diff --git a/include/hx/Scriptable.h b/include/hx/Scriptable.h
index 7a605dc01..887a2c3c7 100644
--- a/include/hx/Scriptable.h
+++ b/include/hx/Scriptable.h
@@ -220,6 +220,26 @@ void __Visit(HX_VISIT_PARAMS) HXCPP_OVERRIDE { super::__Visit(HX_VISIT_ARG); ::h
 #endif
 
 
+/*
+ * A Haxe `toString` with parameters, whatever they are, compiles to a C++ overload that
+ * hides `hx::Object::toString()` without overriding it. In a class that inherits it,
+ * `__superString` is that class, so `__superString::toString()` does not compile.
+ * Native code calling `toString()` on such an object reaches `hx::Object::toString()`,
+ * so the scriptable wrapper calls that one in this case.
+ */
+template<typename T>
+inline auto _hx_scriptable_super_toString(T *inSelf, int) -> decltype(inSelf->T::toString(), ::String())
+{
+   return inSelf->T::toString();
+}
+
+template<typename T>
+inline ::String _hx_scriptable_super_toString(T *inSelf, ...)
+{
+   return inSelf->::hx::Object::toString();
+}
+
+
 #define HX_DEFINE_SCRIPTABLE(ARG_LIST) \
    inline void *operator new( size_t inSize, int inExtraDataSize ) \
    { \
@@ -235,7 +255,7 @@ void __Visit(HX_VISIT_PARAMS) HXCPP_OVERRIDE { super::__Visit(HX_VISIT_ARG); ::h
    void ** __GetScriptVTable() HXCPP_OVERRIDE { return __scriptVTable; } \
    ::String toString() HXCPP_OVERRIDE {  if (__scriptVTable[0] ) \
      { ::hx::CppiaCtx *ctx = ::hx::CppiaCtx::getCurrent(); ::hx::AutoStack a(ctx); ctx->pushObject(this); return ctx->runString(__scriptVTable[0]); } \
-      else return __superString::toString(); } \
+      else return _hx_scriptable_super_toString<__superString>(static_cast<__superString *>(this), 0); } \
    ::String __ToString() const HXCPP_OVERRIDE { return ::hx::ScriptableToString(__scriptVTable[-1]); } \
    ::hx::Class __GetClass() const HXCPP_OVERRIDE { return ::hx::ScriptableGetClass(__scriptVTable[-1]); } \
    int __GetType() const HXCPP_OVERRIDE { return ::hx::ScriptableGetType(__scriptVTable[-1]); } \
diff --git a/test/cppia/Client.hx b/test/cppia/Client.hx
index 710373f4b..c62c41020 100644
--- a/test/cppia/Client.hx
+++ b/test/cppia/Client.hx
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ class ClientFoo implements IFoo {
    }
 }
 
+// None overrides toString: the scriptable wrapper falls back on the host's.
+class ClientOptionalToString extends OptionalToString.OptionalToStringChild {}
+
+class ClientRequiredToString extends OptionalToString.RequiredToStringChild {}
+
+class ClientZeroArgToString extends OptionalToString.ZeroArgToString {}
+
 class Client
 {
    public static var clientBool0 = true;
diff --git a/test/cppia/OptionalToString.hx b/test/cppia/OptionalToString.hx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c4fc2dac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cppia/OptionalToString.hx
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ * Scriptable hosts whose `toString` takes parameters, which hide `hx::Object::toString()`
+ * in C++, and one whose `toString` takes none. The children inherit a hiding `toString`,
+ * so the scriptable wrapper generated for them cannot call `toString()` on its parent.
+ */
+class OptionalToString {
+	public function new() {}
+
+	public function toString(indent:Int = 0):String {
+		return "indent" + indent;
+	}
+}
+
+class RequiredToString {
+	public function new() {}
+
+	public function toString(indent:Int, prefix:String):String {
+		return prefix + indent;
+	}
+}
+
+class ZeroArgToString {
+	public function new() {}
+
+	public function toString():String {
+		return "zero";
+	}
+}
+
+class OptionalToStringChild extends OptionalToString {}
+
+class RequiredToStringChild extends RequiredToString {}
diff --git a/test/cppia/cases/TestCommon.hx b/test/cppia/cases/TestCommon.hx
index eaacb5a76..d97385956 100644
--- a/test/cppia/cases/TestCommon.hx
+++ b/test/cppia/cases/TestCommon.hx
@@ -59,6 +59,15 @@ class TestCommon extends Test {
         Assert.equals(2, Common.callbackSet, 'Bad cppia closure');
     }
 
+    @:depends(testStatus)
+    function testHostToStringWithParameters() {
+        // As in native code, a toString with parameters is not the one Std.string calls.
+        Assert.equals('OptionalToStringChild', Std.string(new OptionalToString.OptionalToStringChild()));
+        Assert.equals('ClientOptionalToString', Std.string(Type.createInstance(Type.resolveClass('ClientOptionalToString'), [])));
+        Assert.equals('ClientRequiredToString', Std.string(Type.createInstance(Type.resolveClass('ClientRequiredToString'), [])));
+        Assert.equals('zero', Std.string(Type.createInstance(Type.resolveClass('ClientZeroArgToString'), [])));
+    }
+
     @:depends(testStatus)
     function testInterfaceCalling() {
         final obj : IFoo = Type.createInstance(Type.resolveClass('ClientFoo'), []);
diff --git a/test/cppia/compile-host.hxml b/test/cppia/compile-host.hxml
index 76bf2d790..31e6c19e6 100644
--- a/test/cppia/compile-host.hxml
+++ b/test/cppia/compile-host.hxml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 -m CppiaHost
 HostExtendedRoot
+OptionalToString
 -D scriptable
 -D dll_export=host_classes.info
 -L utest