diff --git a/src/Mono.Android/Java.Lang/Object.cs b/src/Mono.Android/Java.Lang/Object.cs
index 68db056acb6..8d01578b39b 100644
--- a/src/Mono.Android/Java.Lang/Object.cs
+++ b/src/Mono.Android/Java.Lang/Object.cs
@@ -12,21 +12,21 @@
 
 namespace Java.Lang {
 
-	[DataContract]
+	[Serializable]
 	public partial class Object : IDisposable, IJavaObject, IJavaObjectEx
 #if JAVA_INTEROP
 		, IJavaPeerable
 #endif  // JAVA_INTEROP
 	{
-		IntPtr key_handle;
+		[NonSerialized] IntPtr key_handle;
 #pragma warning disable CS0649, CS0169, CS0414 // Suppress fields are never used warnings, these fields are used directly by monodroid-glue.cc
-		IntPtr weak_handle;
-		int refs_added;
+		[NonSerialized] IntPtr weak_handle;
+		[NonSerialized] int refs_added;
 #pragma warning restore CS0649, CS0169, CS0414
-		JObjectRefType handle_type;
-		IntPtr handle;
-		bool             needsActivation;
-		bool             isProxy;
+		[NonSerialized] JObjectRefType handle_type;
+		[NonSerialized] IntPtr handle;
+		[NonSerialized] bool             needsActivation;
+		[NonSerialized] bool             isProxy;
 
 		IntPtr IJavaObjectEx.KeyHandle {
 			get {return key_handle;}
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/PackagingTest.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/PackagingTest.cs
index d8106acf7c9..5afcf9b908f 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/PackagingTest.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tests/PackagingTest.cs
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ public void CheckIncludedAssemblies ()
 					"System.Console.dll",
 					"System.Linq.Expressions.dll",
 					"System.ObjectModel.dll",
-					"System.Runtime.Serialization.Primitives.dll",
 					"System.Private.CoreLib.dll",
 					"System.Collections.Concurrent.dll",
 					"System.Collections.dll",
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@ public void CheckIncludedAssemblies ()
 					"System.Core.dll",
 					"System.Data.dll",
 					"System.dll",
-					"System.Runtime.Serialization.dll",
 					"UnnamedProject.dll",
 					"Mono.Data.Sqlite.dll",
 					"Mono.Data.Sqlite.dll.config",
diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/MainActivity.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/MainActivity.cs
index 04a91ffc8e6..4b2ff76580c 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/MainActivity.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Resources/Base/MainActivity.cs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ protected override void OnCreate (Bundle bundle)
 			//${AFTER_ONCREATE}
 		}
 	}
+	//${AFTER_MAINACTIVITY}
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/MSBuildDeviceIntegration/Tests/InstallAndRunTests.cs b/tests/MSBuildDeviceIntegration/Tests/InstallAndRunTests.cs
index ecbe02bb1f1..12e42fd37ac 100644
--- a/tests/MSBuildDeviceIntegration/Tests/InstallAndRunTests.cs
+++ b/tests/MSBuildDeviceIntegration/Tests/InstallAndRunTests.cs
@@ -419,5 +419,75 @@ public class LinkModeFullClass {
 			}
 		}
 
+		[Test]
+		public void JsonDeserializationCreatesJavaHandle ([Values (false, true)] bool isRelease)
+		{
+			AssertHasDevices ();
+
+			proj = new XamarinAndroidApplicationProject () {
+				IsRelease = isRelease,
+			};
+
+			if (isRelease || !CommercialBuildAvailable) {
+				proj.SetAndroidSupportedAbis ("armeabi-v7a", "arm64-v8a", "x86");
+			}
+
+			proj.References.Add (new BuildItem.Reference ("System.Runtime.Serialization"));
+
+			if (Builder.UseDotNet)
+				proj.References.Add (new BuildItem.Reference ("System.Runtime.Serialization.Json"));
+
+			proj.MainActivity = proj.DefaultMainActivity.Replace ("//${AFTER_ONCREATE}",
+				@"TestJsonDeserializationCreatesJavaHandle();
+		}
+
+		void TestJsonDeserializationCreatesJavaHandle ()
+		{
+			Person p = new Person () {
+				Name = ""John Smith"",
+				Age = 900,
+			};
+			var stream      = new MemoryStream ();
+			var serializer  = new DataContractJsonSerializer (typeof (Person));
+
+			serializer.WriteObject (stream, p);
+
+			stream.Position = 0;
+			StreamReader sr = new StreamReader (stream);
+
+			Console.WriteLine ($""JSON Person representation: {sr.ReadToEnd ()}"");
+
+			stream.Position = 0;
+			Person p2 = (Person) serializer.ReadObject (stream);
+
+			Console.WriteLine ($""JSON Person parsed: Name '{p2.Name}' Age '{p2.Age}' Handle '0x{p2.Handle:X}'"");
+
+			if (p2.Name != ""John Smith"")
+				throw new InvalidOperationException (""JSON deserialization of Name"");
+			if (p2.Age != 900)
+				throw new InvalidOperationException (""JSON deserialization of Age"");
+			if (p2.Handle == IntPtr.Zero)
+				throw new InvalidOperationException (""Failed to instantiate new Java instance for Person!"");
+
+			Console.WriteLine ($""JSON Person deserialized OK"");").Replace ("//${AFTER_MAINACTIVITY}", @"
+	[DataContract]
+	class Person : Java.Lang.Object {
+		[DataMember]
+		public string Name;
+
+		[DataMember]
+		public int Age;
+	}").Replace ("using System;", @"using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;");
+			builder = CreateApkBuilder ();
+			Assert.IsTrue (builder.Install (proj), "Install should have succeeded.");
+			ClearAdbLogcat ();
+			AdbStartActivity ($"{proj.PackageName}/{proj.JavaPackageName}.MainActivity");
+			Assert.IsFalse (MonitorAdbLogcat ((line) => {
+				return line.Contains ("InvalidOperationException");
+			}, Path.Combine (Root, builder.ProjectDirectory, "startup-logcat.log"), 45), $"Output did contain InvalidOperationException!");
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/api-compatibility/acceptable-breakages-vReference.txt b/tests/api-compatibility/acceptable-breakages-vReference.txt
index cbece75318a..46c870ca29d 100644
--- a/tests/api-compatibility/acceptable-breakages-vReference.txt
+++ b/tests/api-compatibility/acceptable-breakages-vReference.txt
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ CannotRemoveAttribute : Attribute 'System.ComponentModel.CategoryAttribute' exis
 CannotRemoveAttribute : Attribute 'System.ComponentModel.CategoryAttribute' exists on 'Android.Content.ContentProviderAttribute.Icon' in the contract but not the implementation.
 CannotRemoveAttribute : Attribute 'System.ComponentModel.CategoryAttribute' exists on 'Android.Content.ContentProviderAttribute.Label' in the contract but not the implementation.
 CannotRemoveAttribute : Attribute 'System.ComponentModel.CategoryAttribute' exists on 'Android.Content.ContentProviderAttribute.RoundIcon' in the contract but not the implementation.
+CannotRemoveAttribute : Attribute 'System.Runtime.Serialization.DataContractAttribute' exists on 'Java.Lang.Object' in the contract but not the implementation.
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