diff --git a/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x b/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
index f4cf3c66d..b2032dc13 100644
--- a/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/CREDITS-2.x
@@ -41,3 +41,6 @@ Drew Stephens (dinomite@github)
 * Contributed fix for #281: KotlinObjectSingletonDeserializer fails to deserialize
     previously serialized JSON as it doesn't delegate deserializeWithType
   (2.11.0)
+
+Mateusz Stefek (MateuszStefek@github)
+* Reported #321: Make MissingKotlinParameterException a descendant of MismatchedInputException
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 38b99cd92..ea265aec2 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Project: jackson-module-kotlin
 - Add Builder for KotlinModule
 #281: Hide singleton deserialization support behind a setting on the module,
     `singletonSupport` and enum `SingletonSupport`.  Defaults to pre-2.10 behavior.
+#321: Make MissingKotlinParameterException extend MismatchedInputException
 
 Kotlin updated to 1.3.61
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/kotlin/Exceptions.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/kotlin/Exceptions.kt
index a95d50643..d52aa122f 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/kotlin/Exceptions.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/kotlin/Exceptions.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.MismatchedInputException
 import java.io.Closeable
 import kotlin.reflect.KParameter
 
 /**
- * Specialized [JsonMappingException] sub-class used to indicate that a mandatory Kotlin constructor parameter was missing or null.
+ * Specialized [JsonMappingException] sub-class used to indicate that a mandatory Kotlin constructor
+ * parameter was missing or null.
  */
-class MissingKotlinParameterException(val parameter: KParameter, val processor: Closeable? = null, val msg: String) : JsonMappingException(processor, msg)
\ No newline at end of file
+class MissingKotlinParameterException(val parameter: KParameter,
+                                      processor: JsonParser? = null,
+                                      msg: String) : MismatchedInputException(processor, msg) {
+    @Deprecated("Use main constructor", ReplaceWith("MissingKotlinParameterException(KParameter, JsonParser?, String)"))
+    constructor(
+            parameter: KParameter,
+            processor: Closeable? = null,
+            msg: String
+    ) : this(parameter, processor as JsonParser, msg)
+}