diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/JSONReader.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/JSONReader.java
index 09c285552..f0064fb67 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/JSONReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/fastjson/JSONReader.java
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ public class JSONReader implements Closeable {
 
         return TypeUtils.castToString(object);
     }
+    
+    public <T> T readObject(TypeReference<T> typeRef) {
+        return readObject(typeRef.getType());
+    }
 
     public <T> T readObject(Type type) {
         if (context == null) {