diff --git a/src/shapes/group.class.js b/src/shapes/group.class.js
index ee5de529fb0..4a15354ab78 100644
--- a/src/shapes/group.class.js
+++ b/src/shapes/group.class.js
@@ -47,9 +47,12 @@
      * @param {Object} [options] Options object
      * @return {Object} thisArg
      */
-    initialize: function(objects, options) {
+    initialize: function(objects, options, skipPropagation) {
       options = options || { };
 
+      this._objects = [];
+      skipPropagation && this.callSuper('initialize', options);
+
       this._objects = objects || [];
       for (var i = this._objects.length; i--; ) {
         this._objects[i].group = this;
@@ -60,15 +63,22 @@
       if (options.originX) {
         this.originX = options.originX;
       }
-
       if (options.originY) {
         this.originY = options.originY;
       }
 
-      this._calcBounds();
-      this._updateObjectsCoords();
-
-      this.callSuper('initialize', options);
+      if (!skipPropagation) {
+        this._calcBounds();
+        this._updateObjectsCoords();
+        this.callSuper('initialize', options);
+      }
+      else {
+        for (i = this._objects.length; i--; ) {
+          this._objects[i].setCoords();
+          this._objects[i].__origHasControls = this._objects[i].hasControls;
+          this._objects[i].hasControls = false;
+        }
+      }
 
       this.setCoords();
       this.saveCoords();
@@ -548,7 +558,7 @@
   fabric.Group.fromObject = function(object, callback) {
     fabric.util.enlivenObjects(object.objects, function(enlivenedObjects) {
       delete object.objects;
-      callback && callback(new fabric.Group(enlivenedObjects, object));
+      callback && callback(new fabric.Group(enlivenedObjects, object, true));
     });
   };
 
diff --git a/test/unit/group.js b/test/unit/group.js
index e5a0541adb8..548e4d98bbb 100644
--- a/test/unit/group.js
+++ b/test/unit/group.js
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@
     return new fabric.Group([ rect1, rect2 ], {strokeWidth: 0});
   }
 
+  function makeGroupWith2ObjectsWithOpacity() {
+    var rect1 = new fabric.Rect({ top: 100, left: 100, width: 30, height: 10, strokeWidth: 0, opacity: 0.5 }),
+        rect2 = new fabric.Rect({ top: 120, left: 50, width: 10, height: 40, strokeWidth: 0, opacity: 0.8 });
+
+    return new fabric.Group([ rect1, rect2 ], {strokeWidth: 0});
+  }
+
   function makeGroupWith4Objects() {
     var rect1 = new fabric.Rect({ top: 100, left: 100, width: 30, height: 10 }),
         rect2 = new fabric.Rect({ top: 120, left: 50, width: 10, height: 40 }),
@@ -361,7 +368,7 @@ test('toObject without default values', function() {
   });
 
   asyncTest('fromObject', function() {
-    var group = makeGroupWith2Objects();
+    var group = makeGroupWith2ObjectsWithOpacity();
 
     ok(typeof fabric.Group.fromObject == 'function');
     var groupObject = group.toObject();
@@ -373,6 +380,9 @@ test('toObject without default values', function() {
 
       ok(newGroupFromObject instanceof fabric.Group);
 
+      deepEqual(objectFromOldGroup.objects[0], objectFromNewGroup.objects[0]);
+      deepEqual(objectFromOldGroup.objects[1], objectFromNewGroup.objects[1]);
+
       // delete `objects` arrays, since `assertHashEqual` fails to compare them for equality
       delete objectFromOldGroup.objects;
       delete objectFromNewGroup.objects;