diff --git a/src/store.js b/src/store.js
index b5b083c92..5cb2ff5b3 100644
--- a/src/store.js
+++ b/src/store.js
@@ -282,6 +282,13 @@ function installModule (store, rootState, path, module, hot) {
     const parentState = getNestedState(rootState, path.slice(0, -1))
     const moduleName = path[path.length - 1]
     store._withCommit(() => {
+      if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+        if (moduleName in parentState) {
+          console.warn(
+            `[vuex] state field "${moduleName}" was overridden by a module with the same name`
+          )
+        }
+      }
       Vue.set(parentState, moduleName, module.state)
     })
   }
diff --git a/test/unit/modules.spec.js b/test/unit/modules.spec.js
index bc8fa2247..8ba9d24fc 100644
--- a/test/unit/modules.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/modules.spec.js
@@ -547,6 +547,24 @@ describe('Modules', () => {
       store.dispatch('parent/test')
     })
 
+    it('module: warn when module overrides state', () => {
+      spyOn(console, 'warn')
+      const store = new Vuex.Store({
+        state () {
+          return { value: 1 }
+        },
+        modules: {
+          value: {
+            state: () => 2
+          }
+        }
+      })
+      expect(store.state.value).toBe(2)
+      expect(console.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        `[vuex] state field "value" was overridden by a module with the same name`
+      )
+    })
+
     it('dispatching multiple actions in different modules', done => {
       const store = new Vuex.Store({
         modules: {