diff --git a/src/apps/proj.cpp b/src/apps/proj.cpp
index 7fe0802313..09c8a81d36 100644
--- a/src/apps/proj.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/proj.cpp
@@ -490,6 +490,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         exit(0);
     }
 
+    // Ugly hack. See https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/1782
+    if( Proj->right == PJ_IO_UNITS_WHATEVER && Proj->descr &&
+        strncmp(Proj->descr, "General Oblique Transformation",
+                strlen("General Oblique Transformation")) == 0 )
+    {
+        Proj->right = PJ_IO_UNITS_PROJECTED;
+    }
+
     if (inverse) {
         if (!Proj->inv)
             emess(3,"inverse projection not available");
diff --git a/src/transform.cpp b/src/transform.cpp
index d111d835e9..781c006128 100644
--- a/src/transform.cpp
+++ b/src/transform.cpp
@@ -231,6 +231,14 @@ static int geographic_to_projected (PJ *P, long n, int dist, double *x, double *
         return 0;
     }
 
+    // Ugly hack. See https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/1782
+    if( P->right == PJ_IO_UNITS_WHATEVER && P->descr &&
+        strncmp(P->descr, "General Oblique Transformation",
+                strlen("General Oblique Transformation")) == 0 )
+    {
+        P->right = PJ_IO_UNITS_PROJECTED;
+    }
+
     for( i = 0; i <n; i++ )
     {
         PJ_XY         projected_loc;
@@ -342,6 +350,14 @@ static int projected_to_geographic (PJ *P, long n, int dist, double *x, double *
         return 0;
     }
 
+    // Ugly hack. See https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/issues/1782
+    if( P->right == PJ_IO_UNITS_WHATEVER && P->descr &&
+        strncmp(P->descr, "General Oblique Transformation",
+                strlen("General Oblique Transformation")) == 0 )
+    {
+        P->right = PJ_IO_UNITS_PROJECTED;
+    }
+
     /* Fallback to the original PROJ.4 API 2d inversion - inv */
     for( i = 0; i < n; i++ ) {
         PJ_XY         projected_loc;
diff --git a/test/cli/CMakeLists.txt b/test/cli/CMakeLists.txt
index 4e1ab75a5d..feef5bf011 100644
--- a/test/cli/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/cli/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ set(PROJINFO_BIN "projinfo")
 set(CCT_BIN "cct")
 proj_add_test_script_sh("test27" PROJ_BIN)
 proj_add_test_script_sh("test83" PROJ_BIN)
+proj_add_test_script_sh("testproj" PROJ_BIN)
 proj_add_test_script_sh("testvarious" CS2CS_BIN)
 proj_add_test_script_sh("testdatumfile" CS2CS_BIN "connu")
 proj_add_test_script_sh("testIGNF" CS2CS_BIN "ntf_r93.gsb")
diff --git a/test/cli/Makefile.am b/test/cli/Makefile.am
index 758352c6c1..fb7169e410 100644
--- a/test/cli/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/cli/Makefile.am
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ CCTEXE = $(EXEPATH)/cct
 # PROJ.4 test scripts
 TEST27 = $(THIS_DIR)/test27
 TEST83 = $(THIS_DIR)/test83
+TESTPROJ = $(THIS_DIR)/testproj
 TESTNTV2 = $(THIS_DIR)/testntv2
 TESTVARIOUS = $(THIS_DIR)/testvarious
 TESTFLAKY = $(THIS_DIR)/testflaky
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = pj_out27.dist pj_out83.dist td_out.dist \
 		testIGNF proj_outIGNF.dist \
 		testprojinfo testprojinfo_out.dist \
 		testcct testcct_out.dist \
+		testproj testproj_out.dist \
 		CMakeLists.txt
 
 testprojinfo-check:
@@ -35,6 +37,9 @@ test27-check:
 test83-check:
 	$(TEST83) $(PROJEXE)
 
+testproj-check:
+	$(TESTPROJ) $(PROJEXE)
+
 testvarious-check:
 	PROJ_LIB=$(PROJ_LIB) $(TESTVARIOUS) $(CS2CSEXE)
 
@@ -56,4 +61,4 @@ testntv2-check:
 testcct-check:
 	PROJ_LIB=$(PROJ_LIB) $(TESTCCT) $(CCTEXE)
 
-check-local: testprojinfo-check test27-check test83-check testvarious-check testdatumfile-check testign-check testntv2-check testcct-check
+check-local: testprojinfo-check test27-check test83-check testproj-check testvarious-check testdatumfile-check testign-check testntv2-check testcct-check
diff --git a/test/cli/testproj b/test/cli/testproj
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8686224e94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cli/testproj
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+:
+# Script to test proj exe
+#
+TEST_CLI_DIR=`dirname $0`
+EXE=$1
+
+usage()
+{
+    echo "Usage: ${0} <path to 'proj' program>" 
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+if test -z "${EXE}"; then
+    EXE=../../src/cs2cs
+fi
+
+if test ! -x ${EXE}; then
+    echo "*** ERROR: Can not find '${EXE}' program!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if test -z "${PROJ_LIB}"; then
+    export PROJ_LIB="`dirname $0`/../../data"
+fi
+
+echo "============================================"
+echo "Running ${0} using ${EXE}:"
+echo "============================================"
+
+OUT=testproj_out
+#
+echo "doing tests into file ${OUT}, please wait"
+#
+$EXE +ellps=WGS84 +proj=ob_tran +o_proj=latlon +o_lon_p=0.0 +o_lat_p=90.0 +lon_0=360.0 +to_meter=0.0174532925199433 +no_defs -E -f '%.3f' >${OUT} <<EOF
+2 49
+EOF
+
+#
+# do 'diff' with distribution results
+echo "diff ${OUT} with testproj_out.dist"
+diff -u -b ${OUT} ${TEST_CLI_DIR}/testproj_out.dist
+if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+	echo  ""
+	echo "PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURRED"
+	echo "test file ${OUT} saved"
+    echo
+	exit 100
+else
+	echo "TEST OK"
+	echo "test file ${OUT} removed"
+    echo
+	/bin/rm -f ${OUT}
+	exit 0
+fi
diff --git a/test/cli/testproj_out.dist b/test/cli/testproj_out.dist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fad0a014b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cli/testproj_out.dist
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2 49	2.000	49.000
diff --git a/test/unit/pj_transform_test.cpp b/test/unit/pj_transform_test.cpp
index b3a061b460..1f4473c1f0 100644
--- a/test/unit/pj_transform_test.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/pj_transform_test.cpp
@@ -614,4 +614,38 @@ TEST(proj_api_h, pj_set_finder) {
     pj_set_finder(nullptr);
 }
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+TEST(pj_transform_test, ob_tran_to_meter_as_dest) {
+    auto src = pj_init_plus(
+        "+ellps=WGS84 +a=57.29577951308232 +proj=eqc +lon_0=0.0 +no_defs");
+    auto dst = pj_init_plus("+ellps=WGS84 +proj=ob_tran +o_proj=latlon "
+                            "+o_lon_p=0.0 +o_lat_p=90.0 +lon_0=360.0 "
+                            "+to_meter=0.0174532925199433 +no_defs");
+    double x = 2 * DEG_TO_RAD;
+    double y = 49 * DEG_TO_RAD;
+    EXPECT_EQ(pj_transform(src, dst, 1, 0, &x, &y, nullptr), 0);
+    EXPECT_NEAR(x, 2 * DEG_TO_RAD, 1e-12) << x / DEG_TO_RAD;
+    EXPECT_NEAR(y, 49 * DEG_TO_RAD, 1e-12) << y / DEG_TO_RAD;
+    pj_free(src);
+    pj_free(dst);
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+TEST(pj_transform_test, ob_tran_to_meter_as_srouce) {
+    auto src = pj_init_plus("+ellps=WGS84 +proj=ob_tran +o_proj=latlon "
+                            "+o_lon_p=0.0 +o_lat_p=90.0 +lon_0=360.0 "
+                            "+to_meter=0.0174532925199433 +no_defs");
+    auto dst = pj_init_plus(
+        "+ellps=WGS84 +a=57.29577951308232 +proj=eqc +lon_0=0.0 +no_defs");
+    double x = 2 * DEG_TO_RAD;
+    double y = 49 * DEG_TO_RAD;
+    EXPECT_EQ(pj_transform(src, dst, 1, 0, &x, &y, nullptr), 0);
+    EXPECT_NEAR(x, 2 * DEG_TO_RAD, 1e-12) << x / DEG_TO_RAD;
+    EXPECT_NEAR(y, 49 * DEG_TO_RAD, 1e-12) << y / DEG_TO_RAD;
+    pj_free(src);
+    pj_free(dst);
+}
+
 } // namespace