diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/DefaultTypeAdapters.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/DefaultTypeAdapters.java
index f90a43cb..e92ab93d 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/DefaultTypeAdapters.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/DefaultTypeAdapters.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package com.google.gson;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
-import java.sql.Time;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.ParseException;
@@ -38,8 +37,6 @@ import com.google.gson.internal.ParameterizedTypeHandlerMap;
 final class DefaultTypeAdapters {
 
   private static final DefaultDateTypeAdapter DATE_TYPE_ADAPTER = new DefaultDateTypeAdapter();
-  private static final DefaultTimeTypeAdapter TIME_TYPE_ADAPTER =
-    new DefaultTimeTypeAdapter();
   private static final DefaultTimestampDeserializer TIMESTAMP_DESERIALIZER =
     new DefaultTimestampDeserializer();
 
@@ -59,7 +56,6 @@ final class DefaultTypeAdapters {
 
     map.register(Date.class, DATE_TYPE_ADAPTER, true);
     map.register(Timestamp.class, DATE_TYPE_ADAPTER, true);
-    map.register(Time.class, TIME_TYPE_ADAPTER, true);
 
     map.makeUnmodifiable();
     return map;
@@ -70,7 +66,6 @@ final class DefaultTypeAdapters {
         new ParameterizedTypeHandlerMap<JsonDeserializer<?>>();
     map.register(Date.class, wrapDeserializer(DATE_TYPE_ADAPTER), true);
     map.register(Timestamp.class, wrapDeserializer(TIMESTAMP_DESERIALIZER), true);
-    map.register(Time.class, wrapDeserializer(TIME_TYPE_ADAPTER), true);
 
     map.makeUnmodifiable();
     return map;
@@ -182,31 +177,4 @@ final class DefaultTypeAdapters {
       return new Timestamp(date.getTime());
     }
   }
-
-  static final class DefaultTimeTypeAdapter implements JsonSerializer<Time>, JsonDeserializer<Time> {
-    private final DateFormat format;
-    DefaultTimeTypeAdapter() {
-      this.format = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm:ss a");
-    }
-    public JsonElement serialize(Time src, Type typeOfSrc, JsonSerializationContext context) {
-      synchronized (format) {
-        String dateFormatAsString = format.format(src);
-        return new JsonPrimitive(dateFormatAsString);
-      }
-    }
-    public Time deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context)
-        throws JsonParseException {
-      if (!(json instanceof JsonPrimitive)) {
-        throw new JsonParseException("The date should be a string value");
-      }
-      try {
-        synchronized (format) {
-          Date date = format.parse(json.getAsString());
-          return new Time(date.getTime());
-        }
-      } catch (ParseException e) {
-        throw new JsonSyntaxException(e);
-      }
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
index f86c44bb..7fb95009 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/Gson.java
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ public final class Gson {
         .factory(TypeAdapters.INET_ADDRESS_FACTORY)
         .factory(TypeAdapters.BIT_SET_FACTORY)
         .factory(TypeAdapters.CALENDAR_FACTORY)
+        .factory(TypeAdapters.SQL_TIME_FACTORY)
         .factory(TypeAdapters.SQL_DATE_FACTORY)
         .factory(new MapTypeAdapterFactory(constructorConstructor, complexMapKeySerialization))
         .factory(ArrayTypeAdapter.FACTORY)
diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/TypeAdapters.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/TypeAdapters.java
index 1074880a..1c32969c 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/TypeAdapters.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/TypeAdapters.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.sql.Time;
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
@@ -411,6 +412,27 @@ public final class TypeAdapters {
 
   public static final TypeAdapter.Factory UUID_FACTORY = newFactory(UUID.class, UUID);
 
+  public static final TypeAdapter<Time> SQL_TIME = new TypeAdapter<Time>() {
+    private final DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm:ss a");
+    @Override
+    public Time read(JsonReader reader) throws IOException {
+      try {
+        synchronized (format) {
+          Date date = format.parse(reader.nextString());
+          return new java.sql.Time(date.getTime());
+        }
+      } catch (ParseException e) {
+        throw new JsonSyntaxException(e);
+      }
+    }
+    @Override
+    public void write(JsonWriter writer, Time value) throws IOException {
+      writer.value(format.format(value));
+    }
+  };
+
+  public static final TypeAdapter.Factory SQL_TIME_FACTORY = newFactory(Time.class, SQL_TIME);
+
   public static final TypeAdapter<java.sql.Date> SQL_DATE = new TypeAdapter<java.sql.Date>() {
     private final DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM d, yyyy");
     @Override