diff --git a/src/SQLite.cs b/src/SQLite.cs
index f922bcee..ee172b39 100644
--- a/src/SQLite.cs
+++ b/src/SQLite.cs
@@ -3004,20 +3004,30 @@ public IEnumerable<T> ExecuteDeferredQuery<T> (TableMapping map)
 			var stmt = Prepare ();
 			try {
 				var cols = new TableMapping.Column[SQLite3.ColumnCount (stmt)];
-				var fastColumnSetters = new Action<T, Sqlite3Statement, int>[SQLite3.ColumnCount (stmt)];
+				var fastColumnSetters = new Action<object, Sqlite3Statement, int>[SQLite3.ColumnCount (stmt)];
 
 				if (map.Method == TableMapping.MapMethod.ByPosition)
 				{
 					Array.Copy(map.Columns, cols, Math.Min(cols.Length, map.Columns.Length));
 				}
-				else if (map.Method == TableMapping.MapMethod.ByName)
-				{
-					for (int i = 0; i < cols.Length; i++)
-					{
+				else if (map.Method == TableMapping.MapMethod.ByName) {
+					MethodInfo getSetter = null;
+					if (typeof(T) != map.MappedType) {
+						getSetter = typeof(FastColumnSetter)
+							.GetMethod (nameof(FastColumnSetter.GetFastSetter),
+								BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static).MakeGenericMethod (map.MappedType);
+					}
+
+					for (int i = 0; i < cols.Length; i++) {						
 						var name = SQLite3.ColumnName16 (stmt, i);
 						cols[i] = map.FindColumn (name);
 						if (cols[i] != null)
-							fastColumnSetters[i] = FastColumnSetter.GetFastSetter<T> (_conn, cols[i]);
+							if (getSetter != null) {
+								fastColumnSetters[i] = (Action<object, Sqlite3Statement, int>)getSetter.Invoke(null, new object[]{ _conn, cols[i]});
+							}
+							else {
+								fastColumnSetters[i] = FastColumnSetter.GetFastSetter<T>(_conn, cols[i]);
+							}
 					}
 				}
 
@@ -3028,7 +3038,7 @@ public IEnumerable<T> ExecuteDeferredQuery<T> (TableMapping map)
 							continue;
 
 						if (fastColumnSetters[i] != null) {
-							fastColumnSetters[i].Invoke ((T)obj, stmt, i);
+							fastColumnSetters[i].Invoke (obj, stmt, i);
 						}
 						else {
 							var colType = SQLite3.ColumnType (stmt, i);
@@ -3369,9 +3379,9 @@ internal class FastColumnSetter
 		///
 		/// If no fast setter is available for the requested column (enums in particular cause headache), then this function returns null.
 		/// </returns>
-		internal static Action<T, Sqlite3Statement, int> GetFastSetter<T> (SQLiteConnection conn, TableMapping.Column column)
+		internal static Action<object, Sqlite3Statement, int> GetFastSetter<T> (SQLiteConnection conn, TableMapping.Column column)
 		{
-			Action<T, Sqlite3Statement, int> fastSetter = null;
+			Action<object, Sqlite3Statement, int> fastSetter = null;
 
 			Type clrType = column.PropertyInfo.PropertyType;
 
@@ -3528,7 +3538,7 @@ internal class FastColumnSetter
 		/// <param name="column">The column mapping that identifies the target member of the destination object</param>
 		/// <param name="getColumnValue">A lambda that can be used to retrieve the column value at query-time</param>
 		/// <returns>A strongly-typed delegate</returns>
-		private static Action<ObjectType, Sqlite3Statement, int> CreateNullableTypedSetterDelegate<ObjectType, ColumnMemberType> (TableMapping.Column column, Func<Sqlite3Statement, int, ColumnMemberType> getColumnValue) where ColumnMemberType : struct
+		private static Action<object, Sqlite3Statement, int> CreateNullableTypedSetterDelegate<ObjectType, ColumnMemberType> (TableMapping.Column column, Func<Sqlite3Statement, int, ColumnMemberType> getColumnValue) where ColumnMemberType : struct
 		{
 			var clrTypeInfo = column.PropertyInfo.PropertyType.GetTypeInfo();
 			bool isNullable = false;
@@ -3545,7 +3555,7 @@ internal class FastColumnSetter
 				return (o, stmt, i) => {
 					var colType = SQLite3.ColumnType (stmt, i);
 					if (colType != SQLite3.ColType.Null)
-						setProperty.Invoke (o, getColumnValue.Invoke (stmt, i));
+						setProperty.Invoke ((ObjectType)o, getColumnValue.Invoke (stmt, i));
 				};
 			}
 
@@ -3560,7 +3570,7 @@ internal class FastColumnSetter
 		/// <param name="column">The column mapping that identifies the target member of the destination object</param>
 		/// <param name="getColumnValue">A lambda that can be used to retrieve the column value at query-time</param>
 		/// <returns>A strongly-typed delegate</returns>
-		private static Action<ObjectType, Sqlite3Statement, int> CreateTypedSetterDelegate<ObjectType, ColumnMemberType> (TableMapping.Column column, Func<Sqlite3Statement, int, ColumnMemberType> getColumnValue)
+		private static Action<object, Sqlite3Statement, int> CreateTypedSetterDelegate<ObjectType, ColumnMemberType> (TableMapping.Column column, Func<Sqlite3Statement, int, ColumnMemberType> getColumnValue)
 		{
 			var setProperty = (Action<ObjectType, ColumnMemberType>)Delegate.CreateDelegate (
 					typeof (Action<ObjectType, ColumnMemberType>), null,
@@ -3569,7 +3579,7 @@ internal class FastColumnSetter
 			return (o, stmt, i) => {
 				var colType = SQLite3.ColumnType (stmt, i);
 				if (colType != SQLite3.ColType.Null)
-					setProperty.Invoke (o, getColumnValue.Invoke (stmt, i));
+					setProperty.Invoke ((ObjectType)o, getColumnValue.Invoke (stmt, i));
 			};
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tests/SQLite.Tests/DbCommandTest.cs b/tests/SQLite.Tests/DbCommandTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d40eeb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/SQLite.Tests/DbCommandTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using SQLite;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.IO;
+
+#if NETFX_CORE
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.UnitTestFramework;
+using SetUp = Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.UnitTestFramework.TestInitializeAttribute;
+using TestFixture = Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.UnitTestFramework.TestClassAttribute;
+using Test = Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestPlatform.UnitTestFramework.TestMethodAttribute;
+#else
+using NUnit.Framework;
+#endif
+
+namespace SQLite.Tests
+{
+	[TestFixture]
+	public class DbCommandTest
+	{
+		[Test]
+		public void QueryCommand()
+		{
+			var db = new SQLiteConnection (Path.GetTempFileName(), true);
+			db.CreateTable<Product>();
+			var b = new Product();
+			db.Insert(b);
+
+			var test = db.CreateCommand("select * from Product")
+				.ExecuteDeferredQuery<Product>(new TableMapping(typeof(Product))).ToList();
+
+
+			Assert.AreEqual (test.Count, 1);
+		}
+
+		#region Issue #1048
+
+		[Test]
+		public void QueryCommandCastToObject()
+		{
+			var db = new SQLiteConnection (Path.GetTempFileName(), true);
+			db.CreateTable<Product>();
+			var b = new Product();
+			db.Insert(b);
+
+			var test = db.CreateCommand("select * from Product")
+				.ExecuteDeferredQuery<object>(new TableMapping(typeof(Product))).ToList();
+
+
+			Assert.AreEqual (test.Count, 1);
+		}
+
+		#endregion
+	}
+}