diff --git a/src/mono/mono/metadata/icall.c b/src/mono/mono/metadata/icall.c
index 953c0230a9a728..a6b32288f2818b 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/metadata/icall.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/metadata/icall.c
@@ -2158,6 +2158,7 @@ ves_icall_RuntimeFieldInfo_SetValueInternal (MonoReflectionFieldHandle field, Mo
 		case MONO_TYPE_R8:
 		case MONO_TYPE_VALUETYPE:
 		case MONO_TYPE_PTR:
+		case MONO_TYPE_FNPTR:
 			isref = FALSE;
 			if (!MONO_HANDLE_IS_NULL (value)) {
 				if (m_class_is_valuetype (mono_handle_class (value)))
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/metadata/object.c b/src/mono/mono/metadata/object.c
index e39bece1f9e508..c1dbc302cb47bd 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/metadata/object.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/metadata/object.c
@@ -2989,7 +2989,7 @@ mono_field_set_value_internal (MonoObject *obj, MonoClassField *field, void *val
 	} else
 		dest = (char*)obj + m_field_get_offset (field);
 
-	mono_copy_value (field->type, dest, value, value && field->type->type == MONO_TYPE_PTR);
+	mono_copy_value (field->type, dest, value, value && (field->type->type == MONO_TYPE_PTR || field->type->type == MONO_TYPE_FNPTR));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3022,7 +3022,7 @@ mono_field_static_set_value_internal (MonoVTable *vt, MonoClassField *field, voi
 		return;
 
 	dest = mono_static_field_get_addr (vt, field);
-	mono_copy_value (field->type, dest, value, value && field->type->type == MONO_TYPE_PTR);
+	mono_copy_value (field->type, dest, value, value && (field->type->type == MONO_TYPE_PTR || field->type->type == MONO_TYPE_FNPTR));
 }
 
 gpointer
@@ -3234,6 +3234,7 @@ mono_field_get_value_object_checked (MonoClassField *field, MonoObject *obj, Mon
 	gboolean is_ref = FALSE;
 	gboolean is_literal = FALSE;
 	gboolean is_ptr = FALSE;
+	gboolean is_fnptr = FALSE;
 
 	MonoStringHandle string_handle = MONO_HANDLE_NEW (MonoString, NULL);
 
@@ -3272,6 +3273,9 @@ mono_field_get_value_object_checked (MonoClassField *field, MonoObject *obj, Mon
 	case MONO_TYPE_PTR:
 		is_ptr = TRUE;
 		break;
+	case MONO_TYPE_FNPTR:
+		is_fnptr = TRUE;
+		break;
 	default:
 		g_error ("type 0x%x not handled in "
 			 "mono_field_get_value_object", type->type);
@@ -3344,6 +3348,12 @@ mono_field_get_value_object_checked (MonoClassField *field, MonoObject *obj, Mon
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
+	if (G_UNLIKELY (is_fnptr)) {
+		// CoreCLR behavior: returns an IntPtr value if we're getting a function pointer field.
+		// Does not return a System.Reflection.Pointer value in this case
+		type = mono_get_int_type ();
+	}
+
 	/* boxed value type */
 	klass = mono_class_from_mono_type_internal (type);