diff --git a/include/msgpack/adaptor/cpp11/reference_wrapper.hpp b/include/msgpack/adaptor/cpp11/reference_wrapper.hpp
index 5ee7cc8c..214a6a7f 100644
--- a/include/msgpack/adaptor/cpp11/reference_wrapper.hpp
+++ b/include/msgpack/adaptor/cpp11/reference_wrapper.hpp
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ MSGPACK_API_VERSION_NAMESPACE(v1) {
 
 namespace adaptor {
 
+template <typename T>
+struct convert<std::reference_wrapper<T>> {
+    msgpack::object const& operator()(msgpack::object const& o, std::reference_wrapper<T>& v) const {
+        msgpack::adaptor::convert<T>()(o, v.get());
+        return o;
+    }
+};
+
 template <typename T>
 struct pack<std::reference_wrapper<T>> {
     template <typename Stream>
diff --git a/test/reference_wrapper_cpp11.cpp b/test/reference_wrapper_cpp11.cpp
index b0c0d293..b1ed8876 100644
--- a/test/reference_wrapper_cpp11.cpp
+++ b/test/reference_wrapper_cpp11.cpp
@@ -8,15 +8,16 @@
 
 #if !defined(MSGPACK_USE_CPP03)
 
-TEST(MSGPACK_REFERENCE_WRAPPER, pack)
+TEST(MSGPACK_REFERENCE_WRAPPER, pack_convert)
 {
     int i1 = 42;
     std::reference_wrapper<int> val1(i1);
     std::stringstream ss;
     msgpack::pack(ss, val1);
     msgpack::object_handle oh = msgpack::unpack(ss.str().data(), ss.str().size());
-    int i2= oh.get().as<int>();
-    EXPECT_EQ(val1, i2);
+    int i2 = 0;
+    std::reference_wrapper<int> val2(i2);
+    oh.get().convert(val2);;
     EXPECT_EQ(i1, i2);
 }
 
@@ -37,29 +38,21 @@ TEST(MSGPACK_REFERENCE_WRAPPER, object)
     int i1 = 42;
     std::reference_wrapper<int> val1(i1);
     msgpack::object o(val1);
-    int i2= o.as<int>();
-    EXPECT_EQ(val1, i2);
+    int i2 = 0;
+    std::reference_wrapper<int> val2(i2);
+    o.convert(val2);
     EXPECT_EQ(i1, i2);
 }
 
 TEST(MSGPACK_REFERENCE_WRAPPER, object_with_zone)
-{
-    int i1 = 42;
-    std::reference_wrapper<int> val1(i1);
-    msgpack::zone z;
-    msgpack::object o(val1, z);
-    int i2= o.as<int>();
-    EXPECT_EQ(val1, i2);
-    EXPECT_EQ(i1, i2);
-}
-
-TEST(MSGPACK_REFERENCE_WRAPPER, object_with_zone_string)
 {
     std::string s1 = "ABC";
     std::reference_wrapper<std::string> val1(s1);
     msgpack::zone z;
     msgpack::object o(val1, z);
-    std::string s2= o.as<std::string>();
+    std::string s2 = "DE";
+    std::reference_wrapper<std::string> val2(s2);
+    o.convert(val2);
     EXPECT_EQ(s1, s2);
 }