diff --git a/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php b/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
index 5eedac725..0e9973c3a 100644
--- a/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
+++ b/Normalizer/AbstractNormalizer.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer;
 
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\PropertyInfoExtractorInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\CircularReferenceException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\RuntimeException;
@@ -68,16 +69,22 @@ abstract class AbstractNormalizer implements NormalizerInterface, DenormalizerIn
      */
     protected $camelizedAttributes = array();
 
+    /**
+     * @var PropertyInfoExtractorInterface
+     */
+    protected $propertyInfoExtractor;
+
     /**
      * Sets the {@link ClassMetadataFactoryInterface} to use.
      *
      * @param ClassMetadataFactoryInterface|null $classMetadataFactory
      * @param NameConverterInterface|null        $nameConverter
      */
-    public function __construct(ClassMetadataFactoryInterface $classMetadataFactory = null, NameConverterInterface $nameConverter = null)
+    public function __construct(ClassMetadataFactoryInterface $classMetadataFactory = null, NameConverterInterface $nameConverter = null, PropertyInfoExtractorInterface $propertyInfoExtractor = null)
     {
         $this->classMetadataFactory = $classMetadataFactory;
         $this->nameConverter = $nameConverter;
+        $this->propertyInfoExtractor = $propertyInfoExtractor;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -285,6 +292,11 @@ protected function instantiateObject(array &$data, $class, array &$context, \Ref
             return $object;
         }
 
+        $format = null;
+        if (isset($context['format'])) {
+            $format = $context['format'];
+        }
+
         $constructor = $reflectionClass->getConstructor();
         if ($constructor) {
             $constructorParameters = $constructor->getParameters();
@@ -305,6 +317,23 @@ protected function instantiateObject(array &$data, $class, array &$context, \Ref
                         $params = array_merge($params, $data[$paramName]);
                     }
                 } elseif ($allowed && !$ignored && (isset($data[$key]) || array_key_exists($key, $data))) {
+                    if ($this->propertyInfoExtractor) {
+                        $types = $this->propertyInfoExtractor->getTypes($class, $key);
+
+                        foreach ($types as $type) {
+                            if ($type && $type->getClassName() && (!empty($data[$key]) || !$type->isNullable())) {
+                                if (!$this->serializer instanceof DenormalizerInterface) {
+                                    throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Cannot denormalize attribute "%s" because injected serializer is not a denormalizer', $key));
+                                }
+
+                                $value = $data[$paramName];
+                                $data[$paramName] = $this->serializer->denormalize($value, $type->getClassName(), $format, $context);
+
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+
                     $params[] = $data[$key];
                     // don't run set for a parameter passed to the constructor
                     unset($data[$key]);
diff --git a/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizer.php b/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizer.php
index c24444686..78eafa29a 100644
--- a/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizer.php
+++ b/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizer.php
@@ -36,6 +36,66 @@ class GetSetMethodNormalizer extends AbstractObjectNormalizer
 {
     private static $setterAccessibleCache = array();
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     *
+     * @throws RuntimeException
+     */
+    public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = null, array $context = array())
+    {
+        $allowedAttributes = $this->getAllowedAttributes($class, $context, true);
+        $normalizedData = $this->prepareForDenormalization($data);
+
+        $reflectionClass = new \ReflectionClass($class);
+        $subcontext = array_merge($context, array('format' => $format));
+        $object = $this->instantiateObject($normalizedData, $class, $subcontext, $reflectionClass, $allowedAttributes);
+
+        $classMethods = get_class_methods($object);
+        foreach ($normalizedData as $attribute => $value) {
+            if ($this->nameConverter) {
+                $attribute = $this->nameConverter->denormalize($attribute);
+            }
+
+            $allowed = $allowedAttributes === false || in_array($attribute, $allowedAttributes);
+            $ignored = in_array($attribute, $this->ignoredAttributes);
+
+            if ($allowed && !$ignored) {
+                $setter = 'set'.ucfirst($attribute);
+                if (in_array($setter, $classMethods) && !$reflectionClass->getMethod($setter)->isStatic()) {
+                    if ($this->propertyInfoExtractor) {
+                        $types = (array) $this->propertyInfoExtractor->getTypes($class, $attribute);
+
+                        foreach ($types as $type) {
+                            if ($type && (!empty($value) || !$type->isNullable())) {
+                                if (!$this->serializer instanceof DenormalizerInterface) {
+                                    throw new RuntimeException(
+                                        sprintf(
+                                            'Cannot denormalize attribute "%s" because injected serializer is not a denormalizer',
+                                            $attribute
+                                        )
+                                    );
+                                }
+
+                                $value = $this->serializer->denormalize(
+                                    $value,
+                                    $type->getClassName(),
+                                    $format,
+                                    $context
+                                );
+
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    $object->$setter($value);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $object;
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
      */
diff --git a/Tests/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizerTest.php b/Tests/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizerTest.php
index 6034dab4b..a0c4250f0 100644
--- a/Tests/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizerTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Normalizer/GetSetMethodNormalizerTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Tests\Normalizer;
 
 use Doctrine\Common\Annotations\AnnotationReader;
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Extractor\ReflectionExtractor;
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\PropertyInfoExtractor;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\NameConverter\CamelCaseToSnakeCaseNameConverter;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\GetSetMethodNormalizer;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Serializer;
@@ -490,6 +492,24 @@ public function testNoStaticGetSetSupport()
         $this->assertFalse($this->normalizer->supportsNormalization(new ObjectWithJustStaticSetterDummy()));
     }
 
+    public function testDenormalizeWithTypehint()
+    {
+        /* need a serializer that can recurse denormalization $normalizer */
+        $normalizer = new GetSetMethodNormalizer(null, null, new PropertyInfoExtractor(array(), array(new ReflectionExtractor())));
+        $serializer = new Serializer(array($normalizer));
+        $normalizer->setSerializer($serializer);
+
+        $obj = $normalizer->denormalize(
+            array(
+                'object' => array('foo' => 'foo', 'bar' => 'bar'),
+            ),
+            __NAMESPACE__.'\GetTypehintedDummy',
+            'any'
+        );
+        $this->assertEquals('foo', $obj->getObject()->getFoo());
+        $this->assertEquals('bar', $obj->getObject()->getBar());
+    }
+
     public function testPrivateSetter()
     {
         $obj = $this->normalizer->denormalize(array('foo' => 'foobar'), __NAMESPACE__.'\ObjectWithPrivateSetterDummy');
@@ -758,6 +778,59 @@ public function getBar_foo()
     }
 }
 
+class GetTypehintedDummy
+{
+    protected $object;
+
+    public function getObject()
+    {
+        return $this->object;
+    }
+
+    public function setObject(GetTypehintDummy $object)
+    {
+        $this->object = $object;
+    }
+}
+
+class GetTypehintDummy
+{
+    protected $foo;
+    protected $bar;
+
+    /**
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function getFoo()
+    {
+        return $this->foo;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $foo
+     */
+    public function setFoo($foo)
+    {
+        $this->foo = $foo;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function getBar()
+    {
+        return $this->bar;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param mixed $bar
+     */
+    public function setBar($bar)
+    {
+        $this->bar = $bar;
+    }
+}
+
 class ObjectConstructorArgsWithPrivateMutatorDummy
 {
     private $foo;
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 572561639..b1a6aa433 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
         "symfony/property-access": "~2.8|~3.0",
         "symfony/http-foundation": "~2.8|~3.0",
         "symfony/cache": "~3.1",
+        "symfony/property-info": "~2.8|~3.0",
         "doctrine/annotations": "~1.0",
         "doctrine/cache": "~1.0"
     },
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
     },
     "suggest": {
         "psr/cache-implementation": "For using the metadata cache.",
+        "symfony/property-info": "To harden the component and deserialize relations.",
         "symfony/yaml": "For using the default YAML mapping loader.",
         "symfony/config": "For using the XML mapping loader.",
         "symfony/property-access": "For using the ObjectNormalizer.",