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diff --git a/Xamarin.Forms.Build.Tasks/CompiledConverters/TypeTypeConverter.cs b/Xamarin.Forms.Build.Tasks/CompiledConverters/TypeTypeConverter.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Xml;
+
+using Mono.Cecil;
+using Mono.Cecil.Cil;
+
+using Xamarin.Forms.Build.Tasks;
+using Xamarin.Forms.Xaml;
+
+namespace Xamarin.Forms.Core.XamlC
+{
+	class TypeTypeConverter : ICompiledTypeConverter
+	{
+		public IEnumerable<Instruction> ConvertFromString(string value, ModuleDefinition module, BaseNode node)
+		{
+			if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(value))
+				goto error;
+
+			var split = value.Split(':');
+			if (split.Length > 2)
+				goto error;
+
+			XmlType xmlType;
+			if (split.Length == 2)
+				xmlType = new XmlType(node.NamespaceResolver.LookupNamespace(split[0]), split[1], null);
+			else
+				xmlType = new XmlType(node.NamespaceResolver.LookupNamespace(""), split[0], null);
+
+			var typeRef = xmlType.GetTypeReference(module, (IXmlLineInfo)node);
+			if (typeRef == null)
+				goto error;
+
+			var getTypeFromHandle = module.Import(typeof(Type).GetMethod("GetTypeFromHandle", new[] { typeof(RuntimeTypeHandle) }));
+			yield return Instruction.Create(OpCodes.Ldtoken, module.Import(typeRef));
+			yield return Instruction.Create(OpCodes.Call, module.Import(getTypeFromHandle));
+			yield break;
+
+		error:
+			throw new XamlParseException($"Cannot convert \"{value}\" into {typeof(Type)}", node);
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+\ No newline at end of file