diff --git a/src/zap.c b/src/zap.c
index a6935402f..67eac9bbe 100644
--- a/src/zap.c
+++ b/src/zap.c
@@ -3957,9 +3957,15 @@ bhit(
            give message and skip it in order to keep going;
            if attack is light and mtmp is a mimic pretending to be an
            object, behave as if there is no monster here (if pretending
-           to be furniture, it will be revealed by flash_hits_mon()) */
+           to be furniture, it will be revealed by flash_hits_mon());
+           thrown objects don't hit mimics pretending to be objects (both
+           because the hero is likely aiming to throw over what seems to
+           be an object rather than at it, and for balance because
+           otherwise mimics are too easy to identify by throwing gold at
+           them) */
         if (mtmp && (((weapon == THROWN_WEAPON || weapon == KICKED_WEAPON)
-                      && shade_miss(&gy.youmonst, mtmp, obj, TRUE, TRUE))
+                      && (shade_miss(&gy.youmonst, mtmp, obj, TRUE, TRUE)
+                          || M_AP_TYPE(mtmp) == M_AP_OBJECT))
                      || (weapon == FLASHED_LIGHT
                          && M_AP_TYPE(mtmp) == M_AP_OBJECT)))
             mtmp = (struct monst *) 0;