diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/BaseTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/BaseTest.java
index 5db5ce1a..650595ec 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/BaseTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/BaseTest.java
@@ -2,33 +2,15 @@ package com.jayway.jsonpath;
 
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.Path;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.spi.json.GsonJsonProvider;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.spi.json.JacksonJsonProvider;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.spi.mapper.GsonMappingProvider;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.spi.mapper.JacksonMappingProvider;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.token.EvaluationContextImpl;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.token.PredicateContextImpl;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
 public class BaseTest {
-    /*
-    static {
-        Configuration.setDefaults(new Configuration.Defaults() {
-            @Override
-            public JsonProvider jsonProvider() {
-                return new GsonProvider();
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public Set<Option> setOptions() {
-                return EnumSet.noneOf(Option.class);
-            }
-
-            @Override
-            public ConversionProvider mappingProvider() {
-                return new DefaultConversionProvider();
-            }
-        });
-    }*/
-
 
     public static final Configuration GSON_CONFIGURATION = Configuration
             .builder()
@@ -36,6 +18,12 @@ public class BaseTest {
             .jsonProvider(new GsonJsonProvider())
             .build();
 
+    public static final Configuration JACKSON_CONFIGURATION = Configuration
+            .builder()
+            .mappingProvider(new JacksonMappingProvider())
+            .jsonProvider(new JacksonJsonProvider())
+            .build();
+
     public static final String JSON_DOCUMENT = "{\n" +
             "   \"string-property\" : \"string-value\", \n" +
             "   \"int-max-property\" : " + Integer.MAX_VALUE + ", \n" +
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JacksonTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JacksonTest.java
index 443ec174..7799c9d7 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JacksonTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JacksonTest.java
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
 package com.jayway.jsonpath;
 
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.spi.json.JacksonJsonProvider;
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.spi.mapper.JacksonMappingProvider;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-
-public class JacksonTest {
+import java.util.Date;
 
-    private static Configuration config = Configuration
-            .builder()
-            .mappingProvider(new JacksonMappingProvider())
-            .jsonProvider(new JacksonJsonProvider())
-            .build();
+import static java.util.Collections.singletonMap;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
+public class JacksonTest extends BaseTest {
 
     @Test
     public void an_object_can_be_mapped_to_pojo() {
@@ -25,7 +19,7 @@ public class JacksonTest {
                 "}";
 
 
-        FooBarBaz fooBarBaz = JsonPath.using(config).parse(json).read("$", FooBarBaz.class);
+        FooBarBaz fooBarBaz = JsonPath.using(JACKSON_CONFIGURATION).parse(json).read("$", FooBarBaz.class);
 
         assertThat(fooBarBaz.foo).isEqualTo("foo");
         assertThat(fooBarBaz.bar).isEqualTo(10L);
@@ -39,4 +33,16 @@ public class JacksonTest {
         public boolean baz;
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void jackson_converts_dates() {
+
+        Date now = new Date();
+
+        Object json = singletonMap("date_as_long", now.getTime());
+
+        Date date = JsonPath.using(JACKSON_CONFIGURATION).parse(json).read("$['date_as_long']", Date.class);
+
+        assertThat(date).isEqualTo(now);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/MapperTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/MapperTest.java
index 99c21a9f..8a51c692 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/MapperTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/MapperTest.java
@@ -41,4 +41,6 @@ public class MapperTest extends BaseTest {
         assertThat(parse("{\"val\": "+now.getTime()+"}").read("val", Date.class)).isEqualTo(now);
     }
 
+
+
 }