diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/json/JsonXContentGenerator.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/json/JsonXContentGenerator.java
index cd56f8da093..05d0d95868f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/json/JsonXContentGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/json/JsonXContentGenerator.java
@@ -300,9 +300,8 @@ public class JsonXContentGenerator implements XContentGenerator {
     }
 
     protected void writeObjectRaw(String fieldName, BytesReference content, OutputStream bos) throws IOException {
-        generator.writeRaw(", \"");
-        generator.writeRaw(fieldName);
-        generator.writeRaw("\" : ");
+        generator.writeFieldName(fieldName);
+        generator.writeRaw(':');
         flush();
         content.writeTo(bos);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/builder/XContentBuilderTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/builder/XContentBuilderTests.java
index 67bb99f4e35..ec074ccd4dd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/builder/XContentBuilderTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/xcontent/builder/XContentBuilderTests.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.builder;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesArray;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.FastCharArrayWriter;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.BytesStreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentType;
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ElasticsearchTestCase;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.*;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder.FieldCaseConversion.CAMELCASE;
@@ -80,6 +82,34 @@ public class XContentBuilderTests extends ElasticsearchTestCase {
         assertThat(writer.toStringTrim(), equalTo("{\"test\":\"value\"}"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testRaw() throws IOException {
+        {
+            XContentBuilder xContentBuilder = XContentFactory.contentBuilder(XContentType.JSON);
+            xContentBuilder.startObject();
+            xContentBuilder.rawField("foo", new BytesArray("{\"test\":\"value\"}"));
+            xContentBuilder.endObject();
+            assertThat(xContentBuilder.bytes().toUtf8(), equalTo("{\"foo\":{\"test\":\"value\"}}"));
+        }
+        {
+            XContentBuilder xContentBuilder = XContentFactory.contentBuilder(XContentType.JSON);
+            xContentBuilder.startObject();
+            xContentBuilder.field("test", "value");
+            xContentBuilder.rawField("foo", new BytesArray("{\"test\":\"value\"}"));
+            xContentBuilder.endObject();
+            assertThat(xContentBuilder.bytes().toUtf8(), equalTo("{\"test\":\"value\",\"foo\":{\"test\":\"value\"}}"));
+        }
+        {
+            XContentBuilder xContentBuilder = XContentFactory.contentBuilder(XContentType.JSON);
+            xContentBuilder.startObject();
+            xContentBuilder.field("test", "value");
+            xContentBuilder.rawField("foo", new BytesArray("{\"test\":\"value\"}"));
+            xContentBuilder.field("test1", "value1");
+            xContentBuilder.endObject();
+            assertThat(xContentBuilder.bytes().toUtf8(), equalTo("{\"test\":\"value\",\"foo\":{\"test\":\"value\"},\"test1\":\"value1\"}"));
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testSimpleGenerator() throws Exception {
         XContentBuilder builder = XContentFactory.contentBuilder(XContentType.JSON);