diff --git a/src/SimpleJson.Tests/DeserializeGenericDictionaryTests.cs b/src/SimpleJson.Tests/DeserializeGenericDictionaryTests.cs
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/src/SimpleJson.Tests/DeserializeGenericDictionaryTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+// <copyright file="<file>.cs" company="The Outercurve Foundation">
+//    Copyright (c) 2011, The Outercurve Foundation.
+//
+//    Licensed under the MIT License (the "License");
+//    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+//
+//    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//    limitations under the License.
+// </copyright>
+// <author>Nathan Totten (ntotten.com), Jim Zimmerman (jimzimmerman.com) and Prabir Shrestha (prabir.me)</author>
+// <website>https://github.com/facebook-csharp-sdk/simple-json</website>
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+namespace SimpleJsonTests {
+    using System;
+    using System.Collections.Generic;
+    using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+
+#if NUNIT
+    using TestClass = NUnit.Framework.TestFixtureAttribute;
+    using TestMethod = NUnit.Framework.TestAttribute;
+    using TestCleanup = NUnit.Framework.TearDownAttribute;
+    using TestInitialize = NUnit.Framework.SetUpAttribute;
+    using ClassCleanup = NUnit.Framework.TestFixtureTearDownAttribute;
+    using ClassInitialize = NUnit.Framework.TestFixtureSetUpAttribute;
+    using NUnit.Framework;
+#else
+#if NETFX_CORE
+    using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.UnitTestFramework;
+#else
+    using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+#endif
+#endif
+
+    using SimpleJson;
+
+    [TestClass]
+    public class DeserializeGenericDictionaryTests {
+        private class Configuration {
+            public Configuration() {
+                Settings = new SettingsDictionary();
+            }
+
+            public int Version { get; set; }
+
+            public SettingsDictionary Settings { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        private class SettingsDictionary : Dictionary<string, string> {
+            public SettingsDictionary() : base(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) {}
+
+            public SettingsDictionary(IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>> values) : base(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase) {
+                foreach (var kvp in values)
+                    Add(kvp.Key, kvp.Value);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void Can_Deserialize_Json_Object_With_Inherited_Typed_Dictionary() {
+            const string json = "{\"Version\":9,\"Settings\":{}}";
+
+            var result = SimpleJson.DeserializeObject<Configuration>(json);
+            Assert.IsNotNull(result);
+            Assert.AreEqual(9, result.Version);
+            Assert.IsNotNull(result.Settings);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/SimpleJson.Tests/SimpleJson.Tests.csproj b/src/SimpleJson.Tests/SimpleJson.Tests.csproj
index eafe9c8..ac1af75 100644
--- a/src/SimpleJson.Tests/SimpleJson.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/SimpleJson.Tests/SimpleJson.Tests.csproj
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="DeserializeGenericDictionaryTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DeserializeGenericListTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DataContractTests\DataContractSampleClassess.cs" />
     <Compile Include="DataContractTests\PrivateFieldsSerializeTests.cs" />