diff --git a/RestSharp.Tests/JsonTests.cs b/RestSharp.Tests/JsonTests.cs
index cb2431c47..4d8ce03be 100644
--- a/RestSharp.Tests/JsonTests.cs
+++ b/RestSharp.Tests/JsonTests.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ public class JsonTests
 
 		private const string GuidString = "AC1FC4BC-087A-4242-B8EE-C53EBE9887A5";
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Can_Deserialize_Select_Tokens()
+        {
+            var data = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine("SampleData", "jsonarray.txt"));
+            var response = new RestResponse { Content = data };
+            var json = new JsonDeserializer();
+            var output = json.Deserialize<StatusComplexList>(response);
+            Assert.Equal(4, output.Count);
+        }
+
 		[Fact]
 		public void Can_Deserialize_4sq_Json_With_Root_Element_Specified()
 		{
diff --git a/RestSharp.Tests/SampleClasses/twitter.cs b/RestSharp.Tests/SampleClasses/twitter.cs
index ed9d8908c..ed997fc6c 100644
--- a/RestSharp.Tests/SampleClasses/twitter.cs
+++ b/RestSharp.Tests/SampleClasses/twitter.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
+using RestSharp.Deserializers;
 
 namespace RestSharp.Tests.SampleClasses
 {
@@ -57,4 +58,25 @@ public class user
 	public class StatusList : List<status>
 	{
 	}
+
+    public class complexStatus
+    {
+        public bool truncated { get; set; }
+        public string created_at { get; set; }
+        public string source { get; set; }
+        public bool favorited { get; set; }
+        public string in_reply_to_user_id { get; set; }
+        public string in_reply_to_status_id { get; set; }
+        public string in_reply_to_screen_name { get; set; }
+        // ignore contributors for now
+        [DeserializeAs(Name="user.following")]
+        public bool follow { get; set; }
+        // ignore geo
+        public long id { get; set; }
+        public string text { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class StatusComplexList : List<complexStatus>
+    {
+    }
 }
diff --git a/RestSharp/Deserializers/JsonDeserializer.cs b/RestSharp/Deserializers/JsonDeserializer.cs
index f546a7fea..e1df80610 100644
--- a/RestSharp/Deserializers/JsonDeserializer.cs
+++ b/RestSharp/Deserializers/JsonDeserializer.cs
@@ -83,13 +83,19 @@ private void Map(object target, IDictionary<string, object> data)
 				{
 					name = prop.Name;
 				}
-
-				var actualName = name.GetNameVariants(Culture).FirstOrDefault(n => data.ContainsKey(n));
-				var value = actualName != null ? data[actualName] : null;
-
-				if (value == null) continue;
-
-				prop.SetValue(target, ConvertValue(type, value), null);
+				
+				var parts = name.Split('.');
+				var currentData = data;
+				object value = null;
+				for (var i = 0; i < parts.Length; ++i)
+				{
+					var actualName = parts[i].GetNameVariants(Culture).FirstOrDefault(currentData.ContainsKey);
+					if (actualName == null) break;
+					if(i == parts.Length - 1) value = currentData[actualName];
+					else currentData = (IDictionary<string, object>)currentData[actualName];
+				}
+				
+				if(value != null) prop.SetValue(target, ConvertValue(type, value), null);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -101,17 +107,16 @@ private IDictionary BuildDictionary(Type type, object parent)
 			{
 				var key = child.Key;
 				object item = null;
-                if (valueType.IsGenericType && valueType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(List<>))
+				if (valueType.IsGenericType && valueType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(List<>))
 				{
-                    item = BuildList(valueType, child.Value);
+					item = BuildList(valueType, child.Value);
 				}
 				else
 				{
-                    item = ConvertValue(valueType, child.Value); 
+					item = ConvertValue(valueType, child.Value); 
 				}
 				dict.Add(key, item);
 			}
-
 			return dict;
 		}