diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonTextReaderTest.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonTextReaderTest.cs
index e29cd1d5..f2d51d0e 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonTextReaderTest.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/JsonTextReaderTest.cs
@@ -2194,6 +2194,54 @@ bye", reader.Value);
             Assert.AreEqual(JsonToken.EndArray, reader.TokenType);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void SupportMultipleContent()
+        {
+            JsonTextReader reader = new JsonTextReader(new StringReader(@"1 2 ""name"" [][]null {}{} 1.1"));
+            reader.SupportMultipleContent = true;
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(reader.Read());
+            Assert.AreEqual(JsonToken.Integer, reader.TokenType);
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(reader.Read());
+            Assert.AreEqual(JsonToken.Integer, reader.TokenType);
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(reader.Read());
+            Assert.AreEqual(JsonToken.String, reader.TokenType);
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(reader.Read());
+            Assert.AreEqual(JsonToken.StartArray, reader.TokenType);
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(reader.Read());
+            Assert.AreEqual(JsonToken.EndArray, reader.TokenType);
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(reader.Read());
+            Assert.AreEqual(JsonToken.StartArray, reader.TokenType);
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(reader.Read());
+            Assert.AreEqual(JsonToken.EndArray, reader.TokenType);
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(reader.Read());
+            Assert.AreEqual(JsonToken.Null, reader.TokenType);
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(reader.Read());
+            Assert.AreEqual(JsonToken.StartObject, reader.TokenType);
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(reader.Read());
+            Assert.AreEqual(JsonToken.EndObject, reader.TokenType);
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(reader.Read());
+            Assert.AreEqual(JsonToken.StartObject, reader.TokenType);
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(reader.Read());
+            Assert.AreEqual(JsonToken.EndObject, reader.TokenType);
+
+            Assert.IsTrue(reader.Read());
+            Assert.AreEqual(JsonToken.Float, reader.TokenType);
+
+            Assert.IsFalse(reader.Read());
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void ParseBooleanWithNoExtraContent()
         {
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs
index b5f6b015..77d3ab7d 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs
@@ -7280,6 +7280,35 @@ Parameter name: value",
         }
 #endif
 
+        public class MultipleItemsClass
+        {
+            public string Name { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void MultipleItems()
+        {
+            IList<MultipleItemsClass> values = new List<MultipleItemsClass>();
+
+            JsonTextReader reader = new JsonTextReader(new StringReader(@"{ ""name"": ""bar"" }{ ""name"": ""baz"" }"));
+            reader.SupportMultipleContent = true;
+
+            while (true)
+            {
+                if (!reader.Read())
+                    break;
+
+                JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
+                MultipleItemsClass foo = serializer.Deserialize<MultipleItemsClass>(reader);
+                
+                values.Add(foo);
+            }
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, values.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual("bar", values[0].Name);
+            Assert.AreEqual("baz", values[1].Name);
+        }
+
         private class FooBar
         {
             public DateTimeOffset Foo { get; set; }
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonReader.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonReader.cs
index d5f29e93..0a951b50 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonReader.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/JsonReader.cs
@@ -147,6 +147,15 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
         /// </value>
         public bool CloseInput { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether multiple pieces of JSON content can
+        /// be read from a stream of content without erroring.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>
+        /// true to support reading multiple pieces of JSON content; otherwise false. The default is false.
+        /// </value>
+        public bool SupportMultipleContent { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the quotation mark character used to enclose the value of a string.
         /// </summary>
@@ -831,7 +840,10 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
                 case JsonToken.String:
                 case JsonToken.Raw:
                 case JsonToken.Bytes:
-                    _currentState = (Peek() != JsonContainerType.None) ? State.PostValue : State.Finished;
+                    if (Peek() != JsonContainerType.None)
+                        _currentState = State.PostValue;
+                    else
+                        SetFinished();
 
                     UpdateScopeWithFinishedValue();
                     break;
@@ -851,7 +863,10 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
             if (GetTypeForCloseToken(endToken) != currentObject)
                 throw JsonReaderException.Create(this, "JsonToken {0} is not valid for closing JsonType {1}.".FormatWith(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, endToken, currentObject));
 
-            _currentState = (Peek() != JsonContainerType.None) ? State.PostValue : State.Finished;
+            if (Peek() != JsonContainerType.None)
+                _currentState = State.PostValue;
+            else
+                SetFinished();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -873,13 +888,21 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json
                     _currentState = State.Constructor;
                     break;
                 case JsonContainerType.None:
-                    _currentState = State.Finished;
+                    SetFinished();
                     break;
                 default:
                     throw JsonReaderException.Create(this, "While setting the reader state back to current object an unexpected JsonType was encountered: {0}".FormatWith(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, currentObject));
             }
         }
 
+        private void SetFinished()
+        {
+            if (SupportMultipleContent)
+                _currentState = State.Start;
+            else
+                _currentState = State.Finished;
+        }
+
         internal static bool IsPrimitiveToken(JsonToken token)
         {
             switch (token)