diff --git a/include/msgpack/adaptor/define_decl.hpp b/include/msgpack/adaptor/define_decl.hpp
index 2760b653..d25363cc 100644
--- a/include/msgpack/adaptor/define_decl.hpp
+++ b/include/msgpack/adaptor/define_decl.hpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     }
 
 #define MSGPACK_BASE_ARRAY(base) (*const_cast<base *>(static_cast<base const*>(this)))
+#define MSGPACK_NVP(name, value) (name) (value)
 
 #define MSGPACK_DEFINE_MAP_EACH_PROC(r, data, elem) \
     MSGPACK_PP_IF( \
diff --git a/test/user_class.cpp b/test/user_class.cpp
index e06e305f..d5750f5e 100644
--- a/test/user_class.cpp
+++ b/test/user_class.cpp
@@ -537,3 +537,33 @@ TEST(MSGPACK_USER_DEFINED, test_non_intrusive)
 
     EXPECT_EQ(t1.name(), t2.name());
 }
+
+struct nvp_base {
+    int a;
+    int b;
+    MSGPACK_DEFINE_MAP(MSGPACK_NVP("aaa", a), b);
+};
+
+struct nvp_derived : nvp_base {
+    int c;
+    std::string d;
+    MSGPACK_DEFINE_MAP(MSGPACK_NVP("ccc", c), MSGPACK_NVP("base", MSGPACK_BASE(nvp_base)), MSGPACK_NVP("ddd", d));
+};
+
+TEST(MSGPACK_NVP, combination)
+{
+    msgpack::sbuffer sbuf;
+    nvp_derived d1;
+    d1.a = 1;
+    d1.b = 2;
+    d1.c = 3;
+    d1.d = "ABC";
+
+    msgpack::pack(sbuf, d1);
+    msgpack::object_handle oh = msgpack::unpack(sbuf.data(), sbuf.size());
+    nvp_derived d2 = oh.get().as<nvp_derived>();
+    EXPECT_EQ(d2.a, 1);
+    EXPECT_EQ(d2.b, 2);
+    EXPECT_EQ(d2.c, 3);
+    EXPECT_EQ(d2.d, "ABC");
+}