diff --git a/src/main/java/com/samskivert/util/GenUtil.java b/src/main/java/com/samskivert/util/GenUtil.java
index 5f5cefc3..251021d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/samskivert/util/GenUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/samskivert/util/GenUtil.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.GenericArrayType;
 import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable;
 import java.lang.reflect.WildcardType;
 
 /**
@@ -89,6 +90,9 @@ public class GenUtil
             }
             return buf.toString();
 
+        } else if (type instanceof TypeVariable) {
+            return ((TypeVariable)type).getName();
+
         } else {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can't generate simple name [type=" + type +
                                                ", tclass=" + StringUtil.shortClassName(type) + "]");