diff --git a/core/json/README.md b/core/json/README.md
index 7b8eda57e6..bb6c775666 100644
--- a/core/json/README.md
+++ b/core/json/README.md
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ Serialization supports:
 
 * Arbitrarily deep case class graphs
 * All primitive types, including BigInt and Symbol
-* List, Array, Set and Map (note, keys of the Map must be strings: Map[String, _])
+* List, Seq, Array, Set and Map (note, keys of the Map must be strings: Map[String, _])
 * scala.Option
 * java.util.Date
 * Polymorphic Lists (see below)
diff --git a/core/json/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/json/Meta.scala b/core/json/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/json/Meta.scala
index 1a851549d6..3759e4faa7 100644
--- a/core/json/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/json/Meta.scala
+++ b/core/json/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/json/Meta.scala
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ private[json] object Meta {
 
       def fieldMapping(fType: Class[_], genType: Type): (Mapping, Boolean) = {
         if (primitive_?(fType)) (Value(fType), false)
-        else if (classOf[List[_]].isAssignableFrom(fType))
-          (mkContainer(genType, `* -> *`, 0, Col.apply(classOf[List[_]], _)), false)
         else if (classOf[Set[_]].isAssignableFrom(fType))
           (mkContainer(genType, `* -> *`, 0, Col.apply(classOf[Set[_]], _)), false)
         else if (fType.isArray)
@@ -119,6 +117,8 @@ private[json] object Meta {
           (mkContainer(genType, `* -> *`, 0, identity _), true)
         else if (classOf[Map[_, _]].isAssignableFrom(fType))
           (mkContainer(genType, `(*,*) -> *`, 1, Dict.apply _), false)
+        else if (classOf[Seq[_]].isAssignableFrom(fType))
+          (mkContainer(genType, `* -> *`, 0, Col.apply(classOf[List[_]], _)), false)
         else {
           if (visited.contains(fType)) (Cycle(fType), false)
           else (Constructor(TypeInfo(fType, parameterizedTypeOpt(genType)),
diff --git a/core/json/src/test/scala/net/liftweb/json/SerializationExamples.scala b/core/json/src/test/scala/net/liftweb/json/SerializationExamples.scala
index 7442b94da3..7040f218da 100644
--- a/core/json/src/test/scala/net/liftweb/json/SerializationExamples.scala
+++ b/core/json/src/test/scala/net/liftweb/json/SerializationExamples.scala
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ object SerializationExamples extends Specification {
     s.array.toList mustEqual unser.array.toList
   }
   
+  "Seq serialization example" in {
+    val s = SeqContainer(List("foo", "bar"))    
+    val ser = swrite(s)
+    read[SeqContainer](ser) mustEqual s
+  }
+
   "None Option of tuple serialization example" in {
     // This is a regression test case, failed in lift json
     val s = OptionOfTupleOfDouble(None)    
@@ -343,4 +349,6 @@ case class SetContainer(set: Set[String])
 
 case class ArrayContainer(array: Array[String])
 
+case class SeqContainer(seq: Seq[String])
+
 case class OptionOfTupleOfDouble(position: Option[Tuple2[Double, Double]])