diff --git a/JSON/include/Poco/JSON/Array.h b/JSON/include/Poco/JSON/Array.h
index 32f5443df..8fa45786c 100644
--- a/JSON/include/Poco/JSON/Array.h
+++ b/JSON/include/Poco/JSON/Array.h
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ public:
 	void convert(std::string& s) const
 	{
 		std::ostringstream oss;
-		_val->stringify(oss, 2);
+		_val->stringify(oss);
 		s = oss.str();
 	}
 
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ public:
 	void convert(std::string& s) const
 	{
 		std::ostringstream oss;
-		_val.stringify(oss, 2);
+		_val.stringify(oss);
 		s = oss.str();
 	}
 
diff --git a/JSON/include/Poco/JSON/Object.h b/JSON/include/Poco/JSON/Object.h
index 833e355b0..5a3cd688c 100644
--- a/JSON/include/Poco/JSON/Object.h
+++ b/JSON/include/Poco/JSON/Object.h
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ public:
 	void convert(std::string& s) const
 	{
 		std::ostringstream oss;
-		_val->stringify(oss, 2);
+		_val->stringify(oss);
 		s = oss.str();
 	}
 
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ public:
 	void convert(std::string& s) const
 	{
 		std::ostringstream oss;
-		_val.stringify(oss, 2);
+		_val.stringify(oss);
 		s = oss.str();
 	}
 
diff --git a/JSON/testsuite/src/JSONTest.cpp b/JSON/testsuite/src/JSONTest.cpp
index 3cab104e0..51ce7510a 100644
--- a/JSON/testsuite/src/JSONTest.cpp
+++ b/JSON/testsuite/src/JSONTest.cpp
@@ -1701,6 +1701,43 @@ void JSONTest::testStringifyPreserveOrder()
 }
 
 
+void JSONTest::testVarConvert()
+{
+	std::string json = "{ \"foo\" : { \"bar\" : \"baz\", \"arr\": [1, 2, 3]} }";
+	Parser parser;
+	Var result;
+
+	try
+	{
+		result = parser.parse(json);
+	}
+	catch (JSONException& jsone)
+	{
+		std::cout << jsone.message() << std::endl;
+		assertTrue(false);
+	}
+
+	assertTrue(result.type() == typeid(Object::Ptr));
+
+	std::string cvt;
+	result.convert(cvt);
+	assertTrue(cvt == "{\"foo\":{\"arr\":[1,2,3],\"bar\":\"baz\"}}");
+
+	Object::Ptr object = result.extract<Object::Ptr>();
+	Object::Ptr f = object->getObject("foo");
+
+	Var o = f;
+	cvt.clear();
+	o.convert(cvt);
+	assertTrue(cvt == "{\"arr\":[1,2,3],\"bar\":\"baz\"}");
+
+	Var a = f->get("arr");
+	cvt.clear();
+	a.convert(cvt);
+	assertTrue(cvt == "[1,2,3]");
+}
+
+
 void JSONTest::testValidJanssonFiles()
 {
 	Poco::Path pathPattern(getTestFilesPath("valid"));
@@ -2249,6 +2286,7 @@ CppUnit::Test* JSONTest::suite()
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, JSONTest, testPrintHandler);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, JSONTest, testStringify);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, JSONTest, testStringifyPreserveOrder);
+	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, JSONTest, testVarConvert);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, JSONTest, testValidJanssonFiles);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, JSONTest, testInvalidJanssonFiles);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, JSONTest, testInvalidUnicodeJanssonFiles);
diff --git a/JSON/testsuite/src/JSONTest.h b/JSON/testsuite/src/JSONTest.h
index 90482672f..f541d4499 100644
--- a/JSON/testsuite/src/JSONTest.h
+++ b/JSON/testsuite/src/JSONTest.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public:
 	void testPrintHandler();
 	void testStringify();
 	void testStringifyPreserveOrder();
+	void testVarConvert();
 
 	void testValidJanssonFiles();
 	void testInvalidJanssonFiles();