diff --git a/compiler/destroyer.nim b/compiler/destroyer.nim
index 36839bf0ba..729480f81b 100644
--- a/compiler/destroyer.nim
+++ b/compiler/destroyer.nim
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ template recurse(n, dest) =
     dest.add p(n[i], c)
 
 proc moveOrCopy(dest, ri: PNode; c: var Con): PNode =
-  if ri.kind in nkCallKinds:
+  if ri.kind in nkCallKinds+{nkObjConstr}:
     result = genSink(ri.typ, dest)
     # watch out and no not transform 'ri' twice if it's a call:
     let ri2 = copyNode(ri)
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ proc injectDestructorCalls*(owner: PSym; n: PNode): PNode =
     result.add body
 
   when defined(nimDebugDestroys):
-    if owner.name.s == "createSeq":
+    if owner.name.s == "main" or true:
       echo "------------------------------------"
       echo owner.name.s, " transformed to: "
       echo result
diff --git a/tests/destructor/tmove_objconstr.nim b/tests/destructor/tmove_objconstr.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e8a644351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/destructor/tmove_objconstr.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+
+discard """
+output:  '''test created
+test destroyed 0'''
+  cmd: '''nim c --newruntime $file'''
+"""
+
+# bug #4214
+type
+  Data = object
+    data: string
+    rc: int
+
+proc `=destroy`(d: var Data) =
+  dec d.rc
+  echo d.data, " destroyed ", d.rc
+
+proc `=`(dst: var Data, src: Data) =
+  echo src.data, " copied"
+  dst.data = src.data & " (copy)"
+  dec dst.rc
+  inc dst.rc
+
+proc initData(s: string): Data =
+  result = Data(data: s, rc: 1)
+  echo s, " created"
+
+proc main =
+  var x = initData"test"
+
+when isMainModule:
+  main()