diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/TypeConstrainedMappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/TypeConstrainedMappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java
index 6c837376..06c4aa2d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/TypeConstrainedMappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/TypeConstrainedMappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2014-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.hateoas.mvc;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 /**
  * Extension of {@link MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter} to constrain the ability to read and write HTTP message
  * based on the target type. Useful in case the {@link ObjectMapper} about to be configured has customizations that
- * sholny be applied to object trees of a certain base type.
+ * shall only be applied to object trees of a certain base type.
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  */
@@ -49,7 +51,21 @@ public class TypeConstrainedMappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter extends MappingJ
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public boolean canRead(Class<?> clazz, MediaType mediaType) {
-		return type.isAssignableFrom(clazz) && super.canRead(clazz, mediaType);
+		return type.isAssignableFrom(clazz) && super.canRead(mediaType);
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter#canRead(java.lang.reflect.Type, java.lang.Class, org.springframework.http.MediaType)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean canRead(Type type, Class<?> contextClass, MediaType mediaType) {
+
+		if (type instanceof Class) {
+			return canRead((Class<?>) type, mediaType);
+		}
+
+		return super.canRead(type, contextClass, mediaType);
 	}
 
 	/* 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/TypeConstrainedMappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterUnitTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/TypeConstrainedMappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterUnitTest.java
index 636fe979..5c3698ff 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/TypeConstrainedMappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterUnitTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/TypeConstrainedMappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterUnitTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2014-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.Resource;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.GenericHttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
 
 /**
@@ -66,4 +67,16 @@ public class TypeConstrainedMappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterUnitTest {
 		assertThat(converter.canWrite(ResourceSupport.class, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON), is(true));
 		assertThat(converter.canWrite(Resource.class, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON), is(true));
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see #360
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void doesNotSupportAnythingButTheConfiguredClassForCanReadWithContextClass() {
+
+		GenericHttpMessageConverter<Object> converter = new TypeConstrainedMappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter(
+				ResourceSupport.class);
+
+		assertThat(converter.canRead(String.class, Object.class, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON), is(false));
+	}
 }