diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonObject.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonObject.java
index 2901a8ce..1775ede8 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonObject.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/JsonObject.java
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ public final class JsonObject extends JsonElement {
     members.put(property, value);
   }
   
+  /**
+   * Removes the {@code property} from this {@link JsonObject}.
+   *   
+   * @param property name of the member that should be removed.
+   * return the {@link JsonElement} object that is being removed.
+   */
+  public JsonElement remove(String property) {
+    return members.remove(property);
+  }
+  
   /**
    * Convenience method to add a primitive member. The specified value is converted to a 
    * JsonPrimitive of String. 
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/JsonObjectTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/JsonObjectTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5744653b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/JsonObjectTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.google.gson;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test for the {@link JsonObject} class.
+ *
+ * @author Joel Leitch
+ */
+public class JsonObjectTest extends TestCase {
+
+  public void testAddingAndRemovingObjectProperties() throws Exception {
+    JsonObject jsonObj = new JsonObject();
+    String propertyName = "property";
+    assertFalse(jsonObj.has(propertyName));
+    assertNull(jsonObj.get(propertyName));
+    
+    JsonPrimitive value = new JsonPrimitive("blah");
+    jsonObj.add(propertyName, value);
+    assertEquals(value, jsonObj.get(propertyName));
+    
+    JsonElement removedElement = jsonObj.remove(propertyName);
+    assertEquals(value, removedElement);
+    assertFalse(jsonObj.has(propertyName));
+  }
+  
+  public void testAddingNullProperties() throws Exception {
+    String propertyName = "property";
+    JsonObject jsonObj = new JsonObject();
+    jsonObj.add(propertyName, null);
+    
+    assertTrue(jsonObj.has(propertyName));
+    
+    JsonElement jsonElement = jsonObj.get(propertyName);
+    assertNotNull(jsonElement);
+    assertTrue(jsonElement.isJsonNull());
+  }
+}