diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7186fc61..ec00dc89 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "lint": "eslint --cache --ext '.js,.jsx' src test",
     "lint-errors": "eslint --cache --quiet --ext '.js,.jsx' src test",
     "lint-fix": "eslint --cache --ext '.js,.jsx' src test --fix",
-    "test": "npm run lint-errors && npm run just-test-in-node",
+    "test": "npm run just-test-in-node && npm run lint-errors",
     "test-in-node": "npm run lint-errors && npm run just-test-in-node",
     "just-test": "karma start --config karma.conf.js",
     "just-test-in-node": "mocha --require test/setup.js --recursive --compilers js:babel-core/register test/core test/components test/bugs test/swagger-ui-dist-package test/xss",
diff --git a/src/core/json-schema-components.js b/src/core/json-schema-components.js
index 14998feb..8d7f3a3b 100644
--- a/src/core/json-schema-components.js
+++ b/src/core/json-schema-components.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import React, { PureComponent, Component } from "react"
 import PropTypes from "prop-types"
 import { List, fromJS } from "immutable"
+import cx from "classnames"
 import ImPropTypes from "react-immutable-proptypes"
 import DebounceInput from "react-debounce-input"
+import { getSampleSchema } from "core/utils"
 //import "less/json-schema-form"
 
 const noop = ()=> {}
@@ -204,3 +206,53 @@ export class JsonSchema_boolean extends Component {
                     onChange={ this.onEnumChange }/>)
   }
 }
+
+export class JsonSchema_object extends PureComponent {
+  constructor() {
+    super()
+  }
+
+  static propTypes = JsonSchemaPropShape
+  static defaultProps = JsonSchemaDefaultProps
+
+  componentDidMount() {
+    if(!this.props.value && this.props.schema) {
+      this.resetValueToSample()
+    }
+  }
+
+  resetValueToSample = () => {
+    this.onChange(getSampleSchema(this.props.schema) )
+  }
+
+  onChange = (value) => {
+    this.props.onChange(value)
+  }
+
+  handleOnChange = e => {
+    const inputValue = e.target.value
+
+    this.onChange(inputValue)
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    let {
+      getComponent,
+      value,
+      errors
+    } = this.props
+
+    const TextArea = getComponent("TextArea")
+
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <TextArea
+          className={cx({ invalid: errors.size })}
+          title={ errors.size ? errors.join(", ") : ""}
+          value={value}
+          onChange={ this.handleOnChange }/>
+      </div>
+    )
+
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/core/utils.js b/src/core/utils.js
index dc966591..795e3ae9 100644
--- a/src/core/utils.js
+++ b/src/core/utils.js
@@ -503,7 +503,30 @@ export const validateParam = (param, isXml, isOAS3 = false) => {
     let numberCheck = type === "number" && (value || value === 0)
     let integerCheck = type === "integer" && (value || value === 0)
 
-    if ( required && !(stringCheck || arrayCheck || listCheck || fileCheck || booleanCheck || numberCheck || integerCheck) ) {
+    let oas3ObjectCheck = false
+
+    if(false || isOAS3 && type === "object") {
+      if(typeof value === "object") {
+        oas3ObjectCheck = true
+      } else if(typeof value === "string") {
+        try {
+          JSON.parse(value)
+          oas3ObjectCheck = true
+        } catch(e) {
+          errors.push("Parameter string value must be valid JSON")
+          return errors
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    const allChecks = [
+      stringCheck, arrayCheck, listCheck, fileCheck, booleanCheck,
+      numberCheck, integerCheck, oas3ObjectCheck
+    ]
+
+    const passedAnyCheck = allChecks.some(v => !!v)
+
+    if ( required && !passedAnyCheck ) {
       errors.push("Required field is not provided")
       return errors
     }
diff --git a/src/style/_form.scss b/src/style/_form.scss
index c2c4ea24..be712eba 100644
--- a/src/style/_form.scss
+++ b/src/style/_form.scss
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ input[type=text],
 input[type=password],
 input[type=search],
 input[type=email],
-input[type=file]
+input[type=file],
+textarea
 {
     min-width: 100px;
     margin: 5px 0;
diff --git a/test/components/json-schema-form.js b/test/components/json-schema-form.js
index ba551919..41ba87a5 100644
--- a/test/components/json-schema-form.js
+++ b/test/components/json-schema-form.js
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 /* eslint-env mocha */
 import React from "react"
+import { List } from "immutable"
 import expect, { createSpy } from "expect"
-import { Select, Input } from "components/layout-utils"
-import { render } from "enzyme"
+import { Select, Input, TextArea } from "components/layout-utils"
+import { mount, render } from "enzyme"
 import * as JsonSchemaComponents from "core/json-schema-components"
 import { JsonSchemaForm } from "core/json-schema-components"
 
-const components = {...JsonSchemaComponents, Select, Input}
+const components = {...JsonSchemaComponents, Select, Input, TextArea}
 
 const getComponentStub = (name) => {
   if(components[name]) return components[name]
@@ -107,6 +108,38 @@ describe("<JsonSchemaForm/>", function(){
       expect(wrapper.find("select option").first().text()).toEqual("true")
     })
   })
+  describe("objects", function() {
+    it("should render the correct editor for an OAS3 object parameter", function(){
+      let updateQueue = []
+
+      let props = {
+        getComponent: getComponentStub,
+        value: "",
+        onChange: (value) => {
+          updateQueue.push({ value })
+        },
+        keyName: "",
+        fn: {},
+        errors: List(),
+        schema: {
+          type: "object",
+          properties: {
+            id: {
+              type: "string",
+              example: "abc123"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      let wrapper = mount(<JsonSchemaForm {...props}/>)
+
+      updateQueue.forEach(newProps => wrapper.setProps(newProps))
+
+      expect(wrapper.find("textarea").length).toEqual(1)
+      expect(wrapper.find("textarea").text()).toEqual(`{\n  "id": "abc123"\n}`)
+    })
+  })
   describe("unknown types", function() {
     it("should render unknown types as strings", function(){
 
diff --git a/test/core/utils.js b/test/core/utils.js
index 43bf1f47..b180b09a 100644
--- a/test/core/utils.js
+++ b/test/core/utils.js
@@ -350,6 +350,12 @@ describe("utils", function() {
       expect( result ).toEqual( expectedError )
     }
 
+    const assertValidateOas3Param = (param, expectedError) => {
+      // for cases where you _only_ want to try OAS3
+      result = validateParam( fromJS(param), false, true )
+      expect( result ).toEqual( expectedError )
+    }
+
     it("should check the isOAS3 flag when validating parameters", function() {
       // This should "skip" validation because there is no `schema` property
       // and we are telling `validateParam` this is an OAS3 spec
@@ -361,6 +367,92 @@ describe("utils", function() {
       expect( result ).toEqual( [] )
     })
 
+    it("validates required OAS3 objects", function() {
+      // valid object
+      param = {
+        required: true,
+        schema: {
+          type: "object"
+        },
+        value: {
+          abc: 123
+        }
+      }
+      assertValidateOas3Param(param, [])
+
+      // valid object-as-string
+      param = {
+        required: true,
+        schema: {
+          type: "object"
+        },
+        value: JSON.stringify({
+          abc: 123
+        })
+      }
+      assertValidateOas3Param(param, [])
+
+      // invalid object-as-string
+      param = {
+        required: true,
+        schema: {
+          type: "object"
+        },
+        value: "{{}"
+      }
+      assertValidateOas3Param(param, ["Parameter string value must be valid JSON"])
+
+      // missing when required
+      param = {
+        required: true,
+        schema: {
+          type: "object"
+        },
+      }
+      assertValidateOas3Param(param, ["Required field is not provided"])
+    })
+
+    it("validates optional OAS3 objects", function() {
+      // valid object
+      param = {
+        schema: {
+          type: "object"
+        },
+        value: {
+          abc: 123
+        }
+      }
+      assertValidateOas3Param(param, [])
+
+      // valid object-as-string
+      param = {
+        schema: {
+          type: "object"
+        },
+        value: JSON.stringify({
+          abc: 123
+        })
+      }
+      assertValidateOas3Param(param, [])
+
+      // invalid object-as-string
+      param = {
+        schema: {
+          type: "object"
+        },
+        value: "{{}"
+      }
+      assertValidateOas3Param(param, ["Parameter string value must be valid JSON"])
+
+      // missing when not required
+      param = {
+        schema: {
+          type: "object"
+        },
+      }
+      assertValidateOas3Param(param, [])
+    })
+
     it("validates required strings", function() {
       // invalid string
       param = {
@@ -962,7 +1054,7 @@ describe("utils", function() {
       expect(result).toEqual(Map([[ "minimum", "b"]]))
     })
   })
-  
+
   describe("deeplyStripKey", function() {
     it("should filter out a specified key", function() {
       const input = {
@@ -1065,8 +1157,7 @@ describe("utils", function() {
     })
 
     it("should sanitize a `data:` url", function() {
-      const res = sanitizeUrl(`data:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgiSGV
-sbG8iKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=`)
+      const res = sanitizeUrl(`data:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgiSGVsbG8iKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=`)
 
       expect(res).toEqual("about:blank")
     })