diff --git a/src/util/misc.js b/src/util/misc.js
index 904de507..fc628499 100644
--- a/src/util/misc.js
+++ b/src/util/misc.js
@@ -286,7 +286,9 @@
   function populateWithProperties(source, destination, properties) {
     if (properties && Object.prototype.toString.call(properties) === '[object Array]') {
       for (var i = 0, len = properties.length; i < len; i++) {
-        destination[properties[i]] = source[properties[i]];
+        if (properties[i] in source) {
+          destination[properties[i]] = source[properties[i]];
+        }
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/unit/canvas_static.js b/test/unit/canvas_static.js
index 391f1b4e..ad4e50e1 100644
--- a/test/unit/canvas_static.js
+++ b/test/unit/canvas_static.js
@@ -352,6 +352,24 @@
     });
   });
 
+  test('toJSON custom properties non-existence check', function() {
+    var rect = new fabric.Rect({ width: 10, height: 20 });
+    rect.padding = 123;
+    canvas.add(rect);
+    rect.foo = 'bar';
+
+    canvas.bar = 456;
+
+    var data = canvas.toJSON(['padding', 'foo', 'bar', 'baz']);
+    ok('padding' in data.objects[0]);
+    ok('foo' in data.objects[0], 'foo shouldn\'t be included if it\'s not in an object');
+    ok(!('bar' in data.objects[0]), 'bar shouldn\'t be included if it\'s not in an object');
+    ok(!('baz' in data.objects[0]), 'bar shouldn\'t be included if it\'s not in an object');
+    ok(!('foo' in data));
+    ok(!('baz' in data));
+    ok('bar' in data);
+  });
+
   test('remove', function() {
     ok(typeof canvas.remove == 'function');
     var rect1 = makeRect(),