diff --git a/src/Hydrator/ObjectProperty.php b/src/Hydrator/ObjectProperty.php
index 20c97c4a2..33c90c30b 100644
--- a/src/Hydrator/ObjectProperty.php
+++ b/src/Hydrator/ObjectProperty.php
@@ -10,16 +10,21 @@
 namespace Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator;
 
 use Zend\Stdlib\Exception;
+use ReflectionClass;
+use ReflectionProperty;
 
 class ObjectProperty extends AbstractHydrator
 {
     /**
-     * Extract values from an object
+     * @var array[] indexed by class name and then property name
+     */
+    private static $skippedPropertiesCache = array();
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
      *
      * Extracts the accessible non-static properties of the given $object.
      *
-     * @param  object $object
-     * @return array
      * @throws Exception\BadMethodCallException for a non-object $object
      */
     public function extract($object)
@@ -30,21 +35,24 @@ public function extract($object)
             ));
         }
 
-        $data = get_object_vars($object);
-
+        $data   = get_object_vars($object);
         $filter = $this->getFilter();
+
         foreach ($data as $name => $value) {
             // Filter keys, removing any we don't want
-            if (!$filter->filter($name)) {
+            if (! $filter->filter($name)) {
                 unset($data[$name]);
                 continue;
             }
+
             // Replace name if extracted differ
             $extracted = $this->extractName($name, $object);
+
             if ($extracted !== $name) {
                 unset($data[$name]);
                 $name = $extracted;
             }
+
             $data[$name] = $this->extractValue($name, $value, $object);
         }
 
@@ -52,26 +60,51 @@ public function extract($object)
     }
 
     /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     *
      * Hydrate an object by populating public properties
      *
      * Hydrates an object by setting public properties of the object.
      *
-     * @param  array $data
-     * @param  object $object
-     * @return object
      * @throws Exception\BadMethodCallException for a non-object $object
      */
     public function hydrate(array $data, $object)
     {
-        if (!is_object($object)) {
+        if (! is_object($object)) {
             throw new Exception\BadMethodCallException(sprintf(
                 '%s expects the provided $object to be a PHP object)', __METHOD__
             ));
         }
+
+        $properties = & self::$skippedPropertiesCache[get_class($object)];
+
+        if (! isset($properties)) {
+            $reflection = new ReflectionClass($object);
+            $properties = array_fill_keys(
+                array_map(
+                    function (ReflectionProperty $property) {
+                        return $property->getName();
+                    },
+                    $reflection->getProperties(
+                        ReflectionProperty::IS_PRIVATE
+                        + ReflectionProperty::IS_PROTECTED
+                        + ReflectionProperty::IS_STATIC
+                    )
+                ),
+                true
+            );
+        }
+
         foreach ($data as $name => $value) {
             $property = $this->hydrateName($name, $data);
+
+            if (isset($properties[$property])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
             $object->$property = $this->hydrateValue($property, $value, $data);
         }
+
         return $object;
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Hydrator/ObjectPropertyTest.php b/test/Hydrator/ObjectPropertyTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0811057ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Hydrator/ObjectPropertyTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2014 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace ZendTest\Stdlib\Hydrator;
+
+use Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\ObjectProperty;
+use Zend\Stdlib\Exception\BadMethodCallException;
+use ZendTest\Stdlib\TestAsset\ClassWithPublicStaticProperties;
+use ZendTest\Stdlib\TestAsset\ObjectProperty as ObjectPropertyTestAsset;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@see \Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\ObjectProperty}
+ *
+ * @covers \Zend\Stdlib\Hydrator\ObjectProperty
+ * @group Zend_Stdlib
+ */
+class ObjectPropertyTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @var ObjectProperty
+     */
+    private $hydrator;
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->hydrator = new ObjectProperty();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify that we get an exception when trying to extract on a non-object
+     */
+    public function testHydratorExtractThrowsExceptionOnNonObjectParameter()
+    {
+        $this->setExpectedException('BadMethodCallException');
+        $this->hydrator->extract('thisIsNotAnObject');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify that we get an exception when trying to hydrate a non-object
+     */
+    public function testHydratorHydrateThrowsExceptionOnNonObjectParameter()
+    {
+        $this->setExpectedException('BadMethodCallException');
+        $this->hydrator->hydrate(array('some' => 'data'), 'thisIsNotAnObject');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verifies that the hydrator can extract from property of stdClass objects
+     */
+    public function testCanExtractFromStdClass()
+    {
+        $object = new \stdClass();
+        $object->foo = 'bar';
+
+        $this->assertSame(array('foo' => 'bar'), $this->hydrator->extract($object));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verifies that the extraction process works on classes that aren't stdClass
+     */
+    public function testCanExtractFromGenericClass()
+    {
+        $this->assertSame(
+            array(
+                'foo' => 'bar',
+                'bar' => 'foo',
+                'blubb' => 'baz',
+                'quo' => 'blubb'
+            ),
+            $this->hydrator->extract(new ObjectPropertyTestAsset())
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify hydration of {@see \stdClass}
+     */
+    public function testCanHydrateStdClass()
+    {
+        $object = new \stdClass();
+        $object->foo = 'bar';
+
+        $object = $this->hydrator->hydrate(array('foo' => 'baz'), $object);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('baz', $object->foo);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify that new properties are created if the object is stdClass
+     */
+    public function testCanHydrateAdditionalPropertiesToStdClass()
+    {
+        $object = new \stdClass();
+        $object->foo = 'bar';
+
+        $object = $this->hydrator->hydrate(array('foo' => 'baz', 'bar' => 'baz'), $object);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('baz', $object->foo);
+        $this->assertObjectHasAttribute('bar', $object);
+        $this->assertAttributeSame('baz', 'bar', $object);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify that it can hydrate our class public properties
+     */
+    public function testCanHydrateGenericClassPublicProperties()
+    {
+        $object = $this->hydrator->hydrate(
+            array(
+                'foo' => 'foo',
+                'bar' => 'bar',
+                'blubb' => 'blubb',
+                'quo' => 'quo',
+                'quin' => 'quin'
+            ),
+            new ObjectPropertyTestAsset()
+        );
+
+        $this->assertAttributeSame('foo', 'foo', $object);
+        $this->assertAttributeSame('bar', 'bar', $object);
+        $this->assertAttributeSame('blubb', 'blubb', $object);
+        $this->assertAttributeSame('quo', 'quo', $object);
+        $this->assertAttributeNotSame('quin', 'quin', $object);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify that it can hydrate new properties on generic classes
+     */
+    public function testCanHydrateGenericClassNonExistingProperties()
+    {
+        $object = $this->hydrator->hydrate(array('newProperty' => 'newPropertyValue'), new ObjectPropertyTestAsset());
+
+        $this->assertAttributeSame('newPropertyValue', 'newProperty', $object);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify that hydration is skipped for class properties (it is an object hydrator after all)
+     */
+    public function testSkipsPublicStaticClassPropertiesHydration()
+    {
+        $this->hydrator->hydrate(
+            array('foo' => '1', 'bar' => '2', 'baz' => '3'),
+            new ClassWithPublicStaticProperties()
+        );
+
+        $this->assertSame('foo', ClassWithPublicStaticProperties::$foo);
+        $this->assertSame('bar', ClassWithPublicStaticProperties::$bar);
+        $this->assertSame('baz', ClassWithPublicStaticProperties::$baz);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Verify that extraction is skipped for class properties (it is an object hydrator after all)
+     */
+    public function testSkipsPublicStaticClassPropertiesExtraction()
+    {
+        $this->assertEmpty($this->hydrator->extract(new ClassWithPublicStaticProperties()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/TestAsset/ClassWithPublicStaticProperties.php b/test/TestAsset/ClassWithPublicStaticProperties.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c53b0e8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/TestAsset/ClassWithPublicStaticProperties.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2014 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace ZendTest\Stdlib\TestAsset;
+
+class ClassWithPublicStaticProperties
+{
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public static $foo = 'foo';
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public static $bar = 'bar';
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public static $baz = 'baz';
+}
diff --git a/test/TestAsset/ObjectProperty.php b/test/TestAsset/ObjectProperty.php
index 58a1c69a1..9c1c5370d 100644
--- a/test/TestAsset/ObjectProperty.php
+++ b/test/TestAsset/ObjectProperty.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class ObjectProperty
     public $bar = null;
     public $blubb = null;
     public $quo = null;
+    protected $quin = null;
 
     public function __construct()
     {
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ public function __construct()
         $this->bar = "foo";
         $this->blubb = "baz";
         $this->quo = "blubb";
+        $this->quin = 'five';
     }
 
 }