diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index bc343ba3a84fbf4cdb4237e4a3370b4f955cddae..a25556d5d36488d0f7bdcc882c169a4b241d83de 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -2585,3 +2585,13 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON_bool) cJSON_Compare(const cJSON * const a, const cJSON * cons
             return false;
     }
 }
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void *) cJSON_malloc(size_t size)
+{
+    return global_hooks.allocate(size);
+}
+
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_free(void *object)
+{
+    global_hooks.deallocate(object);
+}
diff --git a/cJSON.h b/cJSON.h
index c29ba172cdb02f8cbca5a9355787f41e3d47d85f..0ddab6f34ca76f832bcb5e8a448fb886469f57da 100644
--- a/cJSON.h
+++ b/cJSON.h
@@ -241,6 +241,10 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(double) cJSON_SetNumberHelper(cJSON *object, double number);
 /* Macro for iterating over an array */
 #define cJSON_ArrayForEach(element, array) for(element = (array != NULL) ? (array)->child : NULL; element != NULL; element = element->next)
 
+/* malloc/free objects using the malloc/free functions that have been set with cJSON_InitHooks */
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void *) cJSON_malloc(size_t size);
+CJSON_PUBLIC(void) cJSON_free(void *object);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/cJSON_Utils.c b/cJSON_Utils.c
index 92bb0b4ede8c741eee7e54c921b5fd7132c8eb18..aac2b07b3b806e1698ded57bccd3cf32a7959807 100644
--- a/cJSON_Utils.c
+++ b/cJSON_Utils.c
@@ -194,6 +194,46 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSONUtils_FindPointerFromObjectTo(cJSON *object, cJSON *ta
     return NULL;
 }
 
+/* non broken version of cJSON_GetArrayItem */
+static cJSON *get_array_item(const cJSON *array, size_t item)
+{
+    cJSON *child = array ? array->child : NULL;
+    while ((child != NULL) && (item > 0))
+    {
+        item--;
+        child = child->next;
+    }
+
+    return child;
+}
+
+static cJSON_bool decode_array_index_from_pointer(const unsigned char * const pointer, size_t * const index)
+{
+    size_t parsed_index = 0;
+    size_t position = 0;
+
+    if ((pointer[0] == '0') && ((pointer[1] != '\0') && (pointer[1] != '/')))
+    {
+        /* leading zeroes are not permitted */
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    for (position = 0; (pointer[position] >= '0') && (*pointer <= '9'); position++)
+    {
+        parsed_index = (10 * parsed_index) + (size_t)(pointer[position] - '0');
+
+    }
+
+    if ((pointer[position] != '\0') && (pointer[position] != '/'))
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    *index = parsed_index;
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
 CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSONUtils_GetPointer(cJSON *object, const char *pointer)
 {
     /* follow path of the pointer */
@@ -201,22 +241,13 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(cJSON *) cJSONUtils_GetPointer(cJSON *object, const char *pointer)
     {
         if (cJSON_IsArray(object))
         {
-            size_t which = 0;
-            /* parse array index */
-            while ((*pointer >= '0') && (*pointer <= '9'))
-            {
-                which = (10 * which) + (size_t)(*pointer++ - '0');
-            }
-            if (*pointer && (*pointer != '/'))
-            {
-                /* not end of string or new path token */
-                return NULL;
-            }
-            if (which > INT_MAX)
+            size_t index = 0;
+            if (!decode_array_index_from_pointer((const unsigned char*)pointer, &index))
             {
                 return NULL;
             }
-            object = cJSON_GetArrayItem(object, (int)which);
+
+            object = get_array_item(object, index);
         }
         else if (cJSON_IsObject(object))
         {
@@ -262,6 +293,39 @@ static void cJSONUtils_InplaceDecodePointerString(unsigned char *string)
     *s2 = '\0';
 }
 
+/* non-broken cJSON_DetachItemFromArray */
+static cJSON *detach_item_from_array(cJSON *array, size_t which)
+{
+    cJSON *c = array->child;
+    while (c && (which > 0))
+    {
+        c = c->next;
+        which--;
+    }
+    if (!c)
+    {
+        /* item doesn't exist */
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (c->prev)
+    {
+        /* not the first element */
+        c->prev->next = c->next;
+    }
+    if (c->next)
+    {
+        c->next->prev = c->prev;
+    }
+    if (c==array->child)
+    {
+        array->child = c->next;
+    }
+    /* make sure the detached item doesn't point anywhere anymore */
+    c->prev = c->next = NULL;
+
+    return c;
+}
+
 static cJSON *cJSONUtils_PatchDetach(cJSON *object, const unsigned char *path)
 {
     unsigned char *parentptr = NULL;
@@ -294,7 +358,13 @@ static cJSON *cJSONUtils_PatchDetach(cJSON *object, const unsigned char *path)
     }
     else if (cJSON_IsArray(parent))
     {
-        ret = cJSON_DetachItemFromArray(parent, atoi((char*)childptr));
+        size_t index = 0;
+        if (!decode_array_index_from_pointer(childptr, &index))
+        {
+            free(parentptr);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        ret = detach_item_from_array(parent, index);
     }
     else if (cJSON_IsObject(parent))
     {
@@ -364,19 +434,59 @@ static int cJSONUtils_Compare(cJSON *a, cJSON *b)
     return 0;
 }
 
+/* non broken version of cJSON_InsertItemInArray */
+static cJSON_bool insert_item_in_array(cJSON *array, size_t which, cJSON *newitem)
+{
+    cJSON *child = array->child;
+    while (child && (which > 0))
+    {
+        child = child->next;
+        which--;
+    }
+    if (which > 0)
+    {
+        /* item is after the end of the array */
+        return 0;
+    }
+    if (child == NULL)
+    {
+        cJSON_AddItemToArray(array, newitem);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    /* insert into the linked list */
+    newitem->next = child;
+    newitem->prev = child->prev;
+    child->prev = newitem;
+
+    /* was it at the beginning */
+    if (child == array->child)
+    {
+        array->child = newitem;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        newitem->prev->next = newitem;
+    }
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+enum patch_operation { INVALID, ADD, REMOVE, REPLACE, MOVE, COPY, TEST };
+
 static int cJSONUtils_ApplyPatch(cJSON *object, cJSON *patch)
 {
     cJSON *op = NULL;
     cJSON *path = NULL;
     cJSON *value = NULL;
     cJSON *parent = NULL;
-    int opcode = 0;
+    enum patch_operation opcode = INVALID;
     unsigned char *parentptr = NULL;
     unsigned char *childptr = NULL;
 
     op = cJSON_GetObjectItem(patch, "op");
     path = cJSON_GetObjectItem(patch, "path");
-    if (!op || !path)
+    if (!cJSON_IsString(op) || !cJSON_IsString(path))
     {
         /* malformed patch. */
         return 2;
@@ -385,23 +495,23 @@ static int cJSONUtils_ApplyPatch(cJSON *object, cJSON *patch)
     /* decode operation */
     if (!strcmp(op->valuestring, "add"))
     {
-        opcode = 0;
+        opcode = ADD;
     }
     else if (!strcmp(op->valuestring, "remove"))
     {
-        opcode = 1;
+        opcode = REMOVE;
     }
     else if (!strcmp(op->valuestring, "replace"))
     {
-        opcode = 2;
+        opcode = REPLACE;
     }
     else if (!strcmp(op->valuestring, "move"))
     {
-        opcode = 3;
+        opcode = MOVE;
     }
     else if (!strcmp(op->valuestring, "copy"))
     {
-        opcode = 4;
+        opcode = COPY;
     }
     else if (!strcmp(op->valuestring, "test"))
     {
@@ -414,20 +524,99 @@ static int cJSONUtils_ApplyPatch(cJSON *object, cJSON *patch)
         return 3;
     }
 
-    /* Remove/Replace */
-    if ((opcode == 1) || (opcode == 2))
+    /* special case for replacing the root */
+    if (path->valuestring[0] == '\0')
+    {
+        if (opcode == REMOVE)
+        {
+            /* remove possible children */
+            if (object->child != NULL)
+            {
+                cJSON_Delete(object->child);
+            }
+
+            /* remove other allocated resources */
+            if (object->string != NULL)
+            {
+                cJSON_free(object->string);
+            }
+            if (object->valuestring != NULL)
+            {
+                cJSON_free(object->valuestring);
+            }
+
+            /* make it invalid */
+            memset(object, '\0', sizeof(cJSON));
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        if ((opcode == REPLACE) || (opcode == ADD))
+        {
+            /* remove possible children */
+            if (object->child != NULL)
+            {
+                cJSON_Delete(object->child);
+            }
+
+            /* remove other allocated resources */
+            if (object->string != NULL)
+            {
+                cJSON_free(object->string);
+            }
+            if (object->valuestring != NULL)
+            {
+                cJSON_free(object->valuestring);
+            }
+
+            value = cJSON_GetObjectItem(patch, "value");
+            if (value == NULL)
+            {
+                /* missing "value" for add/replace. */
+                return 7;
+            }
+
+            value = cJSON_Duplicate(value, 1);
+            if (value == NULL)
+            {
+                /* out of memory for add/replace. */
+                return 8;
+            }
+            /* the string "value" isn't needed */
+            if (value->string != NULL)
+            {
+                cJSON_free(value->string);
+                value->string = NULL;
+            }
+
+            /* copy over the value object */
+            memcpy(object, value, sizeof(cJSON));
+
+            /* delete the duplicated value */
+            cJSON_free(value);
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ((opcode == REMOVE) || (opcode == REPLACE))
     {
         /* Get rid of old. */
-        cJSON_Delete(cJSONUtils_PatchDetach(object, (unsigned char*)path->valuestring));
-        if (opcode == 1)
+        cJSON *old_item = cJSONUtils_PatchDetach(object, (unsigned char*)path->valuestring);
+        if (old_item == NULL)
         {
-            /* For Remove, this is job done. */
+            return 13;
+        }
+        cJSON_Delete(old_item);
+        if (opcode == REMOVE)
+        {
+            /* For Remove, this job is done. */
             return 0;
         }
     }
 
     /* Copy/Move uses "from". */
-    if ((opcode == 3) || (opcode == 4))
+    if ((opcode == MOVE) || (opcode == COPY))
     {
         cJSON *from = cJSON_GetObjectItem(patch, "from");
         if (!from)
@@ -436,14 +625,12 @@ static int cJSONUtils_ApplyPatch(cJSON *object, cJSON *patch)
             return 4;
         }
 
-        if (opcode == 3)
+        if (opcode == MOVE)
         {
-            /* move */
             value = cJSONUtils_PatchDetach(object, (unsigned char*)from->valuestring);
         }
-        if (opcode == 4)
+        if (opcode == COPY)
         {
-            /* copy */
             value = cJSONUtils_GetPointer(object, from->valuestring);
         }
         if (!value)
@@ -451,7 +638,7 @@ static int cJSONUtils_ApplyPatch(cJSON *object, cJSON *patch)
             /* missing "from" for copy/move. */
             return 5;
         }
-        if (opcode == 4)
+        if (opcode == COPY)
         {
             value = cJSON_Duplicate(value, 1);
         }
@@ -505,7 +692,20 @@ static int cJSONUtils_ApplyPatch(cJSON *object, cJSON *patch)
         }
         else
         {
-            cJSON_InsertItemInArray(parent, atoi((char*)childptr), value);
+            size_t index = 0;
+            if (!decode_array_index_from_pointer(childptr, &index))
+            {
+                free(parentptr);
+                cJSON_Delete(value);
+                return 11;
+            }
+
+            if (!insert_item_in_array(parent, index, value))
+            {
+                free(parentptr);
+                cJSON_Delete(value);
+                return 10;
+            }
         }
     }
     else if (cJSON_IsObject(parent))
@@ -526,12 +726,7 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(int) cJSONUtils_ApplyPatches(cJSON *object, cJSON *patches)
 {
     int err = 0;
 
-    if (patches == NULL)
-    {
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    if (cJSON_IsArray(patches))
+    if (!cJSON_IsArray(patches))
     {
         /* malformed patches. */
         return 1;
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index bb7c6fa33418be04c91147ef92bc20042194421a..ff56a92bb1e6f6288431d950d2830805f28253a2 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,4 +75,28 @@ if(ENABLE_CJSON_TEST)
     endforeach()
 
     add_dependencies(check ${unity_tests})
+
+    if (ENABLE_CJSON_UTILS)
+        #copy test files
+        file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/json-patch-tests")
+        file(GLOB test_files "json-patch-tests/*")
+        file(COPY ${test_files} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/json-patch-tests/")
+
+        set (cjson_utils_tests
+            json_patch_tests)
+
+        foreach (cjson_utils_test ${cjson_utils_tests})
+            add_executable("${cjson_utils_test}" "${cjson_utils_test}.c")
+            target_link_libraries("${cjson_utils_test}" "${CJSON_LIB}" "${CJSON_UTILS_LIB}" unity test-common)
+            if(MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND)
+                add_test(NAME "${cjson_utils_test}"
+                    COMMAND "${MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND}" ${MEMORYCHECK_COMMAND_OPTIONS} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${cjson_utils_test}")
+            else()
+                add_test(NAME "${cjson_utils_test}"
+                    COMMAND "./${cjson_utils_test}")
+            endif()
+        endforeach()
+
+        add_dependencies(check ${cjson_utils_tests})
+    endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/tests/json-patch-tests/.editorconfig b/tests/json-patch-tests/.editorconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dc79da48b226ddc33db083e848dfe9acf00ad4fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/json-patch-tests/.editorconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# EditorConfig is awesome: http://EditorConfig.org
+
+root = true
+
+[*]
+end_of_line = lf
+insert_final_newline = true
+charset = utf-8
+trim_trailing_whitespace = true
+indent_style = space
diff --git a/tests/json-patch-tests/.gitignore b/tests/json-patch-tests/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cd2b23de6028052b067ea6fb8b46c1a523cd9caa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/json-patch-tests/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*~
+\#*
+!.editorconfig
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/tests/json-patch-tests/.npmignore b/tests/json-patch-tests/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2d6cdcb26eafb56260afe15bd38d8707808ac4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/json-patch-tests/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.editorconfig
+.gitignore
diff --git a/tests/json-patch-tests/README.md b/tests/json-patch-tests/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fb9e44784b3e1431e9ce6e74f7b73017911744da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/json-patch-tests/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+JSON Patch Tests
+================
+
+These are test cases for implementations of [IETF JSON Patch (RFC6902)](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902).
+
+Some implementations can be found at [jsonpatch.com](http://jsonpatch.com).
+
+
+Test Format
+-----------
+
+Each test file is a JSON document that contains an array of test records. A
+test record is an object with the following members:
+
+- doc: The JSON document to test against
+- patch: The patch(es) to apply
+- expected: The expected resulting document, OR
+- error: A string describing an expected error
+- comment: A string describing the test
+- disabled: True if the test should be skipped
+
+All fields except 'doc' and 'patch' are optional. Test records consisting only
+of a comment are also OK.
+
+
+Files
+-----
+
+- tests.json: the main test file
+- spec_tests.json: tests from the RFC6902 spec
+
+
+Writing Tests
+-------------
+
+All tests should have a descriptive comment.  Tests should be as
+simple as possible - just what's required to test a specific piece of
+behavior.  If you want to test interacting behaviors, create tests for
+each behavior as well as the interaction.
+
+If an 'error' member is specified, the error text should describe the
+error the implementation should raise - *not* what's being tested.
+Implementation error strings will vary, but the suggested error should
+be easily matched to the implementation error string.  Try to avoid
+creating error tests that might pass because an incorrect error was
+reported.
+
+Please feel free to contribute!
+
+
+Credits
+-------
+
+The seed test set was adapted from Byron Ruth's
+[jsonpatch-js](https://github.com/bruth/jsonpatch-js/blob/master/test.js) and
+extended by [Mike McCabe](https://github.com/mikemccabe).
+
+
+License
+-------
+
+   Copyright 2014 The Authors
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+
diff --git a/tests/json-patch-tests/package.json b/tests/json-patch-tests/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..256f9368e277356bb8fc6aead9af7817efed9903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/json-patch-tests/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "name": "json-patch-test-suite",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "description": "JSON Patch RFC 6902 test suite",
+  "repository": "github:json-patch/json-patch-tests",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/json-patch/json-patch-tests",
+  "bugs": "https://github.com/json-patch/json-patch-tests/issues",
+  "keywords": [
+    "JSON",
+    "Patch",
+    "test",
+    "suite"
+  ],
+  "license": "Apache-2.0"
+}
diff --git a/tests/json-patch-tests/spec_tests.json b/tests/json-patch-tests/spec_tests.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c160535b340f7c21388a463616ef0bfb4db5f9ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/json-patch-tests/spec_tests.json
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+[
+  {
+    "comment": "4.1. add with missing object",
+    "doc": { "q": { "bar": 2 } },
+    "patch": [ {"op": "add", "path": "/a/b", "value": 1} ],
+    "error":
+       "path /a does not exist -- missing objects are not created recursively"
+  },
+
+  {
+    "comment": "A.1.  Adding an Object Member",
+    "doc": {
+  "foo": "bar"
+},
+    "patch": [
+  { "op": "add", "path": "/baz", "value": "qux" }
+],
+    "expected": {
+  "baz": "qux",
+  "foo": "bar"
+}
+  },
+
+  {
+    "comment": "A.2.  Adding an Array Element",
+    "doc": {
+  "foo": [ "bar", "baz" ]
+},
+    "patch": [
+  { "op": "add", "path": "/foo/1", "value": "qux" }
+],
+    "expected": {
+  "foo": [ "bar", "qux", "baz" ]
+}
+  },
+
+  {
+    "comment": "A.3.  Removing an Object Member",
+    "doc": {
+  "baz": "qux",
+  "foo": "bar"
+},
+    "patch": [
+  { "op": "remove", "path": "/baz" }
+],
+    "expected": {
+  "foo": "bar"
+}
+  },
+
+  {
+    "comment": "A.4.  Removing an Array Element",
+    "doc": {
+  "foo": [ "bar", "qux", "baz" ]
+},
+    "patch": [
+  { "op": "remove", "path": "/foo/1" }
+],
+    "expected": {
+  "foo": [ "bar", "baz" ]
+}
+  },
+
+  {
+    "comment": "A.5.  Replacing a Value",
+    "doc": {
+  "baz": "qux",
+  "foo": "bar"
+},
+    "patch": [
+  { "op": "replace", "path": "/baz", "value": "boo" }
+],
+    "expected": {
+  "baz": "boo",
+  "foo": "bar"
+}
+  },
+
+  {
+    "comment": "A.6.  Moving a Value",
+    "doc": {
+  "foo": {
+    "bar": "baz",
+    "waldo": "fred"
+  },
+  "qux": {
+    "corge": "grault"
+  }
+},
+    "patch": [
+  { "op": "move", "from": "/foo/waldo", "path": "/qux/thud" }
+],
+    "expected": {
+  "foo": {
+    "bar": "baz"
+  },
+  "qux": {
+    "corge": "grault",
+    "thud": "fred"
+  }
+}
+  },
+
+  {
+    "comment": "A.7.  Moving an Array Element",
+    "doc": {
+  "foo": [ "all", "grass", "cows", "eat" ]
+},
+    "patch": [
+  { "op": "move", "from": "/foo/1", "path": "/foo/3" }
+],
+    "expected": {
+  "foo": [ "all", "cows", "eat", "grass" ]
+}
+
+  },
+
+  {
+    "comment": "A.8.  Testing a Value: Success",
+    "doc": {
+  "baz": "qux",
+  "foo": [ "a", 2, "c" ]
+},
+    "patch": [
+  { "op": "test", "path": "/baz", "value": "qux" },
+  { "op": "test", "path": "/foo/1", "value": 2 }
+],
+    "expected": {
+     "baz": "qux",
+     "foo": [ "a", 2, "c" ]
+    }
+  },
+
+  {
+    "comment": "A.9.  Testing a Value: Error",
+    "doc": {
+  "baz": "qux"
+},
+    "patch": [
+  { "op": "test", "path": "/baz", "value": "bar" }
+],
+    "error": "string not equivalent"
+  },
+
+  {
+    "comment": "A.10.  Adding a nested Member Object",
+    "doc": {
+  "foo": "bar"
+},
+    "patch": [
+  { "op": "add", "path": "/child", "value": { "grandchild": { } } }
+],
+    "expected": {
+  "foo": "bar",
+  "child": {
+    "grandchild": {
+    }
+  }
+}
+  },
+
+  {
+    "comment": "A.11.  Ignoring Unrecognized Elements",
+    "doc": {
+  "foo":"bar"
+},
+    "patch": [
+  { "op": "add", "path": "/baz", "value": "qux", "xyz": 123 }
+],
+    "expected": {
+  "foo":"bar",
+  "baz":"qux"
+}
+  },
+
+ {
+    "comment": "A.12.  Adding to a Non-existent Target",
+    "doc": {
+  "foo": "bar"
+},
+    "patch": [
+  { "op": "add", "path": "/baz/bat", "value": "qux" }
+],
+    "error": "add to a non-existent target"
+  },
+
+ {
+    "comment": "A.13 Invalid JSON Patch Document",
+    "doc": {
+     "foo": "bar"
+    },
+    "patch": [
+  { "op": "add", "path": "/baz", "value": "qux", "op": "remove" }
+],
+    "error": "operation has two 'op' members",
+    "disabled": true
+  },
+
+  {
+    "comment": "A.14. ~ Escape Ordering",
+    "doc": {
+       "/": 9,
+       "~1": 10
+    },
+    "patch": [{"op": "test", "path": "/~01", "value": 10}],
+    "expected": {
+       "/": 9,
+       "~1": 10
+    }
+  },
+
+  {
+    "comment": "A.15. Comparing Strings and Numbers",
+    "doc": {
+       "/": 9,
+       "~1": 10
+    },
+    "patch": [{"op": "test", "path": "/~01", "value": "10"}],
+    "error": "number is not equal to string"
+  },
+
+  {
+    "comment": "A.16. Adding an Array Value",
+    "doc": {
+       "foo": ["bar"]
+    },
+    "patch": [{ "op": "add", "path": "/foo/-", "value": ["abc", "def"] }],
+    "expected": {
+      "foo": ["bar", ["abc", "def"]]
+    }
+  }
+
+]
diff --git a/tests/json-patch-tests/tests.json b/tests/json-patch-tests/tests.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3a42eab70f153d4af0258a97a8feb05b8adfab8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/json-patch-tests/tests.json
@@ -0,0 +1,408 @@
+[
+    { "comment": "empty list, empty docs",
+      "doc": {},
+      "patch": [],
+      "expected": {} },
+
+    { "comment": "empty patch list",
+      "doc": {"foo": 1},
+      "patch": [],
+      "expected": {"foo": 1} },
+
+    { "comment": "rearrangements OK?",
+      "doc": {"foo": 1, "bar": 2},
+      "patch": [],
+      "expected": {"bar":2, "foo": 1} },
+
+    { "comment": "rearrangements OK?  How about one level down ... array",
+      "doc": [{"foo": 1, "bar": 2}],
+      "patch": [],
+      "expected": [{"bar":2, "foo": 1}] },
+
+    { "comment": "rearrangements OK?  How about one level down...",
+      "doc": {"foo":{"foo": 1, "bar": 2}},
+      "patch": [],
+      "expected": {"foo":{"bar":2, "foo": 1}} },
+
+    { "comment": "add replaces any existing field",
+      "doc": {"foo": null},
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/foo", "value":1}],
+      "expected": {"foo": 1} },
+
+    { "comment": "toplevel array",
+      "doc": [],
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/0", "value": "foo"}],
+      "expected": ["foo"] },
+
+    { "comment": "toplevel array, no change",
+      "doc": ["foo"],
+      "patch": [],
+      "expected": ["foo"] },
+
+    { "comment": "toplevel object, numeric string",
+      "doc": {},
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/foo", "value": "1"}],
+      "expected": {"foo":"1"} },
+
+    { "comment": "toplevel object, integer",
+      "doc": {},
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/foo", "value": 1}],
+      "expected": {"foo":1} },
+
+    { "comment": "Toplevel scalar values OK?",
+      "doc": "foo",
+      "patch": [{"op": "replace", "path": "", "value": "bar"}],
+      "expected": "bar",
+      "disabled": true },
+
+    { "comment": "Add, / target",
+      "doc": {},
+      "patch": [ {"op": "add", "path": "/", "value":1 } ],
+      "expected": {"":1} },
+
+    { "comment": "Add, /foo/ deep target (trailing slash)",
+      "doc": {"foo": {}},
+      "patch": [ {"op": "add", "path": "/foo/", "value":1 } ],
+      "expected": {"foo":{"": 1}} },
+
+    { "comment": "Add composite value at top level",
+      "doc": {"foo": 1},
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/bar", "value": [1, 2]}],
+      "expected": {"foo": 1, "bar": [1, 2]} },
+
+    { "comment": "Add into composite value",
+      "doc": {"foo": 1, "baz": [{"qux": "hello"}]},
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/baz/0/foo", "value": "world"}],
+      "expected": {"foo": 1, "baz": [{"qux": "hello", "foo": "world"}]} },
+
+    { "doc": {"bar": [1, 2]},
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/bar/8", "value": "5"}],
+      "error": "Out of bounds (upper)" },
+
+    { "doc": {"bar": [1, 2]},
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/bar/-1", "value": "5"}],
+      "error": "Out of bounds (lower)" },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": 1},
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/bar", "value": true}],
+      "expected": {"foo": 1, "bar": true} },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": 1},
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/bar", "value": false}],
+      "expected": {"foo": 1, "bar": false} },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": 1},
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/bar", "value": null}],
+      "expected": {"foo": 1, "bar": null} },
+
+    { "comment": "0 can be an array index or object element name",
+      "doc": {"foo": 1},
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/0", "value": "bar"}],
+      "expected": {"foo": 1, "0": "bar" } },
+
+    { "doc": ["foo"],
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/1", "value": "bar"}],
+      "expected": ["foo", "bar"] },
+
+    { "doc": ["foo", "sil"],
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/1", "value": "bar"}],
+      "expected": ["foo", "bar", "sil"] },
+
+    { "doc": ["foo", "sil"],
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/0", "value": "bar"}],
+      "expected": ["bar", "foo", "sil"] },
+
+    { "comment": "push item to array via last index + 1",
+      "doc": ["foo", "sil"],
+      "patch": [{"op":"add", "path": "/2", "value": "bar"}],
+      "expected": ["foo", "sil", "bar"] },
+
+    { "comment": "add item to array at index > length should fail",
+      "doc": ["foo", "sil"],
+      "patch": [{"op":"add", "path": "/3", "value": "bar"}],
+      "error": "index is greater than number of items in array" },
+      
+    { "comment": "test against implementation-specific numeric parsing",
+      "doc": {"1e0": "foo"},
+      "patch": [{"op": "test", "path": "/1e0", "value": "foo"}],
+      "expected": {"1e0": "foo"} },
+
+    { "comment": "test with bad number should fail",
+      "doc": ["foo", "bar"],
+      "patch": [{"op": "test", "path": "/1e0", "value": "bar"}],
+      "error": "test op shouldn't get array element 1" },
+
+    { "doc": ["foo", "sil"],
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/bar", "value": 42}],
+      "error": "Object operation on array target" },
+
+    { "doc": ["foo", "sil"],
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/1", "value": ["bar", "baz"]}],
+      "expected": ["foo", ["bar", "baz"], "sil"],
+      "comment": "value in array add not flattened" },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": 1, "bar": [1, 2, 3, 4]},
+      "patch": [{"op": "remove", "path": "/bar"}],
+      "expected": {"foo": 1} },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": 1, "baz": [{"qux": "hello"}]},
+      "patch": [{"op": "remove", "path": "/baz/0/qux"}],
+      "expected": {"foo": 1, "baz": [{}]} },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": 1, "baz": [{"qux": "hello"}]},
+      "patch": [{"op": "replace", "path": "/foo", "value": [1, 2, 3, 4]}],
+      "expected": {"foo": [1, 2, 3, 4], "baz": [{"qux": "hello"}]} },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": [1, 2, 3, 4], "baz": [{"qux": "hello"}]},
+      "patch": [{"op": "replace", "path": "/baz/0/qux", "value": "world"}],
+      "expected": {"foo": [1, 2, 3, 4], "baz": [{"qux": "world"}]} },
+
+    { "doc": ["foo"],
+      "patch": [{"op": "replace", "path": "/0", "value": "bar"}],
+      "expected": ["bar"] },
+
+    { "doc": [""],
+      "patch": [{"op": "replace", "path": "/0", "value": 0}],
+      "expected": [0] },
+
+    { "doc": [""],
+      "patch": [{"op": "replace", "path": "/0", "value": true}],
+      "expected": [true] },
+
+    { "doc": [""],
+      "patch": [{"op": "replace", "path": "/0", "value": false}],
+      "expected": [false] },
+
+    { "doc": [""],
+      "patch": [{"op": "replace", "path": "/0", "value": null}],
+      "expected": [null] },
+
+    { "doc": ["foo", "sil"],
+      "patch": [{"op": "replace", "path": "/1", "value": ["bar", "baz"]}],
+      "expected": ["foo", ["bar", "baz"]],
+      "comment": "value in array replace not flattened" },
+
+    { "comment": "replace whole document",
+      "doc": {"foo": "bar"},
+      "patch": [{"op": "replace", "path": "", "value": {"baz": "qux"}}],
+      "expected": {"baz": "qux"} },
+
+    { "comment": "spurious patch properties",
+      "doc": {"foo": 1},
+      "patch": [{"op": "test", "path": "/foo", "value": 1, "spurious": 1}],
+      "expected": {"foo": 1} },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": null},
+      "patch": [{"op": "test", "path": "/foo", "value": null}],
+      "comment": "null value should be valid obj property" },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": null},
+      "patch": [{"op": "replace", "path": "/foo", "value": "truthy"}],
+      "expected": {"foo": "truthy"},
+      "comment": "null value should be valid obj property to be replaced with something truthy" },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": null},
+      "patch": [{"op": "move", "from": "/foo", "path": "/bar"}],
+      "expected": {"bar": null},
+      "comment": "null value should be valid obj property to be moved" },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": null},
+      "patch": [{"op": "copy", "from": "/foo", "path": "/bar"}],
+      "expected": {"foo": null, "bar": null},
+      "comment": "null value should be valid obj property to be copied" },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": null},
+      "patch": [{"op": "remove", "path": "/foo"}],
+      "expected": {},
+      "comment": "null value should be valid obj property to be removed" },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": "bar"},
+      "patch": [{"op": "replace", "path": "/foo", "value": null}],
+      "expected": {"foo": null},
+      "comment": "null value should still be valid obj property replace other value" },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": {"foo": 1, "bar": 2}},
+      "patch": [{"op": "test", "path": "/foo", "value": {"bar": 2, "foo": 1}}],
+      "comment": "test should pass despite rearrangement" },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": [{"foo": 1, "bar": 2}]},
+      "patch": [{"op": "test", "path": "/foo", "value": [{"bar": 2, "foo": 1}]}],
+      "comment": "test should pass despite (nested) rearrangement" },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": {"bar": [1, 2, 5, 4]}},
+      "patch": [{"op": "test", "path": "/foo", "value": {"bar": [1, 2, 5, 4]}}],
+      "comment": "test should pass - no error" },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": {"bar": [1, 2, 5, 4]}},
+      "patch": [{"op": "test", "path": "/foo", "value": [1, 2]}],
+      "error": "test op should fail" },
+
+    { "comment": "Whole document",
+      "doc": { "foo": 1 },
+      "patch": [{"op": "test", "path": "", "value": {"foo": 1}}],
+      "disabled": true },
+
+    { "comment": "Empty-string element",
+      "doc": { "": 1 },
+      "patch": [{"op": "test", "path": "/", "value": 1}] },
+
+    { "doc": {
+            "foo": ["bar", "baz"],
+            "": 0,
+            "a/b": 1,
+            "c%d": 2,
+            "e^f": 3,
+            "g|h": 4,
+            "i\\j": 5,
+            "k\"l": 6,
+            " ": 7,
+            "m~n": 8
+            },
+      "patch": [{"op": "test", "path": "/foo", "value": ["bar", "baz"]},
+                {"op": "test", "path": "/foo/0", "value": "bar"},
+                {"op": "test", "path": "/", "value": 0},
+                {"op": "test", "path": "/a~1b", "value": 1},
+                {"op": "test", "path": "/c%d", "value": 2},
+                {"op": "test", "path": "/e^f", "value": 3},
+                {"op": "test", "path": "/g|h", "value": 4},
+                {"op": "test", "path":  "/i\\j", "value": 5},
+                {"op": "test", "path": "/k\"l", "value": 6},
+                {"op": "test", "path": "/ ", "value": 7},
+                {"op": "test", "path": "/m~0n", "value": 8}] },
+
+    { "comment": "Move to same location has no effect",
+      "doc": {"foo": 1},
+      "patch": [{"op": "move", "from": "/foo", "path": "/foo"}],
+      "expected": {"foo": 1} },
+
+    { "doc": {"foo": 1, "baz": [{"qux": "hello"}]},
+      "patch": [{"op": "move", "from": "/foo", "path": "/bar"}],
+      "expected": {"baz": [{"qux": "hello"}], "bar": 1} },
+
+    { "doc": {"baz": [{"qux": "hello"}], "bar": 1},
+      "patch": [{"op": "move", "from": "/baz/0/qux", "path": "/baz/1"}],
+      "expected": {"baz": [{}, "hello"], "bar": 1} },
+
+    { "doc": {"baz": [{"qux": "hello"}], "bar": 1},
+      "patch": [{"op": "copy", "from": "/baz/0", "path": "/boo"}],
+      "expected": {"baz":[{"qux":"hello"}],"bar":1,"boo":{"qux":"hello"}} },
+
+    { "comment": "replacing the root of the document is possible with add",
+      "doc": {"foo": "bar"},
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "", "value": {"baz": "qux"}}],
+      "expected": {"baz":"qux"}},
+
+    { "comment": "Adding to \"/-\" adds to the end of the array",
+      "doc": [ 1, 2 ],
+      "patch": [ { "op": "add", "path": "/-", "value": { "foo": [ "bar", "baz" ] } } ],
+      "expected": [ 1, 2, { "foo": [ "bar", "baz" ] } ]},
+
+    { "comment": "Adding to \"/-\" adds to the end of the array, even n levels down",
+      "doc": [ 1, 2, [ 3, [ 4, 5 ] ] ],
+      "patch": [ { "op": "add", "path": "/2/1/-", "value": { "foo": [ "bar", "baz" ] } } ],
+      "expected": [ 1, 2, [ 3, [ 4, 5, { "foo": [ "bar", "baz" ] } ] ] ]},
+
+    { "comment": "test remove with bad number should fail",
+      "doc": {"foo": 1, "baz": [{"qux": "hello"}]},
+      "patch": [{"op": "remove", "path": "/baz/1e0/qux"}],
+      "error": "remove op shouldn't remove from array with bad number" },
+
+    { "comment": "test remove on array",
+      "doc": [1, 2, 3, 4],
+      "patch": [{"op": "remove", "path": "/0"}],
+      "expected": [2, 3, 4] },
+
+    { "comment": "test repeated removes",
+      "doc": [1, 2, 3, 4],
+      "patch": [{ "op": "remove", "path": "/1" },
+                { "op": "remove", "path": "/2" }],
+      "expected": [1, 3] },
+
+    { "comment": "test remove with bad index should fail",
+      "doc": [1, 2, 3, 4],
+      "patch": [{"op": "remove", "path": "/1e0"}],
+      "error": "remove op shouldn't remove from array with bad number" },
+
+    { "comment": "test replace with bad number should fail",
+      "doc": [""],
+      "patch": [{"op": "replace", "path": "/1e0", "value": false}],
+      "error": "replace op shouldn't replace in array with bad number" },
+
+    { "comment": "test copy with bad number should fail",
+      "doc": {"baz": [1,2,3], "bar": 1},
+      "patch": [{"op": "copy", "from": "/baz/1e0", "path": "/boo"}],
+      "error": "copy op shouldn't work with bad number" },
+
+    { "comment": "test move with bad number should fail",
+      "doc": {"foo": 1, "baz": [1,2,3,4]},
+      "patch": [{"op": "move", "from": "/baz/1e0", "path": "/foo"}],
+      "error": "move op shouldn't work with bad number" },
+
+    { "comment": "test add with bad number should fail",
+      "doc": ["foo", "sil"],
+      "patch": [{"op": "add", "path": "/1e0", "value": "bar"}],
+      "error": "add op shouldn't add to array with bad number" },
+
+    { "comment": "missing 'value' parameter to add",
+      "doc": [ 1 ],
+      "patch": [ { "op": "add", "path": "/-" } ],
+      "error": "missing 'value' parameter" },
+
+    { "comment": "missing 'value' parameter to replace",
+      "doc": [ 1 ],
+      "patch": [ { "op": "replace", "path": "/0" } ],
+      "error": "missing 'value' parameter" },
+
+    { "comment": "missing 'value' parameter to test",
+      "doc": [ null ],
+      "patch": [ { "op": "test", "path": "/0" } ],
+      "error": "missing 'value' parameter" },
+
+    { "comment": "missing value parameter to test - where undef is falsy",
+      "doc": [ false ],
+      "patch": [ { "op": "test", "path": "/0" } ],
+      "error": "missing 'value' parameter" },
+
+    { "comment": "missing from parameter to copy",
+      "doc": [ 1 ],
+      "patch": [ { "op": "copy", "path": "/-" } ],
+      "error": "missing 'from' parameter" },
+
+    { "comment": "missing from parameter to move",
+      "doc": { "foo": 1 },
+      "patch": [ { "op": "move", "path": "" } ],
+      "error": "missing 'from' parameter" },
+
+    { "comment": "duplicate ops",
+      "doc": { "foo": "bar" },
+      "patch": [ { "op": "add", "path": "/baz", "value": "qux",
+                   "op": "move", "from":"/foo" } ],
+      "error": "patch has two 'op' members",
+      "disabled": true },
+
+    { "comment": "unrecognized op should fail",
+      "doc": {"foo": 1},
+      "patch": [{"op": "spam", "path": "/foo", "value": 1}],
+      "error": "Unrecognized op 'spam'" },
+
+    { "comment": "test with bad array number that has leading zeros",
+      "doc": ["foo", "bar"],
+      "patch": [{"op": "test", "path": "/00", "value": "foo"}],
+      "error": "test op should reject the array value, it has leading zeros" },
+
+    { "comment": "test with bad array number that has leading zeros",
+      "doc": ["foo", "bar"],
+      "patch": [{"op": "test", "path": "/01", "value": "bar"}],
+      "error": "test op should reject the array value, it has leading zeros" },
+    
+    { "comment": "Removing nonexistent field",
+      "doc": {"foo" : "bar"},
+      "patch": [{"op": "remove", "path": "/baz"}],
+      "error": "removing a nonexistent field should fail" },
+
+    { "comment": "Removing nonexistent index",
+      "doc": ["foo", "bar"],
+      "patch": [{"op": "remove", "path": "/2"}],
+      "error": "removing a nonexistent index should fail" }
+
+]
diff --git a/tests/json_patch_tests.c b/tests/json_patch_tests.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a1c03ebbf4ecda514e6b80365c79e47c4804d3f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/json_patch_tests.c
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+/*
+  Copyright (c) 2009-2017 Dave Gamble and cJSON contributors
+
+  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+  THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "unity/examples/unity_config.h"
+#include "unity/src/unity.h"
+#include "common.h"
+#include "../cJSON_Utils.h"
+
+static cJSON *parse_test_file(const char * const filename)
+{
+    char *file = NULL;
+    cJSON *json = NULL;
+
+    file = read_file(filename);
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(file, "Failed to read file.");
+
+    json = cJSON_Parse(file);
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(json, "Failed to parse test json.");
+    TEST_ASSERT_TRUE_MESSAGE(cJSON_IsArray(json), "Json is not an array.");
+
+    free(file);
+
+    return json;
+}
+
+static cJSON_bool test_apply_patch(const cJSON * const test)
+{
+    cJSON *doc = NULL;
+    cJSON *patch = NULL;
+    cJSON *expected = NULL;
+    cJSON *error_element = NULL;
+    cJSON *comment = NULL;
+    cJSON *disabled = NULL;
+
+    cJSON *object = NULL;
+    cJSON_bool successful = false;
+
+    /* extract all the data out of the test */
+    comment = cJSON_GetObjectItem(test, "comment");
+    if (cJSON_IsString(comment))
+    {
+        printf("Testing \"%s\"\n", comment->valuestring);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        printf("Testing unkown\n");
+    }
+
+    disabled = cJSON_GetObjectItem(test, "disabled");
+    if (cJSON_IsTrue(disabled))
+    {
+        printf("SKIPPED\n");
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    doc = cJSON_GetObjectItem(test, "doc");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(doc, "No \"doc\" in the test.");
+    patch = cJSON_GetObjectItem(test, "patch");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(patch, "No \"patch\"in the test.");
+    /* Make a working copy of 'doc' */
+    object = cJSON_Duplicate(doc, true);
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(object);
+
+    expected = cJSON_GetObjectItem(test, "expected");
+    error_element = cJSON_GetObjectItem(test, "error");
+    if (error_element != NULL)
+    {
+        /* excepting an error */
+        TEST_ASSERT_TRUE_MESSAGE(0 != cJSONUtils_ApplyPatches(object, patch), "Test didn't fail as it's supposed to.");
+
+        successful = true;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        /* apply the patch */
+        TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT_MESSAGE(0, cJSONUtils_ApplyPatches(object, patch), "Failed to apply patches.");
+        successful = true;
+
+        if (expected != NULL)
+        {
+            successful = cJSON_Compare(object, expected, true);
+        }
+    }
+
+    cJSON_Delete(object);
+
+    if (successful)
+    {
+        printf("OK\n");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        printf("FAILED\n");
+    }
+
+    return successful;
+}
+
+static void cjson_utils_should_pass_json_patch_test_tests(void)
+{
+    cJSON *tests = parse_test_file("json-patch-tests/tests.json");
+    cJSON *test = NULL;
+
+    cJSON_bool failed = false;
+    cJSON_ArrayForEach(test, tests)
+    {
+        failed |= !test_apply_patch(test);
+    }
+
+    cJSON_Delete(tests);
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_FALSE_MESSAGE(failed, "Some tests failed.");
+}
+
+static void cjson_utils_should_pass_json_patch_test_spec_tests(void)
+{
+    cJSON *tests = parse_test_file("json-patch-tests/spec_tests.json");
+    cJSON *test = NULL;
+
+    cJSON_bool failed = false;
+    cJSON_ArrayForEach(test, tests)
+    {
+        failed |= !test_apply_patch(test);
+    }
+
+    cJSON_Delete(tests);
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_FALSE_MESSAGE(failed, "Some tests failed.");
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    UNITY_BEGIN();
+
+    RUN_TEST(cjson_utils_should_pass_json_patch_test_tests);
+    RUN_TEST(cjson_utils_should_pass_json_patch_test_spec_tests);
+
+    return UNITY_END();
+}