diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/codahale/jerkson/deser/CaseClassDeserializer.scala b/src/main/scala/com/codahale/jerkson/deser/CaseClassDeserializer.scala
index a383419..fa93e04 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/codahale/jerkson/deser/CaseClassDeserializer.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/codahale/jerkson/deser/CaseClassDeserializer.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class CaseClassDeserializer(config: DeserializationConfig,
                             provider: DeserializerProvider,
                             classLoader: ClassLoader) extends JsonDeserializer[Object] {
   private val isSnakeCase = javaType.getRawClass.isAnnotationPresent(classOf[JsonSnakeCase])
-  private val params = CaseClassSigParser.parse(javaType.getRawClass, config.getTypeFactory, classLoader).map {
+  private val params = CaseClassSigParser.parse(javaType, config.getTypeFactory, classLoader).map {
     case (name, jt) => (if (isSnakeCase) snakeCase(name) else name, jt)
   }.toArray
   private val paramTypes = params.map { _._2.getRawClass }.toList
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/codahale/jerkson/util/CaseClassSigParser.scala b/src/main/scala/com/codahale/jerkson/util/CaseClassSigParser.scala
index 3895ea8..802142b 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/codahale/jerkson/util/CaseClassSigParser.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/codahale/jerkson/util/CaseClassSigParser.scala
@@ -79,20 +79,23 @@ object CaseClassSigParser {
     }
   }
 
-  def parse[A](clazz: Class[A], factory: TypeFactory, classLoader: ClassLoader) = {
+  def parse[A](javaType: JavaType, factory: TypeFactory, classLoader: ClassLoader) = {
+    val clazz = javaType.getRawClass
+    val containedTypes: Map[String, JavaType] = ((0 until javaType.containedTypeCount).map { i => javaType.containedTypeName(i) -> javaType.containedType(i) }).toMap
+
     findSym(clazz, classLoader).children.filter(c => c.isCaseAccessor && !c.isPrivate)
       .flatMap { ms =>
         ms.asInstanceOf[MethodSymbol].infoType match {
-          case NullaryMethodType(t: TypeRefType) => ms.name -> typeRef2JavaType(t, factory, classLoader) :: Nil
+          case NullaryMethodType(t: TypeRefType) => ms.name -> typeRef2JavaType(t, factory, classLoader, containedTypes) :: Nil
           case _ => Nil
         }
       }
   }
 
-  protected def typeRef2JavaType(ref: TypeRefType, factory: TypeFactory, classLoader: ClassLoader): JavaType = {
+  protected def typeRef2JavaType(ref: TypeRefType, factory: TypeFactory, classLoader: ClassLoader, containedTypes: Map[String, JavaType]): JavaType = {
     try {
       if (ref.symbol.path == "scala.Array") {
-        val elementType = typeRef2JavaType(ref.typeArgs.head.asInstanceOf[TypeRefType], factory, classLoader)
+        val elementType = typeRef2JavaType(ref.typeArgs.head.asInstanceOf[TypeRefType], factory, classLoader, containedTypes)
         val realElementType = elementType.getRawClass.getName match {
           case "java.lang.Boolean" => classOf[Boolean]
           case "java.lang.Byte" => classOf[Byte]
@@ -108,12 +111,16 @@ object CaseClassSigParser {
         val array = java.lang.reflect.Array.newInstance(realElementType, 0)
         factory.constructType(array.getClass)
       } else {
-        val klass = loadClass(ref.symbol.path, classLoader)
-        factory.constructParametricType(
-          klass, ref.typeArgs.map {
-            t => typeRef2JavaType(t.asInstanceOf[TypeRefType], factory, classLoader)
-          }: _*
-        )
+        if(containedTypes.contains(ref.symbol.path)) {
+          containedTypes(ref.symbol.path)
+        } else {
+          val klass = loadClass(ref.symbol.path, classLoader)
+          factory.constructParametricType(
+            klass, ref.typeArgs.map {
+              t => typeRef2JavaType(t.asInstanceOf[TypeRefType], factory, classLoader, containedTypes)
+            }: _*
+          )
+        }
       }
     } catch {
       case e: Throwable => {
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/codahale/jerkson/tests/CaseClassSupportSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/com/codahale/jerkson/tests/CaseClassSupportSpec.scala
index 7a562f5..fdf5a55 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/codahale/jerkson/tests/CaseClassSupportSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/codahale/jerkson/tests/CaseClassSupportSpec.scala
@@ -236,4 +236,34 @@ class CaseClassSupportSpec extends Spec {
       ))
     }
   }
+
+  class `A parameterized case class` {
+    @Test def `is parsable from a JSON object` = {
+      val c = parse[CaseClassWithParameter[Int]]("""{"id":"1","list":[2,3]}""")
+
+      c.id.must(be(1))
+      c.list.must(be(List(2,3)))
+    }
+
+    @Test def `generates a JSON object` = {
+      generate(CaseClassWithParameter[Int](1, List(2, 3))).must(be(
+        """{"id":1,"list":[2,3]}"""
+      ))
+    }
+  }
+
+  class `A multi-level parameterized case class` {
+    @Test def `is parsable from a JSON object` = {
+      val c = parse[CaseClassWithParameter[List[CaseClassWithParameter[Int]]]]("""{"id":"1","list":[[{"id":"2","list":[3]}]]}""")
+
+      c.id.must(be(1))
+      c.list.must(be(List(List(CaseClassWithParameter[Int](2,List(3))))))
+    }
+
+    @Test def `generates a JSON object` = {
+      generate(CaseClassWithParameter[List[CaseClassWithParameter[Int]]](1,List(List(CaseClassWithParameter[Int](2,List(3)))))).must(be(
+        """{"id":1,"list":[[{"id":2,"list":[3]}]]}"""
+      ))
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/codahale/jerkson/tests/ExampleCaseClasses.scala b/src/test/scala/com/codahale/jerkson/tests/ExampleCaseClasses.scala
index c3b666f..bc33236 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/codahale/jerkson/tests/ExampleCaseClasses.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/codahale/jerkson/tests/ExampleCaseClasses.scala
@@ -72,3 +72,5 @@ case class CaseClassWithTwoConstructors(id: Long,  name: String) {
 case class CaseClassWithSnakeCase(oneThing: String, twoThing: String)
 
 case class CaseClassWithArrays(one: String, two: Array[String], three: Array[Int])
+
+case class CaseClassWithParameter[T](id: Long, list: List[T])