diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/Config.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/Config.java
index 7d35012e6..92699b871 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/Config.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/Config.java
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
  */
 package org.redisson;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.net.URL;
 
 import org.redisson.client.codec.Codec;
 import org.redisson.codec.JsonJacksonCodec;
@@ -335,11 +339,66 @@ public class Config {
         return useLinuxNativeEpoll;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Read config object stored in JSON format from <code>String</code>
+     *
+     * @param content
+     * @return
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
     public static Config fromJSON(String content) throws IOException {
         ConfigSupport support = new ConfigSupport();
         return support.fromJSON(content);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Read config object stored in JSON format from <code>InputStream</code>
+     *
+     * @param inputStream
+     * @return
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public static Config fromJSON(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
+        ConfigSupport support = new ConfigSupport();
+        return support.fromJSON(inputStream);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Read config object stored in JSON format from <code>File</code>
+     *
+     * @param file
+     * @return
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public static Config fromJSON(File file) throws IOException {
+        ConfigSupport support = new ConfigSupport();
+        return support.fromJSON(file);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Read config object stored in JSON format from <code>URL</code>
+     *
+     * @param url
+     * @return
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public static Config fromJSON(URL url) throws IOException {
+        ConfigSupport support = new ConfigSupport();
+        return support.fromJSON(url);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Read config object stored in JSON format from <code>Reader</code>
+     *
+     * @param reader
+     * @return
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public static Config fromJSON(Reader reader) throws IOException {
+        ConfigSupport support = new ConfigSupport();
+        return support.fromJSON(reader);
+    }
+
     public String toJSON() throws IOException {
         ConfigSupport support = new ConfigSupport();
         return support.toJSON(this);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/ConfigSupport.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/ConfigSupport.java
index 6bda1dae7..92432b754 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/ConfigSupport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/ConfigSupport.java
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@
  */
 package org.redisson;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.Reader;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.redisson.client.codec.Codec;
@@ -99,6 +103,22 @@ public class ConfigSupport {
         return mapper.readValue(content, Config.class);
     }
 
+    public Config fromJSON(File file) throws IOException {
+        return mapper.readValue(file, Config.class);
+    }
+
+    public Config fromJSON(URL url) throws IOException {
+        return mapper.readValue(url, Config.class);
+    }
+
+    public Config fromJSON(Reader reader) throws IOException {
+        return mapper.readValue(reader, Config.class);
+    }
+
+    public Config fromJSON(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
+        return mapper.readValue(inputStream, Config.class);
+    }
+
     public String toJSON(Config config) throws IOException {
         return mapper.writeValueAsString(config);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/redisson/BaseTest.java b/src/test/java/org/redisson/BaseTest.java
index 31586006c..8e210118e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/redisson/BaseTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/redisson/BaseTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package org.redisson;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.redisson.client.codec.StringCodec;
+import org.redisson.codec.MsgPackJacksonCodec;
 
 public abstract class BaseTest {
 
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ public abstract class BaseTest {
             redisAddress = "127.0.0.1:6379";
         }
         Config config = new Config();
+        config.setCodec(new MsgPackJacksonCodec());
 //        config.useSentinelConnection().setMasterName("mymaster").addSentinelAddress("127.0.0.1:26379", "127.0.0.1:26389");
 //        config.useClusterServers().addNodeAddress("127.0.0.1:7004", "127.0.0.1:7001", "127.0.0.1:7000");
         config.useSingleServer().setAddress(redisAddress);