diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9bc0587..99e3304 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 *.ipr
 *.iml
 *.iws
+.idea/
 
 build
 out
 .gradle
 
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/src/test/java/uk/co/o2/json/sample/ListOfMultipleTypesSchemaTest.java b/src/test/java/uk/co/o2/json/sample/ListOfMultipleTypesSchemaTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd42691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/uk/co/o2/json/sample/ListOfMultipleTypesSchemaTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package uk.co.o2.json.sample;
+
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonFactory;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import uk.co.o2.json.schema.ErrorMessage;
+import uk.co.o2.json.schema.JsonSchema;
+import uk.co.o2.json.schema.SchemaPassThroughCache;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class ListOfMultipleTypesSchemaTest {
+
+    private JsonFactory jsonFactory = new JsonFactory(new ObjectMapper());
+    private SchemaPassThroughCache schemaFactory = new SchemaPassThroughCache(jsonFactory);
+
+    /*
+        Schema and json tested correctly on http://jsonschemalint.com/ 
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void canSuccessfullyValidateAListThatContainsObjectsAndSimpleTypes() throws Exception {
+        JsonSchema schema = schemaFactory.getSchema(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("list-multiple-types.json"));
+        JsonNode json = jsonFactory.createJsonParser(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("list-multiple-types-valid-document.json")).readValueAsTree();
+
+        List<ErrorMessage> errors = schema.validate(json);
+
+        assertTrue(errors.isEmpty());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/list-multiple-types-valid-document.json b/src/test/resources/list-multiple-types-valid-document.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8821cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/list-multiple-types-valid-document.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{"myList": [
+    {"name":"bob", "age": 36},
+    null,
+    {"name":"dave", "age":10}
+]}
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diff --git a/src/test/resources/list-multiple-types.json b/src/test/resources/list-multiple-types.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85cb726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/list-multiple-types.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+    "type":"object",
+    "additionalProperties":false,
+    "properties":{
+        "myList":{
+            "type":"array",
+            "required":true,
+            "additionalItems":false,
+            "items":{
+                "type":[
+                    "null",
+                    {
+                        "type":"object",
+                        "additionalProperties":false,
+                        "properties":{
+                            "name":{
+                                "type":"string",
+                                "required":true
+                            },
+                            "age":{
+                                "type":"number",
+                                "required":true,
+                                "minimum":0
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}