diff --git a/engine/qclib/qcc_pr_lex.c b/engine/qclib/qcc_pr_lex.c
index f51d00ab2..49359ccee 100644
--- a/engine/qclib/qcc_pr_lex.c
+++ b/engine/qclib/qcc_pr_lex.c
@@ -6095,6 +6095,50 @@ QCC_type_t *QCC_PR_ParseType (int newtype, pbool silentfail)
 						}
 					}
 				}
+
+
+				/* iterate over every parent-class and see if our method already exists in conflicting nonvirtual type form */
+				if (isvirt)
+				{
+					for(pc = newt; pc && !found; pc = pc->parentclass)
+					{
+						struct QCC_typeparam_s *pp;
+						int numpc;
+						int i;
+						found = false;
+
+						if (pc == newt)
+							continue;
+
+						pp = parms;
+						numpc = numparms;
+
+						/* iterate over all of the virtual methods */
+						for (i = 0; i < numpc; i++)
+						{
+							if (pp[i].type->type == newparm->type)
+							{
+								/* if we found it, abandon this loop - we still have to check the other classes however */
+								if (!strcmp(pp[i].paramname, parmname))
+								{
+									found = true;
+									break;
+								}
+							}
+						}
+
+						/* we didn't find it as a field... so check if it exists as a nonvirtual method */
+						if (found == false)
+						{
+							QC_snprintfz(membername, sizeof(membername), "%s::%s", pc->name, parmname);
+
+							/* if we found it, game over */
+							if (QCC_PR_GetDef(NULL, membername, NULL, false, 0, 0))
+								QCC_PR_ParseError(0, "%s defined as virtual in %s, but nonvirtual in %s\n", parmname, newt->name, pc->name);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+
 				parms[numparms].ofs = basicindex;	//ulp, its new
 				numparms++;