diff --git a/gcc/jit/libgccjit.cc b/gcc/jit/libgccjit.cc
index 664180177fe..398a0ff2d35 100644
--- a/gcc/jit/libgccjit.cc
+++ b/gcc/jit/libgccjit.cc
@@ -267,6 +267,16 @@ struct gcc_jit_extended_asm : public gcc::jit::recording::extended_asm
       }								\
   JIT_END_STMT
 
+#define RETURN_IF_FAIL_PRINTF3(TEST_EXPR, CTXT, LOC, ERR_FMT, A0, A1, A2) \
+  JIT_BEGIN_STMT							\
+    if (!(TEST_EXPR))							\
+      {								\
+	jit_error ((CTXT), (LOC), "%s: " ERR_FMT,			\
+		   __func__, (A0), (A1), (A2));			\
+	return;							\
+      }								\
+  JIT_END_STMT
+
 #define RETURN_IF_FAIL_PRINTF4(TEST_EXPR, CTXT, LOC, ERR_FMT, A0, A1, A2, A3) \
   JIT_BEGIN_STMT							\
     if (!(TEST_EXPR))							\
@@ -2984,6 +2994,17 @@ gcc_jit_block_add_assignment_op (gcc_jit_block *block,
     lvalue->get_type ()->get_debug_string (),
     rvalue->get_debug_string (),
     rvalue->get_type ()->get_debug_string ());
+  // TODO: check if it is a numeric vector?
+  RETURN_IF_FAIL_PRINTF3 (
+    lvalue->get_type ()->is_numeric (), ctxt, loc,
+    "gcc_jit_block_add_assignment_op %s has non-numeric lvalue %s (type: %s)",
+    gcc::jit::binary_op_reproducer_strings[op],
+    lvalue->get_debug_string (), lvalue->get_type ()->get_debug_string ());
+  RETURN_IF_FAIL_PRINTF3 (
+    rvalue->get_type ()->is_numeric (), ctxt, loc,
+    "gcc_jit_block_add_assignment_op %s has non-numeric rvalue %s (type: %s)",
+    gcc::jit::binary_op_reproducer_strings[op],
+    rvalue->get_debug_string (), rvalue->get_type ()->get_debug_string ());
 
   gcc::jit::recording::statement *stmt = block->add_assignment_op (loc, lvalue, op, rvalue);
 
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/jit.dg/test-error-bad-assignment-op.c b/gcc/testsuite/jit.dg/test-error-bad-assignment-op.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..683ebbfb1fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/jit.dg/test-error-bad-assignment-op.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "libgccjit.h"
+
+#include "harness.h"
+
+void
+create_code (gcc_jit_context *ctxt, void *user_data)
+{
+  /* Let's try to inject the equivalent of:
+
+     void
+     test_fn ()
+     {
+        const char *variable;
+        variable += "test";
+     }
+
+     and verify that the API complains about the mismatching types
+     in the assignments.
+  */
+  gcc_jit_type *void_type =
+    gcc_jit_context_get_type (ctxt, GCC_JIT_TYPE_VOID);
+  gcc_jit_type *const_char_ptr_type =
+    gcc_jit_context_get_type (ctxt, GCC_JIT_TYPE_CONST_CHAR_PTR);
+
+  gcc_jit_function *func =
+    gcc_jit_context_new_function (ctxt, NULL,
+                                  GCC_JIT_FUNCTION_EXPORTED,
+                                  void_type,
+                                  "test_fn",
+                                  0, NULL,
+                                  0);
+
+  gcc_jit_lvalue *variable = gcc_jit_function_new_local (func, NULL, const_char_ptr_type, "variable");
+  gcc_jit_block *initial =
+    gcc_jit_function_new_block (func, "initial");
+  gcc_jit_rvalue *string =
+    gcc_jit_context_new_string_literal (ctxt, "test");
+  gcc_jit_block_add_assignment_op (initial, NULL, variable, GCC_JIT_BINARY_OP_PLUS, string);
+
+  gcc_jit_block_end_with_void_return (initial, NULL);
+}
+
+void
+verify_code (gcc_jit_context *ctxt, gcc_jit_result *result)
+{
+  CHECK_VALUE (result, NULL);
+
+  /* Verify that the correct error messages were emitted.  */
+  CHECK_STRING_VALUE (gcc_jit_context_get_first_error (ctxt),
+		      "gcc_jit_block_add_assignment_op:"
+                      " gcc_jit_block_add_assignment_op GCC_JIT_BINARY_OP_PLUS"
+                      " has non-numeric lvalue variable (type: const char *)");
+}
+