diff --git a/src/opers.cc b/src/opers.cc
index 14e22c62fd..e40f266d77 100644
--- a/src/opers.cc
+++ b/src/opers.cc
@@ -2428,7 +2428,9 @@ static Obj DoMutableAttribute(Obj self, Obj obj)
     
     /* call the operation to compute the value                             */
     val = DoOperation1Args( self, obj );
-    
+    if (val == 0) {
+        ErrorMayQuit("Method for an attribute must return a value", 0, 0);
+    }
     /* set the value (but not for internal objects)                        */
     if ( ENABLED_ATTR( self ) == 1  && !IS_MUTABLE_OBJ( obj ) ) {
         switch ( TNUM_OBJ( obj ) ) {
@@ -2473,7 +2475,9 @@ static Obj DoVerboseMutableAttribute(Obj self, Obj obj)
     
     /* call the operation to compute the value                             */
     val = DoVerboseOperation1Args( self, obj );
-    
+    if (val == 0) {
+        ErrorMayQuit("Method for an attribute must return a value", 0, 0);
+    }
     /* set the value (but not for internal objects)                        */
     if ( ENABLED_ATTR( self ) == 1  && !IS_MUTABLE_OBJ( obj ) ) {
         switch ( TNUM_OBJ( obj ) ) {
diff --git a/tst/testinstall/oper1.tst b/tst/testinstall/oper1.tst
index 7a78b2f5ea..1b41ff1a13 100644
--- a/tst/testinstall/oper1.tst
+++ b/tst/testinstall/oper1.tst
@@ -76,3 +76,15 @@ gap> List(MethodsOperation(IsMyProperty, 1), x->x.info);
 #
 gap> RedispatchOnCondition();
 Error, Usage: RedispatchOnCondition(oper[,info],fampred,reqs,cond,val)
+
+# Check install methods for operations which do not return a value
+gap> MyMutAttribute := NewAttribute( "MyMutAttribute", IsObject, "mutable" );
+<Attribute "MyMutAttribute">
+gap> MyAttribute := NewAttribute( "MyAttribute", IsObject);
+<Attribute "MyAttribute">
+gap> InstallMethod(MyAttribute, "for a perm group", [IsPermGroup], function(x) end);
+gap> InstallMethod(MyMutAttribute, "for a perm group", [IsPermGroup], function(x) end);
+gap> MyAttribute(Group((1,2,3)));
+Error, Method for an attribute must return a value
+gap> MyMutAttribute(Group((1,2,3)));
+Error, Method for an attribute must return a value