/ReversedType.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.cassandra.cql3.CQL3Type;
 import org.apache.cassandra.exceptions.ConfigurationException;
 import org.apache.cassandra.exceptions.SyntaxException;
 
@@ -96,6 +97,12 @@ public class ReversedType<T> extends AbstractType<T>
         return baseType.decompose(value);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public CQL3Type asCQL3Type()
+    {
+        return baseType.asCQL3Type();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString()
     {