diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index a5fa8e0f75..4fa7a5d19d 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 Project: jackson-databind
 Version: 2.3.5 (xx-xxx-2014)
 
-#543: Problems resolving self-referential generic types.
 #496: Wrong result for TextNode("false").asBoolean(true)
  (reported by Ivar R, ivarru@github)
+#543: Problems resolving self-referential generic types.
+#656: defaultImpl configuration is ignored for WRAPPER_OBJECT
 
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 === History: ===
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jsontype/impl/AsWrapperTypeDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jsontype/impl/AsWrapperTypeDeserializer.java
index 675a9ee834..f3160549b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jsontype/impl/AsWrapperTypeDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/jsontype/impl/AsWrapperTypeDeserializer.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class AsWrapperTypeDeserializer
     public AsWrapperTypeDeserializer(JavaType bt, TypeIdResolver idRes,
             String typePropertyName, boolean typeIdVisible, Class<?> defaultImpl)
     {
-        super(bt, idRes, typePropertyName, typeIdVisible, null);
+        super(bt, idRes, typePropertyName, typeIdVisible, defaultImpl);
     }
 
     protected AsWrapperTypeDeserializer(AsWrapperTypeDeserializer src, BeanProperty property) {