diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/DefaultTypeAdapters.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/DefaultTypeAdapters.java
index c8d41154..9810b2b6 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/DefaultTypeAdapters.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/DefaultTypeAdapters.java
@@ -485,11 +485,12 @@ final class DefaultTypeAdapters {
         throws JsonParseException {
       // Use ObjectConstructor to create instance instead of hard-coding a specific type. 
       // This handles cases where users are using their own subclass of Map.
-      Map<String, Object> map = constructMapType(typeOfT, context);
-      Type childType = new TypeInfoMap(typeOfT).getValueType();
+      Map<Object, Object> map = constructMapType(typeOfT, context);
+      TypeInfoMap mapTypeInfo = new TypeInfoMap(typeOfT);
       for (Map.Entry<String, JsonElement> entry : json.getAsJsonObject().entrySet()) {
-        Object value = context.deserialize(entry.getValue(), childType);
-        map.put(entry.getKey(), value);
+        Object key = context.deserialize(new JsonPrimitive(entry.getKey()), mapTypeInfo.getKeyType());
+        Object value = context.deserialize(entry.getValue(), mapTypeInfo.getValueType());
+        map.put(key, value);
       }
       return map;
     }
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/MapTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/MapTest.java
index ea2501cd..98f9586a 100755
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/MapTest.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/functional/MapTest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+
 package com.google.gson.functional;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
@@ -125,6 +126,23 @@ public class MapTest extends TestCase {
     assertEquals(1, map.size());
     assertNull(map.get(null));
   }
+  
+  public void testMapSerializationWithIntegerKeys() {
+    Map<Integer, String> map = new LinkedHashMap<Integer, String>();
+    map.put(123, "456");
+    Type typeOfMap = new TypeToken<Map<Integer, String>>() {}.getType();
+    String json = gson.toJson(map, typeOfMap);
+
+    assertEquals("{\"123\":\"456\"}", json);
+  }
+  
+  public void testMapDeserializationWithIntegerKeys() {
+    Type typeOfMap = new TypeToken<Map<Integer, String>>() {}.getType();
+    Map<Integer, String> map = gson.fromJson("{\"123\":\"456\"}", typeOfMap);
+    assertEquals(1, map.size());
+    assertTrue(map.containsKey(123));
+    assertEquals("456", map.get(123));
+  }
 
   public void testParameterizedMapSubclassSerialization() {
     MyParameterizedMap<String, String> map = new MyParameterizedMap<String, String>();