diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/geometries.py b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/geometries.py
index 5174ef18bb..37bb65d3fa 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/geometries.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/geometries.py
@@ -538,13 +538,15 @@ class GeometryCollection(OGRGeometry):
     def add(self, geom):
         "Add the geometry to this Geometry Collection."
         if isinstance(geom, OGRGeometry):
-            ptr = geom._ptr
+            if isinstance(geom, self.__class__):
+                for g in geom: add_geom(self._ptr, g._ptr)
+            else:
+                add_geom(self._ptr, geom._ptr)
         elif isinstance(geom, (StringType, UnicodeType)):
             tmp = OGRGeometry(geom)
-            ptr = tmp._ptr
+            add_geom(self._ptr, tmp._ptr)
         else:
             raise OGRException('Must add an OGRGeometry.')
-        add_geom(self._ptr, ptr)
 
     @property
     def point_count(self):
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_gdal_geom.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_gdal_geom.py
index 8959d9121f..06c2eb769e 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_gdal_geom.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_gdal_geom.py
@@ -323,6 +323,27 @@ class OGRGeomTest(unittest.TestCase):
             a |= b # testing __ior__
             self.assertEqual(u1, a)
 
+    def test14_add(self):
+        "Testing GeometryCollection.add()."
+        # Can't insert a Point into a MultiPolygon.
+        mp = OGRGeometry('MultiPolygon')
+        pnt = OGRGeometry('POINT(5 23)')
+        self.assertRaises(OGRException, mp.add, pnt)
+
+        # GeometryCollection.add may take an OGRGeometry (if another collection
+        # of the same type all child geoms will be added individually) or WKT.
+        for mp in multipolygons:
+            mpoly = OGRGeometry(mp.wkt)
+            mp1 = OGRGeometry('MultiPolygon')
+            mp2 = OGRGeometry('MultiPolygon')
+            mp3 = OGRGeometry('MultiPolygon')
+
+            for poly in mpoly:
+                mp1.add(poly) # Adding a geometry at a time
+                mp2.add(poly.wkt) # Adding WKT
+            mp3.add(mpoly) # Adding a MultiPolygon's entire contents at once.
+            for tmp in (mp1, mp2, mp3): self.assertEqual(mpoly, tmp)
+
 def suite():
     s = unittest.TestSuite()
     s.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(OGRGeomTest))