diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_JucerDocument.cpp b/extras/Projucer/Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_JucerDocument.cpp
index 261691d608..5540ad09ea 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_JucerDocument.cpp
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/ComponentEditor/jucer_JucerDocument.cpp
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ void JucerDocument::setParentClasses (const String& classes)
                     type = s = String();
             }
 
-            s = type + CodeHelpers::makeValidIdentifier (s.trim(), false, false, true);
+            s = type + CodeHelpers::makeValidIdentifier (s.trim(), false, false, true, true);
 
             parentClassLines.set (i, s);
         }
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Utility/jucer_CodeHelpers.cpp b/extras/Projucer/Source/Utility/jucer_CodeHelpers.cpp
index a465a9e004..a540b291f3 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Utility/jucer_CodeHelpers.cpp
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Utility/jucer_CodeHelpers.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace CodeHelpers
         return lines.joinIntoString (newLine);
     }
 
-    String makeValidIdentifier (String s, bool capitalise, bool removeColons, bool allowTemplates)
+    String makeValidIdentifier (String s, bool capitalise, bool removeColons, bool allowTemplates, bool allowAsterisks)
     {
         if (s.isEmpty())
             return "unknown";
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ namespace CodeHelpers
         if (! removeColons)
             allowedChars += ":";
 
+        if (allowAsterisks)
+            allowedChars += "*";
+
         StringArray words;
         words.addTokens (s.retainCharacters (allowedChars), false);
         words.trim();
diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Utility/jucer_CodeHelpers.h b/extras/Projucer/Source/Utility/jucer_CodeHelpers.h
index 5efa7aa737..537c336f05 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Utility/jucer_CodeHelpers.h
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Utility/jucer_CodeHelpers.h
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ namespace CodeHelpers
 {
     String indent (const String& code, int numSpaces, bool indentFirstLine);
     String unindent (const String& code, int numSpaces);
-    String makeValidIdentifier (String s, bool capitalise, bool removeColons, bool allowTemplates);
+    String makeValidIdentifier (String s, bool capitalise, bool removeColons,
+                                bool allowTemplates, bool allowAsterisks = false);
     String createIncludeStatement (const File& includedFile, const File& targetFile);
     String createIncludeStatement (const String& includePath);
     String makeHeaderGuardName (const File& file);