diff --git a/src/JWT.php b/src/JWT.php
index e9d75639..5d14a2f7 100644
--- a/src/JWT.php
+++ b/src/JWT.php
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public static function decode(
     /**
      * Converts and signs a PHP array into a JWT string.
      *
-     * @param array<mixed>          $payload PHP array
+     * @param array<mixed>|object   $payload PHP array or object
      * @param string|resource|OpenSSLAsymmetricKey|OpenSSLCertificate $key The secret key.
      * @param string                $alg     Supported algorithms are 'ES384','ES256', 'ES256K', 'HS256',
      *                                       'HS384', 'HS512', 'RS256', 'RS384', and 'RS512'
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public static function decode(
      * @uses urlsafeB64Encode
      */
     public static function encode(
-        array $payload,
+        array|object $payload,
         $key,
         string $alg,
         string $keyId = null,
@@ -379,13 +379,13 @@ public static function jsonDecode(string $input)
     /**
      * Encode a PHP array into a JSON string.
      *
-     * @param array<mixed> $input A PHP array
+     * @param array<mixed>|object $input A PHP array or object
      *
-     * @return string JSON representation of the PHP array
+     * @return string JSON representation of the PHP array or object
      *
      * @throws DomainException Provided object could not be encoded to valid JSON
      */
-    public static function jsonEncode(array $input): string
+    public static function jsonEncode(array|object $input): string
     {
         if (PHP_VERSION_ID >= 50400) {
             $json = \json_encode($input, \JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
@@ -399,7 +399,8 @@ public static function jsonEncode(array $input): string
             throw new DomainException('Null result with non-null input');
         }
         if ($json === false) {
-            throw new DomainException('Provided object could not be encoded to valid JSON');
+            $type = is_array($input) ? 'array' : 'object';
+            throw new DomainException('Provided ' . $type . ' could not be encoded to valid JSON');
         }
         return $json;
     }
diff --git a/tests/JWTTest.php b/tests/JWTTest.php
index d09d43e3..9e8683dd 100644
--- a/tests/JWTTest.php
+++ b/tests/JWTTest.php
@@ -82,6 +82,17 @@ public function testValidToken()
         $this->assertSame($decoded->message, 'abc');
     }
 
+    public function testValidTokenWithObjectPayload()
+    {
+        $payload = (object)[
+            'message' => 'abc',
+            'exp' => time() + JWT::$leeway + 20, // time in the future
+        ];
+        $encoded = JWT::encode($payload, 'my_key', 'HS256');
+        $decoded = JWT::decode($encoded, new Key('my_key', 'HS256'));
+        $this->assertSame($decoded->message, 'abc');
+    }
+
     /**
      * @runInSeparateProcess
      */