diff --git a/jsonschema2pojo-core/src/main/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/rules/PropertyRule.java b/jsonschema2pojo-core/src/main/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/rules/PropertyRule.java
index 9bb0ecb72..5ebd6f4ee 100644
--- a/jsonschema2pojo-core/src/main/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/rules/PropertyRule.java
+++ b/jsonschema2pojo-core/src/main/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/rules/PropertyRule.java
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 import com.sun.codemodel.JVar;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
+
 /**
  * Applies the schema rules that represent a property definition.
  *
@@ -221,11 +224,25 @@ private JsonNode resolveRefs(JsonNode node, Schema parent) {
     }
 
     private boolean isObject(JsonNode node) {
-        return node.path("type").asText().equals("object");
+        return checkType(node, "object");
     }
 
     private boolean isArray(JsonNode node) {
-        return node.path("type").asText().equals("array");
+        return checkType(node, "array");
+    }
+
+    private boolean checkType(JsonNode node, String type) {
+        return checkSimpleType(node, type) || checkArrayOfTypes(node, type);
+    }
+
+    private static boolean checkArrayOfTypes(JsonNode node, String type) {
+        return StreamSupport.stream(node.path("type").spliterator(), false)
+                            .map(JsonNode::asText)
+                            .anyMatch(type::equals);
+    }
+
+    private static boolean checkSimpleType(JsonNode node, String type) {
+        return node.path("type").asText().equals(type);
     }
 
     private JType getReturnType(final JDefinedClass c, final JFieldVar field, final boolean required, final boolean usesOptional) {
diff --git a/jsonschema2pojo-integration-tests/src/test/resources/schema/jsr303/validArray.json b/jsonschema2pojo-integration-tests/src/test/resources/schema/jsr303/validArray.json
index dc45ec4ad..bd089bcf3 100644
--- a/jsonschema2pojo-integration-tests/src/test/resources/schema/jsr303/validArray.json
+++ b/jsonschema2pojo-integration-tests/src/test/resources/schema/jsr303/validArray.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
             }
         },
         "refarray" : {
-            "type": "array",
+            "type": [ "array" ],
             "items": {
                 "$ref": "#definitions/product"
             }
diff --git a/jsonschema2pojo-integration-tests/src/test/resources/schema/jsr303/validObject.json b/jsonschema2pojo-integration-tests/src/test/resources/schema/jsr303/validObject.json
index 5134066d9..d962a31a4 100644
--- a/jsonschema2pojo-integration-tests/src/test/resources/schema/jsr303/validObject.json
+++ b/jsonschema2pojo-integration-tests/src/test/resources/schema/jsr303/validObject.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
             "type": "string"
         },
         "objectfield" : {
-            "type": "object",
+            "type": [ "object" ] ,
             "properties": {
                 "childprimitivefield" : {
                     "type": "string",