diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/UserOfValueHolder.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/UserOfValueHolder.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..47a5c6252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/UserOfValueHolder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.deser;
+
+public class UserOfValueHolder {
+
+    private ValueHolder valueHolder;
+
+    public UserOfValueHolder() {
+    }
+
+    public ValueHolder getValueHolder() {
+        return valueHolder;
+    }
+
+    public void setValueHolder(ValueHolder valueHolder) {
+        this.valueHolder = valueHolder;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/ValueHolder.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/ValueHolder.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ca4dbe0d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/ValueHolder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.deser;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
+
+public class ValueHolder {
+
+    public final long internalValue;
+
+    private ValueHolder(long internalValue) {
+        this.internalValue = internalValue;
+    }
+
+    @JsonCreator
+    public static ValueHolder parse(String value) {
+        return new ValueHolder(Long.parseLong(value));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/CreatorTest.scala b/src/test/scala/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/CreatorTest.scala
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 2f30479b9..4b3df30ed
--- a/src/test/scala/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/CreatorTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/CreatorTest.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.deser
 
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitRunner
 import org.scalatest.matchers.ShouldMatchers
@@ -43,4 +46,18 @@ class CreatorTest extends DeserializationFixture {
     val bean = f.readValue[CreatorModeWrapper]("""{"a":"foo"}""")
     bean.a.s shouldEqual "foo"
   }
+
+  it should "work with static method creator" in { f =>
+    val json = """{"valueHolder": "2"}"""
+
+    val regularObjectMapper = new ObjectMapper()
+
+    // Using regular objectMapper
+    val bean1 = regularObjectMapper.readValue(json, classOf[UserOfValueHolder])
+    bean1.getValueHolder.internalValue shouldEqual 2L
+
+    // Using objectMapper with DefaultScalaModule
+    val bean2 = f.readValue[UserOfValueHolder](json)
+    bean2.getValueHolder.internalValue shouldEqual 2L
+  }
 }