diff --git a/src/shapes/text.class.js b/src/shapes/text.class.js
index c098d9c6671..4b9161df202 100644
--- a/src/shapes/text.class.js
+++ b/src/shapes/text.class.js
@@ -196,6 +196,14 @@
      */
     shadow:               null,
 
+    /**
+     * fabric.Path that the text can follow.
+     * This feature is in BETA.
+     * @type fabric.Path
+     * @default
+     */
+    path:               null,
+
     /**
      * @private
      */
@@ -1412,9 +1420,11 @@
         'textAlign',
         'textBackgroundColor',
         'charSpacing',
+        'path'
       ].concat(propertiesToInclude);
       var obj = this.callSuper('toObject', additionalProperties);
       obj.styles = clone(this.styles, true);
+      obj.path = this.path && this.path.toObject();
       return obj;
     },
 
@@ -1570,11 +1580,23 @@
    * Returns fabric.Text instance from an object representation
    * @static
    * @memberOf fabric.Text
-   * @param {Object} object Object to create an instance from
+   * @param {Object} object plain js Object to create an instance from
    * @param {Function} [callback] Callback to invoke when an fabric.Text instance is created
    */
   fabric.Text.fromObject = function(object, callback) {
-    return fabric.Object._fromObject('Text', object, callback, 'text');
+    var objectCopy = clone(object), path = object.path;
+    delete objectCopy.path;
+    return fabric.Object._fromObject('Text', objectCopy, function(textInstance) {
+      if (path) {
+        fabric.Object._fromObject('Path', path, function(pathInstance) {
+          textInstance.set('path', pathInstance);
+          callback(textInstance);
+        }, 'path');
+      }
+      else {
+        callback(textInstance);
+      }
+    }, 'text');
   };
 
   fabric.Text.genericFonts = ['sans-serif', 'serif', 'cursive', 'fantasy', 'monospace'];
diff --git a/test/unit/itext.js b/test/unit/itext.js
index 022f300f8a1..563bb22d119 100644
--- a/test/unit/itext.js
+++ b/test/unit/itext.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     charSpacing:              0,
     styles:                     { },
     strokeUniform:            false,
+    path:                     null,
   };
 
 
diff --git a/test/unit/text.js b/test/unit/text.js
index da5370fe324..aee6bf2baf3 100644
--- a/test/unit/text.js
+++ b/test/unit/text.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     skewY:                      0,
     charSpacing:                0,
     styles:                     {},
+    path:                       null,
     strokeUniform:              false
   };
 
@@ -841,6 +842,28 @@
     assert.equal(text.height, 100, 'text is big as the path height');
   });
 
+  QUnit.test('text with a path toObject', function(assert) {
+    var text = new fabric.Text('a', {
+      path: new fabric.Path('M0 0 h 100 v 100 h -100 z')
+    });
+    var toObject = text.toObject();
+    assert.ok(toObject.path, 'export has a path');
+  });
+
+  QUnit.test('text with a path fromObject', function(assert) {
+    var done = assert.async();
+    var text = new fabric.Text('a', {
+      path: new fabric.Path('M0 0 h 100 v 100 h -100 z')
+    });
+    var toObject = text.toObject();
+    fabric.Text.fromObject(toObject, function(text) {
+      assert.equal(text.path.type, 'path', 'the path is restored');
+      assert.ok(text.path instanceof fabric.Path, 'the path is a path');
+      assert.ok(toObject.path, 'the input has still a path property');
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
   QUnit.test('cacheProperties for text', function(assert) {
     var text = new fabric.Text('a');
     assert.equal(text.cacheProperties.join('-'), 'fill-stroke-strokeWidth-strokeDashArray-width-height-paintFirst-strokeUniform-strokeLineCap-strokeDashOffset-strokeLineJoin-strokeMiterLimit-backgroundColor-clipPath-fontFamily-fontWeight-fontSize-text-underline-overline-linethrough-textAlign-fontStyle-lineHeight-textBackgroundColor-charSpacing-styles-path');
diff --git a/test/unit/textbox.js b/test/unit/textbox.js
index 71e5dcc923d..793b30fd694 100644
--- a/test/unit/textbox.js
+++ b/test/unit/textbox.js
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
     styles: { },
     minWidth: 20,
     splitByGrapheme: false,
-    strokeUniform: false
+    strokeUniform: false,
+    path: null,
   };
 
   QUnit.test('constructor', function(assert) {