diff --git a/packages/pyright-internal/src/analyzer/dataClasses.ts b/packages/pyright-internal/src/analyzer/dataClasses.ts
index a2ec3f02642c..0ed2710d61a4 100644
--- a/packages/pyright-internal/src/analyzer/dataClasses.ts
+++ b/packages/pyright-internal/src/analyzer/dataClasses.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ import {
     TypeAnnotationNode,
 } from '../parser/parseNodes';
 import * as AnalyzerNodeInfo from './analyzerNodeInfo';
+import { getFileInfo } from './analyzerNodeInfo';
 import { createFunctionFromConstructor } from './constructors';
 import { DeclarationType } from './declaration';
 import { updateNamedTupleBaseClass } from './namedTuples';
-import { getEnclosingClassOrFunction, getScopeIdForNode } from './parseTreeUtils';
+import { getClassFullName, getEnclosingClassOrFunction, getScopeIdForNode, getTypeSourceId } from './parseTreeUtils';
 import { evaluateStaticBoolExpression } from './staticExpressions';
 import { Symbol, SymbolFlags } from './symbol';
 import { isPrivateName } from './symbolNameUtils';
@@ -513,7 +514,19 @@ export function synthesizeDataClassMethods(
                     effectiveType = transformDescriptorType(evaluator, effectiveType);
 
                     if (entry.converter) {
+                        const fieldType = effectiveType;
                         effectiveType = getConverterInputType(evaluator, entry.converter, effectiveType, entry.name);
+                        symbolTable.set(
+                            entry.name,
+                            getDescriptorForConverterField(
+                                evaluator,
+                                node,
+                                entry.converter,
+                                entry.name,
+                                fieldType,
+                                effectiveType
+                            )
+                        );
                     }
 
                     const effectiveName = entry.alias || entry.name;
@@ -799,6 +812,88 @@ function getConverterAsFunction(
     return undefined;
 }
 
+// Synthesizes an asymmetric descriptor class to be used in place of the
+// annotated type of a field with a converter. The descriptor's __get__ method
+// returns the declared type of the field and its __set__ method accepts the
+// converter's input type. Returns the symbol for an instance of this descriptor
+// type.
+function getDescriptorForConverterField(
+    evaluator: TypeEvaluator,
+    dataclassNode: ParseNode,
+    converterNode: ParseNode,
+    fieldName: string,
+    getType: Type,
+    setType: Type
+): Symbol {
+    const fileInfo = getFileInfo(dataclassNode);
+    const typeMetaclass = evaluator.getBuiltInType(dataclassNode, 'type');
+    const descriptorName = `__converterDescriptor_${fieldName}`;
+
+    const descriptorClass = ClassType.createInstantiable(
+        descriptorName,
+        getClassFullName(converterNode, fileInfo.moduleName, descriptorName),
+        fileInfo.moduleName,
+        fileInfo.filePath,
+        ClassTypeFlags.None,
+        getTypeSourceId(converterNode),
+        /* declaredMetaclass */ undefined,
+        isInstantiableClass(typeMetaclass) ? typeMetaclass : UnknownType.create()
+    );
+    descriptorClass.details.baseClasses.push(evaluator.getBuiltInType(dataclassNode, 'object'));
+    computeMroLinearization(descriptorClass);
+
+    const fields = descriptorClass.details.fields;
+    const selfType = synthesizeTypeVarForSelfCls(descriptorClass, /* isClsParam */ false);
+
+    const setFunction = FunctionType.createSynthesizedInstance('__set__');
+    FunctionType.addParameter(setFunction, {
+        category: ParameterCategory.Simple,
+        name: 'self',
+        type: selfType,
+        hasDeclaredType: true,
+    });
+    FunctionType.addParameter(setFunction, {
+        category: ParameterCategory.Simple,
+        name: 'obj',
+        type: AnyType.create(),
+        hasDeclaredType: true,
+    });
+    FunctionType.addParameter(setFunction, {
+        category: ParameterCategory.Simple,
+        name: 'value',
+        type: setType,
+        hasDeclaredType: true,
+    });
+    setFunction.details.declaredReturnType = NoneType.createInstance();
+    const setSymbol = Symbol.createWithType(SymbolFlags.ClassMember, setFunction);
+    fields.set('__set__', setSymbol);
+
+    const getFunction = FunctionType.createSynthesizedInstance('__get__');
+    FunctionType.addParameter(getFunction, {
+        category: ParameterCategory.Simple,
+        name: 'self',
+        type: selfType,
+        hasDeclaredType: true,
+    });
+    FunctionType.addParameter(getFunction, {
+        category: ParameterCategory.Simple,
+        name: 'obj',
+        type: AnyType.create(),
+        hasDeclaredType: true,
+    });
+    FunctionType.addParameter(getFunction, {
+        category: ParameterCategory.Simple,
+        name: 'objtype',
+        type: AnyType.create(),
+        hasDeclaredType: true,
+    });
+    getFunction.details.declaredReturnType = getType;
+    const getSymbol = Symbol.createWithType(SymbolFlags.ClassMember, getFunction);
+    fields.set('__get__', getSymbol);
+
+    return Symbol.createWithType(SymbolFlags.ClassMember, ClassType.cloneAsInstance(descriptorClass));
+}
+
 // If the specified type is a descriptor — in particular, if it implements a
 // __set__ method, this method transforms the type into the input parameter
 // for the set method.
diff --git a/packages/pyright-internal/src/tests/samples/dataclassConverter2.py b/packages/pyright-internal/src/tests/samples/dataclassConverter2.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83c68b673ec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/pyright-internal/src/tests/samples/dataclassConverter2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# This sample tests assignment of dataclass fields that use
+# the coverter parameter described in PEP 712.
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+
+
+def converter_simple(s: str) -> int: ...
+def converter_passThru(x: str | int) -> str | int: ...
+
+@dataclass
+class Foo:
+    # This should generate an error because "converter" is not an official property yet.
+    asymmetric: int = field(converter=converter_simple)
+    # This should generate an error because "converter" is not an official property yet.
+    symmetric: str | int = field(converter=converter_passThru)
+
+foo = Foo("1", 1)
+
+reveal_type(foo.asymmetric, expected_text="int")
+foo.asymmetric = "2"
+reveal_type(foo.asymmetric, expected_text="int") # Asymmetric -- type narrowing should not occur
+# This should generate an error because only strs can be assigned to field0.
+foo.asymmetric = 2
+
+reveal_type(foo.symmetric, expected_text="str | int")
+foo.symmetric = "1"
+reveal_type(foo.symmetric, expected_text="Literal['1']") # Symmetric -- type narrowing should occur
+
+
+reveal_type(Foo.asymmetric, expected_text="int")
+Foo.asymmetric = "2"
+reveal_type(Foo.asymmetric, expected_text="int")
+# This should generate an error because only strs can be assigned to field0.
+Foo.asymmetric = 2
+
+reveal_type(Foo.symmetric, expected_text="str | int")
+Foo.symmetric = "1"
+reveal_type(Foo.symmetric, expected_text="Literal['1']")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/pyright-internal/src/tests/typeEvaluator4.test.ts b/packages/pyright-internal/src/tests/typeEvaluator4.test.ts
index 25d8fb31ec60..88271ff3d786 100644
--- a/packages/pyright-internal/src/tests/typeEvaluator4.test.ts
+++ b/packages/pyright-internal/src/tests/typeEvaluator4.test.ts
@@ -679,6 +679,12 @@ test('DataClassConverter1', () => {
     TestUtils.validateResults(analysisResults, 17);
 });
 
+test('DataClassConverter2', () => {
+    const analysisResults = TestUtils.typeAnalyzeSampleFiles(['dataclassConverter2.py']);
+
+    TestUtils.validateResults(analysisResults, 4);
+});
+
 test('DataClassPostInit1', () => {
     const analysisResults = TestUtils.typeAnalyzeSampleFiles(['dataclassPostInit1.py']);