diff --git a/plugins/json/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/json/JSONUtilTest.java b/plugins/json/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/json/JSONUtilTest.java
index 3f1e3c306..2df5e47e6 100644
--- a/plugins/json/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/json/JSONUtilTest.java
+++ b/plugins/json/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/json/JSONUtilTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
  */
 package org.apache.struts2.json;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
@@ -63,4 +66,15 @@ public class JSONUtilTest extends TestCase {
                                                                                             // is a
                                                                                             // String
     }
+
+    public void testSerializeListOfList() throws Exception {
+        ListBean bean = new ListBean();
+        // This additional 'listOfLists' pattern should be omitted, but not with current version of JSONUtil
+        List<Pattern> includeProperties = JSONUtil.processIncludePatterns(JSONUtil.asSet("listOfLists,listOfLists\\[\\d+\\]\\[\\d+\\]"), JSONUtil.REGEXP_PATTERN);
+
+        String actual = JSONUtil.serialize(bean, null, new ArrayList<Pattern>(includeProperties), false, false);
+
+        assertEquals("{\"listOfLists\":[[\"1\",\"2\"],[\"3\",\"4\"],[\"5\",\"6\"],[\"7\",\"8\"],[\"9\",\"0\"]]}", actual);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/plugins/json/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/json/ListBean.java b/plugins/json/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/json/ListBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..561c18242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/json/src/test/java/org/apache/struts2/json/ListBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package org.apache.struts2.json;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class ListBean {
+
+    private List<List<String>> listOfLists;
+
+    public ListBean() {
+        listOfLists = new ArrayList<List<String>>();
+
+        listOfLists.add(Arrays.asList("1", "2"));
+        listOfLists.add(Arrays.asList("3", "4"));
+        listOfLists.add(Arrays.asList("5", "6"));
+        listOfLists.add(Arrays.asList("7", "8"));
+        listOfLists.add(Arrays.asList("9", "0"));
+    }
+
+    public List<List<String>> getListOfLists() {
+        return listOfLists;
+    }
+}