diff --git a/release-notes/CREDITS b/release-notes/CREDITS
index cb72ea58f6..4da5f7244f 100644
--- a/release-notes/CREDITS
+++ b/release-notes/CREDITS
@@ -111,4 +111,8 @@ Will Palmeri: (wpalmeri@github)
   * Contributed #407: Make array and Collection serializers use configured value null handler
    (2.4.0)
 
+Cemalettin Koc: (cemo@github)
+
+  * Reported #353: Problems with polymorphic types, `JsonNode` (related to #88)
+   (2.4.0)
 
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index e86848c783..3fc975cb17 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ Version: 2.4.0 (xx-xxx-2014)
 
 #88: Prevent use of type information for `JsonNode` via default typing
  (reported by electricmonk@github)
+#353: Problems with polymorphic types, `JsonNode` (related to #88)
+ (reported by cemo@github)
 #381: Allow inlining/unwrapping of value from single-component JSON array
  (contributed by yinzara@github)
 #407: Properly use null handlers for value types when serializer Collection
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/TestTreeWithType.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/TestTreeWithType.java
index c6a60369a1..d02ff8c825 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/TestTreeWithType.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/TestTreeWithType.java
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.*;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.TypeDeserializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
 
 public class TestTreeWithType extends BaseMapTest
 {
@@ -18,6 +20,36 @@ public Foo(String bar) {
         }
     }
 
+    // [Issue#353]
+    public class SavedCookie {
+        public String name, value;
+
+        public SavedCookie() { }
+        public SavedCookie(String n, String v) {
+            name = n;
+            value = v;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class SavedCookieDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<SavedCookie> {
+        @Override
+        public SavedCookie deserialize(JsonParser jsonParser, DeserializationContext ctxt)
+                throws IOException {
+           ObjectCodec oc = jsonParser.getCodec();
+           JsonNode node = oc.readTree(jsonParser);
+           return new SavedCookie(node.path("name").textValue(),
+                   node.path("value").textValue());
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public SavedCookie deserializeWithType(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt,
+                TypeDeserializer typeDeserializer)
+            throws IOException, JsonProcessingException
+        {
+            return (SavedCookie) typeDeserializer.deserializeTypedFromObject(jp, ctxt);
+        }
+    }    
+    
     /*
     /**********************************************************
     /* Unit tests
@@ -73,4 +105,22 @@ public void testValueToTreeWithDefaultTyping() throws Exception {
         JsonNode jsonNode = mapper.valueToTree(foo);
         assertEquals(jsonNode.get("bar").textValue(), foo.bar);
     }
+
+    public void testIssue353() throws Exception
+    {
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+        mapper.enableDefaultTypingAsProperty(ObjectMapper.DefaultTyping.NON_FINAL, "@class");
+
+         SimpleModule testModule = new SimpleModule("MyModule", new Version(1, 0, 0, null, "TEST", "TEST"));
+         testModule.addDeserializer(SavedCookie.class, new SavedCookieDeserializer());
+         mapper.registerModule(testModule);
+
+         SavedCookie savedCookie = new SavedCookie("key", "v");
+         String json = mapper.writeValueAsString(savedCookie);
+         SavedCookie out = mapper.reader(SavedCookie.class).readValue(json);
+
+         assertEquals("key", out.name);
+         assertEquals("v", out.value);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/failing/TestTreeWithType.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/failing/TestTreeWithType.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b91470a1a..0000000000
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/failing/TestTreeWithType.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-package com.fasterxml.jackson.failing;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.*;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
-
-public class TestTreeWithType extends BaseMapTest
-{
-
-    // [Issue#353]
-    public class SavedCookie {
-        public String name, value;
-
-        public SavedCookie() { }
-        public SavedCookie(String n, String v) {
-            name = n;
-            value = v;
-        }
-    }
-
-    public class SavedCookieDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<SavedCookie> {
-        @Override
-        public SavedCookie deserialize(JsonParser jsonParser, DeserializationContext ctxt)
-                throws IOException {
-           ObjectCodec oc = jsonParser.getCodec();
-           JsonNode node = oc.readTree(jsonParser);
-           return new SavedCookie(node.path("name").textValue(),
-                   node.path("value").textValue());
-        }
-     }    
-    /*
-    /**********************************************************
-    /* Unit tests
-    /**********************************************************
-     */
-
-    public void testIssue353() throws Exception
-    {
-        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-
-        mapper.enableDefaultTypingAsProperty(ObjectMapper.DefaultTyping.NON_FINAL, "@class");
-
-         SimpleModule testModule = new SimpleModule("MyModule", new Version(1, 0, 0, null, "TEST", "TEST"));
-         testModule.addDeserializer(SavedCookie.class, new SavedCookieDeserializer());
-         mapper.registerModule(testModule);
-
-         SavedCookie savedCookie = new SavedCookie("key", "v");
-         String json = mapper.writeValueAsString(savedCookie);
-         
-         SavedCookie out = mapper.reader(SavedCookie.class).readValue(json);
-
-         assertEquals("key", out.name);
-         assertEquals("v", out.value);
-    }
-}