diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index b00d488..93c0bf0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes are documented in this file using the [Keep a CHANGELOG](http://keepachangelog.com/) principles.
 
+## [1.1.2] - 2019-MM-DD
+
+### Fixed
+
+* Fixed handling of `object` type
+
 ## [1.1.1] - 2019-06-08
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -19,6 +25,7 @@ All notable changes are documented in this file using the [Keep a CHANGELOG](htt
 
 * Initial release based on [code contributed by Michel Hartmann to PHPUnit](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/pull/3673)
 
+[1.1.2]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/type/compare/1.1.1...1.1.2
 [1.1.1]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/type/compare/1.1.0...1.1.1
 [1.1.0]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/type/compare/1.0.0...1.1.0
 [1.0.0]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/type/compare/ff74aa41746bd8d10e931843ebf37d42da513ede...1.0.0
diff --git a/src/GenericObjectType.php b/src/GenericObjectType.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e0a6d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GenericObjectType.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+/*
+ * This file is part of sebastian/type.
+ *
+ * (c) Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@phpunit.de>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+namespace SebastianBergmann\Type;
+
+final class GenericObjectType extends Type
+{
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    private $allowsNull;
+
+    public function __construct(bool $nullable)
+    {
+        $this->allowsNull = $nullable;
+    }
+
+    public function isAssignable(Type $other): bool
+    {
+        if ($this->allowsNull && $other instanceof NullType) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (!$other instanceof ObjectType) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public function getReturnTypeDeclaration(): string
+    {
+        return ': ' . ($this->allowsNull ? '?' : '') . 'object';
+    }
+
+    public function allowsNull(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->allowsNull;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Type.php b/src/Type.php
index 1f1c4e8..df7dce6 100644
--- a/src/Type.php
+++ b/src/Type.php
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ public static function fromName(string $typeName, bool $allowsNull): self
             case 'null':
                 return new NullType;
 
+            case 'object':
+                return new GenericObjectType($allowsNull);
+
             case 'unknown type':
                 return new UnknownType;
 
@@ -57,7 +60,6 @@ public static function fromName(string $typeName, bool $allowsNull): self
             case 'resource':
             case 'resource (closed)':
             case 'string':
-            case 'object':
                 return new SimpleType($typeName, $allowsNull);
 
             default:
diff --git a/tests/unit/TypeTest.php b/tests/unit/TypeTest.php
index 1619617..5bc4b7d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/TypeTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/TypeTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * @covers \SebastianBergmann\Type\Type
  *
  * @uses \SebastianBergmann\Type\SimpleType
+ * @uses \SebastianBergmann\Type\GenericObjectType
  * @uses \SebastianBergmann\Type\ObjectType
  * @uses \SebastianBergmann\Type\TypeName
  * @uses \SebastianBergmann\Type\CallableType
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ public function namesToTypes(): array
             'int'               => ['int', false, new SimpleType('int', false)],
             'bool'              => ['bool', false, new SimpleType('bool', false)],
             'boolean'           => ['boolean', false, new SimpleType('bool', false)],
-            'object'            => ['object', false, new SimpleType('object', false)],
+            'object'            => ['object', false, new GenericObjectType(false)],
             'real'              => ['real', false, new SimpleType('float', false)],
             'double'            => ['double', false, new SimpleType('float', false)],
             'float'             => ['float', false, new SimpleType('float', false)],