diff --git a/src/main/java/com/jsoniter/Codegen.java b/src/main/java/com/jsoniter/Codegen.java
index 7d82c07a..c1fa2edc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/jsoniter/Codegen.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/jsoniter/Codegen.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.lang.reflect.WildcardType;
 import java.util.*;
 
 class Codegen {
@@ -127,6 +128,8 @@ private static Type chooseImpl(Type type) {
             ParameterizedType pType = (ParameterizedType) type;
             clazz = (Class) pType.getRawType();
             typeArgs = pType.getActualTypeArguments();
+        } else if (type instanceof WildcardType) {
+            clazz = Object.class;
         } else {
             clazz = (Class) type;
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/jsoniter/spi/ClassInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/jsoniter/spi/ClassInfo.java
index dcd9a28a..e85f7e38 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/jsoniter/spi/ClassInfo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/jsoniter/spi/ClassInfo.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.lang.reflect.WildcardType;
 
 public class ClassInfo {
 
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ public ClassInfo(Type type) {
             ParameterizedType pType = (ParameterizedType) type;
             clazz = (Class) pType.getRawType();
             typeArgs = pType.getActualTypeArguments();
+        } else if (type instanceof WildcardType) {
+            clazz = Object.class;
+            typeArgs = new Type[0];
         } else {
             clazz = (Class) type;
             typeArgs = new Type[0];
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/jsoniter/spi/TypeLiteral.java b/src/main/java/com/jsoniter/spi/TypeLiteral.java
index 2f00901a..8f9f5423 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/jsoniter/spi/TypeLiteral.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/jsoniter/spi/TypeLiteral.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.GenericArrayType;
 import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.lang.reflect.WildcardType;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@ private static String generateCacheKey(Type type, String prefix) {
             Type compType = gaType.getGenericComponentType();
             decoderClassName.append(formatTypeWithoutSpecialCharacter(compType));
             decoderClassName.append("_array");
+        } else if (type instanceof WildcardType) {
+            decoderClassName.append("_wildcard");
         } else {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException("do not know how to handle: " + type);
         }
@@ -144,6 +147,9 @@ private static String formatTypeWithoutSpecialCharacter(Type type) {
             GenericArrayType gaType = (GenericArrayType) type;
             return formatTypeWithoutSpecialCharacter(gaType.getGenericComponentType()) + "_array";
         }
+        if (type instanceof WildcardType) {
+            return type.toString();
+        }
         throw new JsonException("unsupported type: " + type + ", of class " + type.getClass());
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/jsoniter/TestGenerics.java b/src/test/java/com/jsoniter/TestGenerics.java
index 1f9d9201..5f3d4077 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/jsoniter/TestGenerics.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/jsoniter/TestGenerics.java
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package com.jsoniter;
 
-import com.jsoniter.spi.*;
+import com.jsoniter.output.JsonStream;
+import com.jsoniter.spi.Binding;
+import com.jsoniter.spi.ClassDescriptor;
+import com.jsoniter.spi.ClassInfo;
+import com.jsoniter.spi.TypeLiteral;
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -132,4 +136,12 @@ public void test_issue_103() {
         assertEquals(User.class, res.results.getClass());
     }
 
+    public static class TestObject7 {
+        public List<?> field;
+    }
+
+    public void test_wildcard() throws IOException {
+        TestObject7 obj = JsonIterator.deserialize("{\"field\":[1]}", TestObject7.class);
+        assertEquals(Double.valueOf(1), obj.field.get(0));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/jsoniter/output/TestGenerics.java b/src/test/java/com/jsoniter/output/TestGenerics.java
index 10e9b4f4..36772484 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/jsoniter/output/TestGenerics.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/jsoniter/output/TestGenerics.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 public class TestGenerics extends TestCase {
     static {
@@ -34,4 +36,16 @@ public void test_inherited_getter_is_not_duplicate() throws IOException {
         stream.close();
         assertEquals("{\"hello\":0}", baos.toString());
     }
+
+    public static class TestObject7 {
+        public List<?> field;
+    }
+
+    public void test_wildcard() throws IOException {
+        TestObject7 obj = new TestObject7();
+        ArrayList<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+        list.add(1);
+        obj.field = list;
+        assertEquals("{\"field\":[1]}", JsonStream.serialize(obj));
+    }
 }