diff --git a/model/fieldtypes/HTMLText.php b/model/fieldtypes/HTMLText.php
index be14831bc..c5fe65dd7 100644
--- a/model/fieldtypes/HTMLText.php
+++ b/model/fieldtypes/HTMLText.php
@@ -14,6 +14,25 @@ class HTMLText extends Text {
 	
 	public static $escape_type = 'xml';
 
+	static $casting = array(
+		"AbsoluteLinks" => "HTMLText",
+		"BigSummary" => "HTMLText",
+		"ContextSummary" => "HTMLText",
+		"FirstParagraph" => "HTMLText",
+		"FirstSentence" => "HTMLText",
+		"LimitCharacters" => "HTMLText",
+		"LimitSentences" => "HTMLText",
+		"Lower" => "HTMLText",
+		"LowerCase" => "HTMLText",
+		"Summary" => "HTMLText",
+		"Upper" => "HTMLText",
+		"UpperCase" => "HTMLText",
+		'EscapeXML' => 'HTMLText',
+		'LimitWordCount' => 'HTMLText',
+		'LimitWordCountXML' => 'HTMLText',
+		'NoHTML' => 'Text',
+	);
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a summary of the content. This will be some section of the first paragraph, limited by
 	 * $maxWords. All internal tags are stripped out - the return value is a string