diff --git a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgPreparedStatement.java b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgPreparedStatement.java
index 63adf813404f01f17799fe1721329a8b88695fac..7d3984f127d51f880f6d885626a78acae34a89cc 100644
--- a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgPreparedStatement.java
+++ b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgPreparedStatement.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
 import java.sql.RowId;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.SQLType;
 import java.sql.SQLXML;
 import java.sql.Time;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
@@ -903,7 +904,12 @@ class PgPreparedStatement extends PgStatement implements PreparedStatement {
         GT.tr("Cannot convert an instance of {0} to type {1}", fromType, toType),
         PSQLState.INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, cause);
   }
-
+  
+  @Override
+  public void setObject(final int parameterIndex, final Object x, final SQLType targetSqlType) throws SQLException {
+      setObject(parameterIndex, x, targetSqlType.getVendorTypeNumber());
+  }
+  
   public void setObject(int parameterIndex, Object x, int targetSqlType) throws SQLException {
     setObject(parameterIndex, x, targetSqlType, -1);
   }
diff --git a/pgjdbc/src/test/java/org/postgresql/test/jdbc2/PreparedStatementTest.java b/pgjdbc/src/test/java/org/postgresql/test/jdbc2/PreparedStatementTest.java
index e9227d652c786299dfb9d8a958bb6b5441b1e590..5705fac34ab31c4317b51142d6cd33c1413d9785 100644
--- a/pgjdbc/src/test/java/org/postgresql/test/jdbc2/PreparedStatementTest.java
+++ b/pgjdbc/src/test/java/org/postgresql/test/jdbc2/PreparedStatementTest.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.math.RoundingMode;
+import java.sql.JDBCType;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
@@ -1465,4 +1466,17 @@ public class PreparedStatementTest extends BaseTest4 {
       log.setLevel(prevLevel);
     }
   }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void testNewObjectInterface() throws SQLException {
+    //TestUtil.createTable(con, "inttable", "a int");
+    String sql = "insert into inttable values (?)";
+    Integer insertVal = new Integer(1);
+    try (PreparedStatement ps = con.prepareStatement(sql)) {
+      ps.setObject(1, insertVal, JDBCType.INTEGER);
+      ps.execute();
+    } catch (SQLException sqlExp) {
+      Assert.fail("can't run here! err=" + sqlExp.toString());
+    }
+  }
 }