diff --git a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py
index 3fbb224e85..0b5b3393cb 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Arch/ArchComponent.py
@@ -255,6 +255,12 @@ class Component:
             if r in IfcRoles:
                 obj.IfcRole = r
                 FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("Upgrading "+obj.Label+" Role property to IfcRole\n")
+        if "IfcType" in pl: # for future backwards compatibility
+            r = obj.IfcType
+            obj.removeProperty("IfcType")
+            if r in IfcRoles:
+                obj.IfcRole = r
+                FreeCAD.Console.PrintMessage("Downgrading "+obj.Label+" IfcType property to IfcRole\n")
         if not "MoveWithHost" in pl:
             obj.addProperty("App::PropertyBool","MoveWithHost","Component",QT_TRANSLATE_NOOP("App::Property","Specifies if this object must move together when its host is moved"))
             obj.MoveWithHost = FreeCAD.ParamGet("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Mod/Arch").GetBool("MoveWithHost",False)