diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/hypermedia/HalLinkExtractor.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/hypermedia/HalLinkExtractor.java
index c3f28d73..eb55843a 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/hypermedia/HalLinkExtractor.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/hypermedia/HalLinkExtractor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2014-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2014-2016 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.
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ class HalLinkExtractor extends AbstractJsonLinkExtractor {
 		List<Link> links = new ArrayList<>();
 		if (object instanceof Collection) {
 			@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-			Collection<Object> hrefObjects = (Collection<Object>) object;
-			for (Object hrefObject : hrefObjects) {
-				maybeAddLink(maybeCreateLink(rel, hrefObject), links);
+			Collection<Object> possibleLinkObjects = (Collection<Object>) object;
+			for (Object possibleLinkObject : possibleLinkObjects) {
+				maybeAddLink(maybeCreateLink(rel, possibleLinkObject), links);
 			}
 		}
 		else {
@@ -65,9 +65,12 @@ class HalLinkExtractor extends AbstractJsonLinkExtractor {
 		return links;
 	}
 
-	private static Link maybeCreateLink(String rel, Object possibleHref) {
-		if (possibleHref instanceof String) {
-			return new Link(rel, (String) possibleHref);
+	private static Link maybeCreateLink(String rel, Object possibleLinkObject) {
+		if (possibleLinkObject instanceof Map) {
+			Object hrefObject = ((Map<?, ?>) possibleLinkObject).get("href");
+			if (hrefObject instanceof String) {
+				return new Link(rel, (String) hrefObject);
+			}
 		}
 		return null;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/hypermedia/LinkExtractorsPayloadTests.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/hypermedia/LinkExtractorsPayloadTests.java
index 7353bbea..b26374e8 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/hypermedia/LinkExtractorsPayloadTests.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/hypermedia/LinkExtractorsPayloadTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2014-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2014-2016 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.
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class LinkExtractorsPayloadTests {
 
 	private final String linkType;
 
-	@Parameters
+	@Parameters(name = "{1}")
 	public static Collection<Object[]> data() {
 		return Arrays.asList(new Object[] { new HalLinkExtractor(), "hal" },
 				new Object[] { new AtomLinkExtractor(), "atom" });
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/resources/link-payloads/atom/wrong-format.json b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/resources/link-payloads/atom/wrong-format.json
index 04a6d84b..a5e2e40f 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/resources/link-payloads/atom/wrong-format.json
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/resources/link-payloads/atom/wrong-format.json
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 {
-	"_links": {
-		"alpha": ["http://alpha.example.com/one", "http://alpha.example.com/two"]
+	"links": {
+		"alpha": [{
+		    "href": "http://alpha.example.com/one"
+		}, {
+		    "href": "http://alpha.example.com/two"
+		}]
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/resources/link-payloads/hal/multiple-links-different-rels.json b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/resources/link-payloads/hal/multiple-links-different-rels.json
index 80d36d72..08d0f3ea 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/resources/link-payloads/hal/multiple-links-different-rels.json
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/resources/link-payloads/hal/multiple-links-different-rels.json
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
 	"_links": {
-		"alpha": "http://alpha.example.com",
-		"bravo": "http://bravo.example.com"
+		"alpha": {
+			"href": "http://alpha.example.com"
+		},
+		"bravo": {
+			"href": "http://bravo.example.com"
+		}
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/resources/link-payloads/hal/multiple-links-same-rels.json b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/resources/link-payloads/hal/multiple-links-same-rels.json
index 04a6d84b..45ebca3c 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/resources/link-payloads/hal/multiple-links-same-rels.json
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/resources/link-payloads/hal/multiple-links-same-rels.json
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 {
 	"_links": {
-		"alpha": ["http://alpha.example.com/one", "http://alpha.example.com/two"]
+		"alpha": [{
+		    "href": "http://alpha.example.com/one"
+		}, {
+		    "href": "http://alpha.example.com/two"
+		}]
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/resources/link-payloads/hal/single-link.json b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/resources/link-payloads/hal/single-link.json
index be90b377..d19ca125 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/resources/link-payloads/hal/single-link.json
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/resources/link-payloads/hal/single-link.json
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"_links": {
-		"alpha": "http://alpha.example.com"
+		"alpha": {
+		    "href": "http://alpha.example.com"
+		}
 	}
 }
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