diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/GsonJsonProviderTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/GsonJsonProviderTest.java
index 99e4af0a..2202fbae 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/GsonJsonProviderTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/GsonJsonProviderTest.java
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package com.jayway.jsonpath;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
 import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.JacksonJsonNodeJsonProviderTest.FooBarBaz;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.JacksonJsonNodeJsonProviderTest.Gen;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json.GsonJsonProvider;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.mapper.GsonMappingProvider;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.mapper.MappingException;
@@ -205,6 +208,25 @@ public class GsonJsonProviderTest extends BaseTest {
       assertThat(result).isNull();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void object_can_be_parsed() {
+        Gen gen = new Gen();
+        gen.eric = "yepp";
+
+        FooBarBaz<Gen> fooBarBaz = new FooBarBaz<>();
+        fooBarBaz.foo = "foo0";
+        fooBarBaz.bar = 0L;
+        fooBarBaz.baz = true;
+        fooBarBaz.gen = gen;
+
+        DocumentContext context = using(GSON_CONFIGURATION).parse(fooBarBaz);
+        assertThat((Object) context.json()).isInstanceOf(JsonElement.class);
+
+        assertThat(context.read("$.foo", String.class)).isEqualTo("foo0");
+        assertThat(context.read("$.bar", Long.class)).isZero();
+        assertThat(context.read("$.baz", Boolean.class)).isTrue();
+        assertThat(context.read("$.gen.eric", String.class)).isEqualTo("yepp");
+    }
 
     public static class FooBarBaz<T> {
         public T gen;
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JacksonJsonNodeJsonProviderTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JacksonJsonNodeJsonProviderTest.java
index ec9b1810..a1785b6e 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JacksonJsonNodeJsonProviderTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JacksonJsonNodeJsonProviderTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.JsonNodeFactory;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.JsonContext;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json.JacksonJsonNodeJsonProvider;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.mapper.JacksonMappingProvider;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.mapper.MappingException;
@@ -247,6 +248,26 @@ public class JacksonJsonNodeJsonProviderTest extends BaseTest {
       assertThat(node.get(0).get("name").asText()).isEqualTo("a");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void object_can_be_parsed() {
+        Gen gen = new Gen();
+        gen.eric = "yepp";
+
+        FooBarBaz<Gen> fooBarBaz = new FooBarBaz<>();
+        fooBarBaz.foo = "foo0";
+        fooBarBaz.bar = 0L;
+        fooBarBaz.baz = true;
+        fooBarBaz.gen = gen;
+
+        DocumentContext context = using(JACKSON_JSON_NODE_CONFIGURATION).parse(fooBarBaz);
+        assertThat((Object) context.json()).isInstanceOf(JsonNode.class);
+
+        assertThat(context.read("$.foo", String.class)).isEqualTo("foo0");
+        assertThat(context.read("$.bar", Long.class)).isZero();
+        assertThat(context.read("$.baz", Boolean.class)).isTrue();
+        assertThat(context.read("$.gen.eric", String.class)).isEqualTo("yepp");
+    }
+
     public static class FooBarBaz<T> {
         public T gen;
         public String foo;