diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 81da24f7bb..625aeca6df 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -10240,6 +10240,7 @@ tests/webtbs/tw15467.pp svneol=native#text/pascal
 tests/webtbs/tw15500.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 tests/webtbs/tw15504.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 tests/webtbs/tw15530.pp svneol=native#text/pascal
+tests/webtbs/tw15607.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 tests/webtbs/tw1567.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 tests/webtbs/tw1573.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 tests/webtbs/tw1592.pp svneol=native#text/plain
diff --git a/compiler/pexpr.pas b/compiler/pexpr.pas
index 7c091f6d4f..dfd2486757 100644
--- a/compiler/pexpr.pas
+++ b/compiler/pexpr.pas
@@ -2020,7 +2020,10 @@ implementation
                   begin
                     consume(_POINT);
                     if (p1.resultdef.typ=pointerdef) and
-                       (m_autoderef in current_settings.modeswitches) then
+                       (m_autoderef in current_settings.modeswitches) and
+                       { don't auto-deref objc.id, because then the code
+                         below for supporting id.anyobjcmethod isn't triggered }
+                       (p1.resultdef<>objc_idtype) then
                       begin
                         p1:=cderefnode.create(p1);
                         do_typecheckpass(p1);
diff --git a/tests/webtbs/tw15607.pp b/tests/webtbs/tw15607.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0867171d8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/webtbs/tw15607.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{ %norun }
+
+{$mode delphi}{$modeswitch objectivec1}
+
+var
+  o: id;
+begin
+  o.description;
+end.