diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 84773e8..917bcbf 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ matrix:
       addons:
         apt:
           sources: ['ubuntu-toolchain-r-test']
-          packages: ['g++-5', 'qtbase5-dev']
+          packages: ['g++-5', 'qtbase5-dev', 'libpoco-dev']
       env:
         - CXX_COMPILER=g++-5
         - C_COMPILER=gcc-5
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ matrix:
       addons:
         apt:
           sources: ['ubuntu-toolchain-r-test', 'llvm-toolchain-precise-3.6']
-          packages: ['clang-3.6', 'qtbase5-dev']
+          packages: ['clang-3.6', 'qtbase5-dev', 'libpoco-dev']
       env:
         - CXX_COMPILER=clang++-3.6
         - C_COMPILER=clang-3.6
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ matrix:
       addons:
         apt:
           sources: ['ubuntu-toolchain-r-test', 'llvm-toolchain-precise-3.7']
-          packages: ['clang-3.7', 'qtbase5-dev']
+          packages: ['clang-3.7', 'qtbase5-dev', 'libpoco-dev']
       env:
         - CXX_COMPILER=clang++-3.7
         - C_COMPILER=clang-3.7
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ matrix:
       addons:
         apt:
           sources: ['ubuntu-toolchain-r-test', 'llvm-toolchain-precise-3.8']
-          packages: ['clang-3.8', 'libc++-dev', 'libc++abi-dev', 'qtbase5-dev']
+          packages: ['clang-3.8', 'libc++-dev', 'libc++abi-dev', 'qtbase5-dev', 'libpoco-dev']
       env:
         - CXX_COMPILER=clang++-3.8
         - C_COMPILER=clang-3.8
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f39093..ea22309 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)
 set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF)
 
 find_package(Boost 1.54.0 REQUIRED)
+find_package(Poco OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS JSON)
 find_package(Qt5Core)
 
-
 # jsoncpp library
 add_library(jsoncpp
     thirdparty/jsoncpp-0.9.4/src/lib_json/json_reader.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ set(TEST_SOURCES
     tests/test_property_tree_adapter.cpp
     tests/test_rapidjson_adapter.cpp
     tests/test_picojson_adapter.cpp
+    tests/test_poco_json_adapter.cpp
     tests/test_validation_errors.cpp
     tests/test_validator.cpp
     tests/test_poly_constraint.cpp
@@ -110,11 +111,16 @@ set_target_properties(test_suite
 )
 
 set(TEST_LIBS gtest gtest_main jsoncpp json11)
+
 if (Qt5Core_FOUND)
   list(APPEND TEST_LIBS Qt5::Core)
   target_compile_definitions(test_suite PRIVATE "VALIJSON_BUILD_QT_ADAPTERS")
 endif()
 
+if(Poco_FOUND)
+  list(APPEND TEST_LIBS ${Poco_LIBRARIES})
+  target_compile_definitions(test_suite PRIVATE "VALIJSON_BUILD_POCO_ADAPTERS")
+endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(test_suite ${TEST_LIBS} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
 target_link_libraries(custom_schema ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/tests/test_adapter_comparison.cpp b/tests/test_adapter_comparison.cpp
index 5e73bfe..7e0b251 100644
--- a/tests/test_adapter_comparison.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_adapter_comparison.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
 
 #endif // VALIJSON_BUILD_QT_ADAPTERS
 
+#ifdef VALIJSON_BUILD_POCO_ADAPTERS
+#include <valijson/adapters/poco_json_adapter.hpp>
+#include <valijson/utils/poco_json_utils.hpp>
+
+#endif // VALIJSON_BUILD_POCO_ADAPTERS
+
 #define TEST_DATA_DIR "../tests/data/documents/"
 
 using valijson::adapters::AdapterTraits;
@@ -355,13 +361,6 @@ TEST_F(TestAdapterComparison, QtJsonVsQtJson) {
         valijson::adapters::QtJsonAdapter>();
 }
 
-TEST_F(TestAdapterComparison, QtJsonVsJson11)
-{
-    testComparison<
-            valijson::adapters::QtJsonAdapter,
-            valijson::adapters::Json11Adapter>();
-}
-
 TEST_F(TestAdapterComparison, QtJsonVsJsonCpp)
 {
     testComparison<
@@ -369,7 +368,6 @@ TEST_F(TestAdapterComparison, QtJsonVsJsonCpp)
             valijson::adapters::JsonCppAdapter>();
 }
 
-
 TEST_F(TestAdapterComparison, QtJsonVsRapidJson)
 {
     testComparison<
@@ -401,3 +399,98 @@ TEST_F(TestAdapterComparison, QtJsonVsPropertyTree)
 }
 
 #endif // VALIJSON_BUILD_QT_ADAPTERS
+
+#if defined(VALIJSON_BUILD_QT_ADAPTERS) && defined(VALIJSON_BUILD_CXX11_ADAPTERS)
+
+TEST_F(TestAdapterComparison, QtJsonVsJson11)
+{
+    testComparison<
+            valijson::adapters::QtJsonAdapter,
+            valijson::adapters::Json11Adapter>();
+}
+
+TEST_F(TestAdapterComparison, QtJsonVsNlohmannJson)
+{
+    testComparison<
+            valijson::adapters::QtJsonAdapter,
+            valijson::adapters::NlohmannJsonAdapter>();
+}
+
+#endif
+
+#ifdef VALIJSON_BUILD_POCO_ADAPTERS
+
+TEST_F(TestAdapterComparison, PocoJsonVsPocoJson)
+{
+    testComparison<
+            valijson::adapters::PocoJsonAdapter,
+            valijson::adapters::PocoJsonAdapter>();
+}
+
+TEST_F(TestAdapterComparison, PocoJsonVsJsonCpp)
+{
+    testComparison<
+            valijson::adapters::PocoJsonAdapter,
+            valijson::adapters::JsonCppAdapter>();
+}
+
+TEST_F(TestAdapterComparison, PocoJsonVsRapidJson)
+{
+    testComparison<
+            valijson::adapters::PocoJsonAdapter,
+            valijson::adapters::RapidJsonAdapter>();
+}
+
+TEST_F(TestAdapterComparison, PocoJsonVsRapidJsonCrtAlloc)
+{
+    testComparison<
+            valijson::adapters::PocoJsonAdapter,
+            valijson::adapters::GenericRapidJsonAdapter<
+                    rapidjson::GenericValue<rapidjson::UTF8<>,
+                            rapidjson::CrtAllocator> > >();
+}
+
+TEST_F(TestAdapterComparison, PocoJsonVsPicoJson)
+{
+    testComparison<
+            valijson::adapters::PocoJsonAdapter,
+            valijson::adapters::PicoJsonAdapter>();
+}
+
+TEST_F(TestAdapterComparison, PocoJsonVsPropertyTree)
+{
+    testComparison<
+            valijson::adapters::PocoJsonAdapter,
+            valijson::adapters::PropertyTreeAdapter>();
+}
+
+#endif
+
+#if defined(VALIJSON_BUILD_POCO_ADAPTERS) && defined(VALIJSON_BUILD_CXX11_ADAPTERS)
+
+TEST_F(TestAdapterComparison, PocoJsonVsJson11)
+{
+    testComparison<
+            valijson::adapters::PocoJsonAdapter,
+            valijson::adapters::Json11Adapter>();
+}
+
+TEST_F(TestAdapterComparison, PocoJsonVsNlohmannJsonAdapter)
+{
+    testComparison<
+            valijson::adapters::PocoJsonAdapter,
+            valijson::adapters::NlohmannJsonAdapter>();
+}
+
+#endif
+
+#if defined(VALIJSON_BUILD_POCO_ADAPTERS) && defined(VALIJSON_BUILD_QT_ADAPTERS)
+
+TEST_F(TestAdapterComparison, PocoJsonVsQtJson)
+{
+    testComparison<
+            valijson::adapters::PocoJsonAdapter,
+            valijson::adapters::QtJsonAdapter>();
+}
+
+#endif