diff --git a/lib/renderer/api/remote.js b/lib/renderer/api/remote.js
index dea3f404a06e..b3d3d2ab17cc 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/api/remote.js
+++ b/lib/renderer/api/remote.js
@@ -179,7 +179,15 @@ const proxyFunctionProperties = function (remoteMemberFunction, metaId, name) {
     },
     get: (target, property, receiver) => {
       if (!target.hasOwnProperty(property)) loadRemoteProperties()
-      return target[property]
+      const value = target[property]
+
+      // Bind toString to target if it is a function to avoid
+      // Function.prototype.toString is not generic errors
+      if (property === 'toString' && typeof value === 'function') {
+        return value.bind(target)
+      }
+
+      return value
     },
     ownKeys: (target) => {
       loadRemoteProperties()
diff --git a/spec/api-ipc-spec.js b/spec/api-ipc-spec.js
index e812eb5fef2a..47f2eef21685 100644
--- a/spec/api-ipc-spec.js
+++ b/spec/api-ipc-spec.js
@@ -161,6 +161,14 @@ describe('ipc module', function () {
       assert.equal(typeof remote.clipboard.readText, 'function')
       assert.equal(typeof remote.shell.openExternal, 'function')
     })
+
+    it('returns toString() of original function via toString()', function () {
+      const {readText} = remote.clipboard
+      assert(readText.toString().startsWith('function'))
+
+      var {functionWithToStringProperty} = remote.require(path.join(fixtures, 'module', 'to-string-non-function.js'))
+      assert.equal(functionWithToStringProperty.toString, 'hello')
+    })
   })
 
   describe('remote object in renderer', function () {
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/module/to-string-non-function.js b/spec/fixtures/module/to-string-non-function.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3e91921037c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/module/to-string-non-function.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+function hello () {
+}
+hello.toString = 'hello'
+module.exports = {functionWithToStringProperty: hello}