diff --git a/src/Database/Expression/ValuesExpression.php b/src/Database/Expression/ValuesExpression.php
index edb004e21c8..fdaf8e26809 100644
--- a/src/Database/Expression/ValuesExpression.php
+++ b/src/Database/Expression/ValuesExpression.php
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ public function sql(ValueBinder $generator) {
 		foreach ($this->_values as $row) {
 			$row = array_merge($defaults, $row);
 			foreach ($row as $column => $value) {
+				if ($value instanceof ExpressionInterface) {
+					$value = $value->sql($generator);
+				}
 				$type = $this->typeMap()->type($column);
 				$generator->bind($i++, $value, $type);
 			}
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Database/QueryTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Database/QueryTest.php
index b6480aa2b24..0a641fb0f94 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Database/QueryTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Database/QueryTest.php
@@ -2294,6 +2294,27 @@ public function testInsertFailureMixingTypesQueryFirst() {
 			->values(['name' => 'mark']);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Test that insert can use expression objects as values.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testInsertExpressionValues() {
+		$query = new Query($this->connection);
+		$query->insert(['title'])
+			->into('articles')
+			->values(['title' => $query->newExpr("SELECT 'jose'")]);
+
+		$result = $query->sql();
+		$this->assertQuotedQuery(
+			"INSERT INTO <articles> \(<title>\) VALUES (?)",
+			$result,
+			true
+		);
+		$result = $query->execute();
+		$this->assertCount(1, $result);
+	}
+
 /**
  * Tests that functions are correctly transformed and their parameters are bound
  *
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/ORM/QueryRegressionTest.php b/tests/TestCase/ORM/QueryRegressionTest.php
index d69ca8dc467..2336286067d 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/ORM/QueryRegressionTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/ORM/QueryRegressionTest.php
@@ -292,6 +292,19 @@ public function testSaveWithCallbacks() {
 		$this->assertSame($article, $articles->save($article));
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Test that save() works with entities containing expressions
+ * as properties.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testSaveWithExpressionProperty() {
+		$articles = TableRegistry::get('Articles');
+		$article = $articles->newEntity();
+		$article->title = new \Cake\Database\Expression\QueryExpression("SELECT 'jose'");
+		$this->assertSame($article, $articles->save($article));
+	}
+
 /**
  * Tests that whe saving deep associations for a belongsToMany property,
  * data is not removed becuase of excesive associations filtering.