diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/ThrowableDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/ThrowableDeserializer.java
index b72f7ab5af..ae6b3ad0cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/ThrowableDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/ThrowableDeserializer.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public class ThrowableDeserializer
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     protected final static String PROP_NAME_MESSAGE = "message";
+    protected final static String PROP_NAME_SUPPRESSED = "suppressed";
 
     /*
     /************************************************************
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ public Object deserializeFromObject(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) t
         
         Object throwable = null;
         Object[] pending = null;
+        Throwable[] suppressed = null;
         int pendingIx = 0;
 
         for (; !p.hasToken(JsonToken.END_OBJECT); p.nextToken()) {
@@ -120,6 +122,14 @@ public Object deserializeFromObject(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) t
                     continue;
                 }
             }
+
+            // Maybe it's "suppressed"?
+            final boolean isSuppressed = PROP_NAME_SUPPRESSED.equals(propName);
+            if (isSuppressed) {
+                suppressed = p.readValueAs(Throwable[].class);
+                continue;
+            }
+
             // Things marked as ignorable should not be passed to any setter
             if ((_ignorableProps != null) && _ignorableProps.contains(propName)) {
                 p.skipChildren();
@@ -156,6 +166,14 @@ public Object deserializeFromObject(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt) t
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        if (suppressed != null && throwable instanceof Throwable) {
+            Throwable t = (Throwable) throwable;
+            for (Throwable s : suppressed) {
+                t.addSuppressed(s);
+            }
+        }
+
         return throwable;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/exc/ExceptionDeserializationTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/exc/ExceptionDeserializationTest.java
index b5db9255d3..4ea7793b3b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/exc/ExceptionDeserializationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/exc/ExceptionDeserializationTest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.*;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.BasicPolymorphicTypeValidator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.PolymorphicTypeValidator;
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for verifying that simple exceptions can be deserialized.
@@ -130,6 +133,47 @@ public void testExceptionCauseDeserialization() throws IOException
         _assertEquality(exp.getCause().getStackTrace(), act.getCause().getStackTrace());
     }
 
+
+    public void testSuppressedGenericThrowableDeserialization() throws IOException
+    {
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+        final IOException exp = new IOException("the outer exception");
+        exp.addSuppressed(new Throwable("the suppressed exception"));
+
+        final String value = mapper.writeValueAsString(exp);
+        final IOException act = mapper.readValue(value, IOException.class);
+
+        assertNotNull(act.getSuppressed());
+        assertEquals(1, act.getSuppressed().length);
+        assertEquals(exp.getSuppressed()[0].getMessage(), act.getSuppressed()[0].getMessage());
+        _assertEquality(exp.getSuppressed()[0].getStackTrace(), act.getSuppressed()[0].getStackTrace());
+    }
+
+    public void testSuppressedTypedExceptionDeserialization() throws IOException
+    {
+        PolymorphicTypeValidator typeValidator = BasicPolymorphicTypeValidator.builder()
+                .allowIfSubTypeIsArray()
+                .allowIfSubType(Throwable.class)
+                .build();
+
+        ObjectMapper mapper = JsonMapper.builder()
+                .activateDefaultTyping(typeValidator, ObjectMapper.DefaultTyping.NON_FINAL)
+                .build();
+
+        final IOException exp = new IOException("the outer exception");
+        exp.addSuppressed(new IllegalArgumentException("the suppressed exception"));
+
+        final String value = mapper.writeValueAsString(exp);
+        final IOException act = mapper.readValue(value, IOException.class);
+
+        assertNotNull(act.getSuppressed());
+        assertEquals(1, act.getSuppressed().length);
+        assertEquals(IllegalArgumentException.class, act.getSuppressed()[0].getClass());
+        assertEquals(exp.getSuppressed()[0].getMessage(), act.getSuppressed()[0].getMessage());
+        _assertEquality(exp.getSuppressed()[0].getStackTrace(), act.getSuppressed()[0].getStackTrace());
+    }
+
     private void _assertEquality(StackTraceElement[] exp, StackTraceElement[] act) {
         assertEquals(exp.length, act.length);
         for (int i = 0; i < exp.length; i++) {