diff --git a/src/test/java/org/geojson/jackson/GeometryCollectionTest.java b/src/test/java/org/geojson/jackson/GeometryCollectionTest.java
index a7d0382..02c743d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/geojson/jackson/GeometryCollectionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/geojson/jackson/GeometryCollectionTest.java
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 package org.geojson.jackson;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import org.geojson.GeometryCollection;
-import org.geojson.LineString;
-import org.geojson.LngLatAlt;
-import org.geojson.Point;
+import org.geojson.*;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 public class GeometryCollectionTest {
 
@@ -23,4 +20,38 @@ public void itShouldSerialize() throws Exception {
 						+ "{\"type\":\"LineString\",\"coordinates\":[[101.0,0.0],[102.0,1.0]]}]}",
 				mapper.writeValueAsString(gc));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void itShouldDeserialize() throws Exception {
+		GeometryCollection geometryCollection = mapper
+				.readValue("{\"type\":\"GeometryCollection\","
+								+ "\"geometries\":[{\"type\":\"Point\",\"coordinates\":[100.0,0.0]},"
+								+ "{\"type\":\"LineString\",\"coordinates\":[[101.0,0.0],[102.0,1.0]]}]}",
+						GeometryCollection.class);
+		assertNotNull(geometryCollection);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void itShouldDeserializeSubtype() throws Exception {
+		FeatureCollection collection = mapper
+				.readValue("{\"type\": \"FeatureCollection\","
+								+ "  \"features\": ["
+								+ "    {"
+								+ "      \"type\": \"Feature\","
+								+ "      \"geometry\": {"
+								+ "        \"type\": \"GeometryCollection\","
+								+ "        \"geometries\": ["
+								+ "          {"
+								+ "            \"type\": \"Point\","
+								+ "            \"coordinates\": [100.0, 0.0]"
+								+ "          }"
+								+ "        ]"
+								+ "      }"
+								+ "    }"
+								+ "  ]"
+								+ "}",
+						FeatureCollection.class);
+		assertNotNull(collection);
+		assertTrue(collection.getFeatures().get(0).getGeometry() instanceof GeometryCollection);
+	}
 }