diff --git a/lib/jsduck/doc_parser.rb b/lib/jsduck/doc_parser.rb
index 3100144678b7f6902d6faa883a9b2176906dacdf..9dab1605c181aabf52e2a6e0cd8cce8de9090b1c 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/doc_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/doc_parser.rb
@@ -439,14 +439,24 @@ module JsDuck
     # matches {...=} and returns text inside brackets
     def typedef
       match(/\{/)
-      name = @input.scan(/[^}]+/)
+      name = @input.scan(/[^{}]*/)
+
+      # Type definition can contain nested braces: {{foo:Number}}
+      # In such case we parse the definition so that the braces are balanced.
+      while @input.check(/[{]/)
+        name += "{" + typedef[:type] +"}"
+        name += @input.scan(/[^{}]*/)
+      end
+
       if name =~ /=$/
         name = name.chop
         optional = true
       else
         optional = false
       end
+
       match(/\}/)
+
       return {:type => name, :optional => optional}
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/jsduck/type_parser.rb b/lib/jsduck/type_parser.rb
index 873482279cc40752ce296882df45b5a66b38ee82..7e00185f51b068e95056d9982a4678fb08bbd0fe 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/type_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/type_parser.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ module JsDuck
   #     Array.<string>
   #     Object.<string, number>
   #
+  #     {myNum: number, myObject}
+  #
   #     (number|boolean)
   #     ?number
   #     !Object
@@ -35,10 +37,6 @@ module JsDuck
   #     function(?string=, number=)
   #     function(string, ...[number])
   #
-  # Currently not supported:
-  #
-  #     {myNum: number, myObject}
-  #
   class TypeParser
     # Allows to check the type of error that was encountered.
     # It will be either of the two:
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@ module JsDuck
     #
     #     <array-type> ::= <atomic-type> [ "[]" ]*
     #
-    #     <atomic-type> ::= <type-name> | <union-type> | <function-type>
+    #     <atomic-type> ::= <union-type> | <record-type> | <function-type> | <type-name>
     #
     def null_type
       if nullability = @input.scan(/[?!]/)
@@ -152,6 +150,8 @@ module JsDuck
 
       if @input.check(/\(/)
         return false unless union_type
+      elsif @input.check(/\{/)
+        return false unless record_type
       elsif @input.check(/function\(/)
         return false unless function_type
       else
@@ -179,6 +179,46 @@ module JsDuck
       true
     end
 
+    #
+    #     <record-type> ::= "{" <rtype-item> [ "," <rtype-item> ]* "}"
+    #
+    def record_type
+      @out << @input.scan(/\{/)
+
+      return false unless rtype_item
+
+      while @input.scan(/,/)
+        @out << ","
+        return false unless rtype_item
+      end
+
+      return false unless @input.scan(/\}/)
+      @out << "}"
+
+      true
+    end
+
+    #
+    #     <rtype-item> ::= <ident> ":" <null-type>
+    #                    | <ident>
+    #
+    def rtype_item
+      skip_whitespace
+
+      key = @input.scan(/[a-zA-Z0-9_]+/)
+      return false unless key
+
+      skip_whitespace
+      if @input.scan(/:/)
+        @out << ":"
+        skip_whitespace
+        return false unless null_type
+        skip_whitespace
+      end
+
+      true
+    end
+
     #
     #     <function-type> ::= "function(" <function-type-arguments> ")" [ ":" <null-type> ]
     #
diff --git a/spec/doc_parser_spec.rb b/spec/doc_parser_spec.rb
index 12af220a04820068365337ce4f32e5787734180a..9cb76b045bd0b1204cf6ee268519d806ce176eb3 100644
--- a/spec/doc_parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/doc_parser_spec.rb
@@ -117,5 +117,18 @@ describe JsDuck::DocParser do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "type definition with nested {braces}" do
+    before do
+      @tag = parse_single(<<-EOS.strip)[0]
+        /**
+         * @param {{foo:{bar:Number}}} x
+         */
+      EOS
+    end
+    it "is parsed ensuring balanced braces" do
+      @tag[:type].should == "{foo:{bar:Number}}"
+    end
+  end
+
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/type_parser_spec.rb b/spec/type_parser_spec.rb
index 0aa6e9e0d7b7f87fba80efd663251314c3f31fc2..c0503960107211d5d1f90c9c9888713fec5a4984 100644
--- a/spec/type_parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/type_parser_spec.rb
@@ -268,6 +268,24 @@ describe JsDuck::TypeParser do
       end
     end
 
+    describe "record type" do
+      it "matches list of properties" do
+        parse("{foo, bar, baz}").should == true
+      end
+
+      it "matches properties with types" do
+        parse("{foo: String, bar: Number}").should == true
+      end
+
+      it "matches property with complex type" do
+        parse("{foo: (String|Array.<String>)}").should == true
+      end
+
+      it "matches nested record type" do
+        parse("{foo: {bar}}").should == true
+      end
+    end
+
     it "always matches primitive types" do
       parse("boolean").should == true
       parse("number").should == true