diff --git a/NativeScript/runtime/ClassBuilder.mm b/NativeScript/runtime/ClassBuilder.mm
index f24ef8ab..ebedae1e 100644
--- a/NativeScript/runtime/ClassBuilder.mm
+++ b/NativeScript/runtime/ClassBuilder.mm
@@ -466,6 +466,8 @@
             return pdw->TypeEncoding()->type;
         } else if (wrapper->Type() == WrapperType::ObjCObject) {
             return BinaryTypeEncodingType::IdEncoding;
+        } else if (wrapper->Type() == WrapperType::PointerType) {
+            return BinaryTypeEncodingType::PointerEncoding;
         }
     }