diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index f6da555..ef9c4c6 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Project: jackson-datatype-guava
 Version: 2.4.3 (xx-xxx-2014)
 
+#50: Add support for `InternetDomainName`
+ (suggested by sdavids@github)
 - Improved serialization, type handling, schema-access for `Range` and `Optional`.
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/GuavaDeserializers.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/GuavaDeserializers.java
index 71bd9b0..673704a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/GuavaDeserializers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/GuavaDeserializers.java
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.guava;
 
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+import com.google.common.collect.*;
+import com.google.common.net.HostAndPort;
+import com.google.common.net.InternetDomainName;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.Deserializers;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.TypeDeserializer;
@@ -12,9 +17,6 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.guava.deser.multimap.list.LinkedListMultimapDeserializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.guava.deser.multimap.set.HashMultimapDeserializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.guava.deser.multimap.set.LinkedHashMultimapDeserializer;
-import com.google.common.base.Optional;
-import com.google.common.collect.*;
-import com.google.common.net.HostAndPort;
 
 /**
  * Custom deserializers module offers.
@@ -232,6 +234,9 @@ public JsonDeserializer<?> findBeanDeserializer(final JavaType type, Deserializa
         if (raw == HostAndPort.class) {
             return HostAndPortDeserializer.std;
         }
+        if (raw == InternetDomainName.class) {
+            return InternetDomainNameDeserializer.std;
+        }
         return super.findBeanDeserializer(type, config, beanDesc);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/GuavaSerializers.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/GuavaSerializers.java
index 41d1842..d192df4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/GuavaSerializers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/GuavaSerializers.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Range;
 import com.google.common.net.HostAndPort;
+import com.google.common.net.InternetDomainName;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsontype.TypeSerializer;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.Serializers;
@@ -31,6 +32,10 @@ public JsonSerializer<?> findSerializer(SerializationConfig config, JavaType typ
         if (HostAndPort.class.isAssignableFrom(raw)) {
             return ToStringSerializer.instance;
         }
+        // since 2.4.3
+        if (InternetDomainName.class.isAssignableFrom(raw)) {
+            return ToStringSerializer.instance;
+        }
         // not sure how useful, but why not?
         if (CacheBuilderSpec.class.isAssignableFrom(raw) || CacheBuilder.class.isAssignableFrom(raw)) {
             return ToStringSerializer.instance;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/deser/HostAndPortDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/deser/HostAndPortDeserializer.java
index 09aa262..e1d8f77 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/deser/HostAndPortDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/deser/HostAndPortDeserializer.java
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.*;
-
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.StdDeserializer;
-
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.FromStringDeserializer;
 import com.google.common.net.HostAndPort;
 
-public class HostAndPortDeserializer extends StdDeserializer<HostAndPort>
+public class HostAndPortDeserializer extends FromStringDeserializer<HostAndPort>
 {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
@@ -22,8 +20,9 @@ public class HostAndPortDeserializer extends StdDeserializer<HostAndPort>
     public HostAndPort deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt)
         throws IOException
     {
-        JsonToken t = jp.getCurrentToken();
-        if (t == JsonToken.START_OBJECT) { // old style
+        // Need to override this method, which otherwise would work just fine,
+        // since we have legacy JSON Object format to support too:
+        if (jp.getCurrentToken() == JsonToken.START_OBJECT) { // old style
             JsonNode root = jp.readValueAsTree();
             String host = root.path("hostText").asText();
             JsonNode n = root.get("port");
@@ -32,11 +31,12 @@ public HostAndPort deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt)
             }
             return HostAndPort.fromParts(host, n.asInt());
         }
-        if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_STRING) {
-            return HostAndPort.fromString(jp.getText().trim());
-        }
-        // could also support arrays?
-        throw ctxt.wrongTokenException(jp, JsonToken.VALUE_STRING, "(or JSON Object)");
+        return super.deserialize(jp, ctxt);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected HostAndPort _deserialize(String value, DeserializationContext ctxt)
+            throws IOException {
+        return HostAndPort.fromString(value);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/deser/InternetDomainNameDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/deser/InternetDomainNameDeserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fb2100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/deser/InternetDomainNameDeserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.guava.deser;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import com.google.common.net.HostAndPort;
+import com.google.common.net.InternetDomainName;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser.std.FromStringDeserializer;
+
+public class InternetDomainNameDeserializer extends FromStringDeserializer<InternetDomainName>
+{
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public final static InternetDomainNameDeserializer std = new InternetDomainNameDeserializer();
+    
+    public InternetDomainNameDeserializer() { super(HostAndPort.class); }
+
+    @Override
+    protected InternetDomainName _deserialize(String value, DeserializationContext ctxt)
+            throws IOException {
+        return InternetDomainName.from(value);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/HostAndPortTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/HostAndPortTest.java
index d562363..e409d1c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/HostAndPortTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/HostAndPortTest.java
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ public void testDeserialization() throws Exception
         assertEquals("localhost", result.getHostText());
         assertEquals(7070, result.getPort());
 
-        // and ... error
+        // and ... error (note: numbers, booleans may all be fine)
         try {
-            MAPPER.readValue("false", HostAndPort.class);
-            fail("Should not deserialize from boolean");
+            result = MAPPER.readValue("[ ]", HostAndPort.class);
+            fail("Should not deserialize from boolean: got "+result);
         } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
-            verifyException(e, "Unexpected token");
+            verifyException(e, "Can not deserialize");
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/ScalarTypesTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/ScalarTypesTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9835e99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/ScalarTypesTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.guava;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.google.common.net.InternetDomainName;
+
+public class ScalarTypesTest extends ModuleTestBase
+{
+    private final ObjectMapper MAPPER = mapperWithModule();
+
+    public void testInternetDomainNameSerialization() throws Exception
+    {
+        final String INPUT = "google.com";
+        InternetDomainName name = InternetDomainName.from(INPUT);
+        assertEquals(quote(INPUT), MAPPER.writeValueAsString(name));
+    }
+
+    public void testInternetDomainNameDeserialization() throws Exception
+    {
+        final String INPUT = "google.com";
+//        InternetDomainName name = MAPPER.readValue(quote(INPUT), InternetDomainName.class);
+        InternetDomainName name = new ObjectMapper().readValue(quote(INPUT), InternetDomainName.class);
+        assertNotNull(name);
+        assertEquals(INPUT, name.toString());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/TestMultisets.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/TestMultisets.java
index 07c23c5..7e98b90 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/TestMultisets.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/guava/TestMultisets.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
  */
 public class TestMultisets extends ModuleTestBase
 {
-
     /*
     /**********************************************************************
     /* Unit tests for verifying handling in absence of module registration