diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1435ddb..7907c0b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,63 @@ A [go](http://www.golang.org) (or 'golang' for search engine friendliness) imple
 
 **NOTICE:** A vulnerability in JWT was [recently published](https://auth0.com/blog/2015/03/31/critical-vulnerabilities-in-json-web-token-libraries/).  As this library doesn't force users to validate the `alg` is what they expected, it's possible your usage is effected.  There will be an update soon to remedy this, and it will likey require backwards-incompatible changes to the API.  In the short term, please make sure your implementation verifies the `alg` is what you expect.
 
+## Migration Guide from v2 -> v3
+
+Added the ability to supply a typed object for the claims section of the token.
+
+Unfortunately this requires a breaking change. A few new methods were added to support this,
+and the old default of `map[string]interface{}` was changed to `jwt.MapClaim`.
+
+The old example for creating a token looked like this..
+
+```go
+	token := jwt.New(jwt.SigningMethodHS256)
+	token.Claims["foo"] = "bar"
+	token.Claims["exp"] = time.Now().Add(time.Hour * 72).Unix()
+```
+
+is now directly mapped to...
+
+```go
+	token := jwt.New(jwt.SigningMethodHS256)
+	claims := token.Claims.(jwt.MapClaim)
+	claims["foo"] = "bar"
+	claims["exp"] = time.Now().Add(time.Hour * 72).Unix()
+```
+
+However, we added a helper `jwt.NewWithClaims` which accepts a claims object.
+
+Any type can now be used as the claim object for inside a token so long as it implements the interface `jwt.Claims`.
+
+So, we added an additional claim type `jwt.StandardClaims` was added.
+This is intended to be used as a base for creating your own types from,
+and includes a few helper functions for verifying the claims defined [here](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4.1).
+
+```go
+	claims := jwt.StandardClaims{
+		Audience: "myapi"
+		ExpiresAt: time.Now().Add(time.Hour * 72).Unix(),
+	}
+	token := jwt.NewWithClaims(jwt.SigningMethodHS256, claims)
+```
+
+On the other end of usage all of the `jwt.Parse` and friends got a `WithClaims` suffix added to them.
+
+```go
+	token, err := jwt.Parse(token, keyFunc)
+	claims := token.Claims.(jwt.MapClaim)
+	//like you used to..
+	claims["foo"]
+	claims["bar"]
+```
+
+New method usage:
+```go
+	token, err := jwt.ParseWithClaims(token, keyFunc, &jwt.StandardClaims{})
+	claims := token.Claims.(jwt.StandardClaims)
+	fmt.Println(claims.IssuedAt)
+```
+
 ## What the heck is a JWT?
 
 In short, it's a signed JSON object that does something useful (for example, authentication).  It's commonly used for `Bearer` tokens in Oauth 2.  A token is made of three parts, separated by `.`'s.  The first two parts are JSON objects, that have been [base64url](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648) encoded.  The last part is the signature, encoded the same way.
@@ -35,18 +92,18 @@ Parsing and verifying tokens is pretty straight forward.  You pass in the token
 		deliverUtterRejection(":(")
 	}
 ```
-	
+
 ## Create a token
 
 ```go
 	// Create the token
-	token := jwt.New(jwt.SigningMethodHS256)
-	// Set some claims
-	token.Claims["foo"] = "bar"
-	token.Claims["exp"] = time.Now().Add(time.Hour * 72).Unix()
+	token := jwt.NewWithClaims(jwt.SigningMethodHS256, jwt.MapClaim{
+		"foo": "bar",
+		"exp": time.Now().Add(time.Hour * 72).Unix(),
+	})
 	// Sign and get the complete encoded token as a string
 	tokenString, err := token.SignedString(mySigningKey)
-```	
+```
 
 ## Project Status & Versioning
 
diff --git a/claims.go b/claims.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9bc533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/claims.go
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+package jwt
+
+import "crypto/subtle"
+
+// For a type to be a Claims object, it must just have a Valid method that determines
+// if the token is invalid for any supported reason
+type Claims interface {
+	Valid() error
+}
+
+// Structured version of Claims Section, as referenced at
+// https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519#section-4.1
+type StandardClaims struct {
+	Audience  string `json:"aud,omitempty"`
+	ExpiresAt int64  `json:"exp,omitempty"`
+	Id        string `json:"jti,omitempty"`
+	IssuedAt  int64  `json:"iat,omitempty"`
+	Issuer    string `json:"iss,omitempty"`
+	NotBefore int64  `json:"nbf,omitempty"`
+	Subject   string `json:"sub,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// Validates time based claims "exp, iat, nbf".
+// There is no accounting for clock skew.
+// As well, if any of the above claims are not in the token, it will still
+// be considered a valid claim.
+func (c StandardClaims) Valid() error {
+	vErr := new(ValidationError)
+	now := TimeFunc().Unix()
+
+	// The claims below are optional, by default, so if they are set to the
+	// default value in Go, let's not fail the verification for them.
+	if c.VerifyExpiresAt(now, false) == false {
+		vErr.err = "Token is expired"
+		vErr.Errors |= ValidationErrorExpired
+	}
+
+	if c.VerifyIssuedAt(now, false) == false {
+		vErr.err = "Token used before issued, clock skew issue?"
+		vErr.Errors |= ValidationErrorIssuedAt
+	}
+
+	if c.VerifyNotBefore(now, false) == false {
+		vErr.err = "Token is not valid yet"
+		vErr.Errors |= ValidationErrorNotValidYet
+	}
+
+	if vErr.valid() {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return vErr
+}
+
+// Compares the aud claim against cmp.
+// If required is false, this method will return true if the value matches or is unset
+func (c *StandardClaims) VerifyAudience(cmp string, req bool) bool {
+	return verifyAud(c.Audience, cmp, req)
+}
+
+// Compares the exp claim against cmp.
+// If required is false, this method will return true if the value matches or is unset
+func (c *StandardClaims) VerifyExpiresAt(cmp int64, req bool) bool {
+	return verifyExp(c.ExpiresAt, cmp, req)
+}
+
+// Compares the iat claim against cmp.
+// If required is false, this method will return true if the value matches or is unset
+func (c *StandardClaims) VerifyIssuedAt(cmp int64, req bool) bool {
+	return verifyIat(c.IssuedAt, cmp, req)
+}
+
+// Compares the iss claim against cmp.
+// If required is false, this method will return true if the value matches or is unset
+func (c *StandardClaims) VerifyIssuer(cmp string, req bool) bool {
+	return verifyIss(c.Issuer, cmp, req)
+}
+
+// Compares the nbf claim against cmp.
+// If required is false, this method will return true if the value matches or is unset
+func (c *StandardClaims) VerifyNotBefore(cmp int64, req bool) bool {
+	return verifyNbf(c.NotBefore, cmp, req)
+}
+
+type MapClaim map[string]interface{}
+
+// Compares the aud claim against cmp.
+// If required is false, this method will return true if the value matches or is unset
+func (m MapClaim) VerifyAudience(cmp string, req bool) bool {
+	aud, _ := m["aud"].(string)
+	return verifyAud(aud, cmp, req)
+}
+
+// Compares the exp claim against cmp.
+// If required is false, this method will return true if the value matches or is unset
+func (m MapClaim) VerifyExpiresAt(cmp int64, req bool) bool {
+	exp, _ := m["exp"].(float64)
+	return verifyExp(int64(exp), cmp, req)
+}
+
+// Compares the iat claim against cmp.
+// If required is false, this method will return true if the value matches or is unset
+func (m MapClaim) VerifyIssuedAt(cmp int64, req bool) bool {
+	iat, _ := m["iat"].(float64)
+	return verifyIat(int64(iat), cmp, req)
+}
+
+// Compares the iss claim against cmp.
+// If required is false, this method will return true if the value matches or is unset
+func (m MapClaim) VerifyIssuer(cmp string, req bool) bool {
+	iss, _ := m["iss"].(string)
+	return verifyIss(iss, cmp, req)
+}
+
+// Compares the nbf claim against cmp.
+// If required is false, this method will return true if the value matches or is unset
+func (m MapClaim) VerifyNotBefore(cmp int64, req bool) bool {
+	nbf, _ := m["nbf"].(float64)
+	return verifyNbf(int64(nbf), cmp, req)
+}
+
+// Validates time based claims "exp, iat, nbf".
+// There is no accounting for clock skew.
+// As well, if any of the above claims are not in the token, it will still
+// be considered a valid claim.
+func (m MapClaim) Valid() error {
+	vErr := new(ValidationError)
+	now := TimeFunc().Unix()
+
+	if m.VerifyExpiresAt(now, false) == false {
+		vErr.err = "Token is expired"
+		vErr.Errors |= ValidationErrorExpired
+	}
+
+	if m.VerifyIssuedAt(now, false) == false {
+		vErr.err = "Token used before issued, clock skew issue?"
+		vErr.Errors |= ValidationErrorIssuedAt
+	}
+
+	if m.VerifyNotBefore(now, false) == false {
+		vErr.err = "Token is not valid yet"
+		vErr.Errors |= ValidationErrorNotValidYet
+	}
+
+	if vErr.valid() {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return vErr
+}
+
+func verifyAud(aud string, cmp string, required bool) bool {
+	if aud == "" {
+		return !required
+	}
+	if subtle.ConstantTimeCompare([]byte(aud), []byte(cmp)) != 0 {
+		return true
+	} else {
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+func verifyExp(exp int64, now int64, required bool) bool {
+	if exp == 0 {
+		return !required
+	}
+	return now <= exp
+}
+
+func verifyIat(iat int64, now int64, required bool) bool {
+	if iat == 0 {
+		return !required
+	}
+	return now >= iat
+}
+
+func verifyIss(iss string, cmp string, required bool) bool {
+	if iss == "" {
+		return !required
+	}
+	if subtle.ConstantTimeCompare([]byte(iss), []byte(cmp)) != 0 {
+		return true
+	} else {
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+func verifyNbf(nbf int64, now int64, required bool) bool {
+	if nbf == 0 {
+		return !required
+	}
+	return now >= nbf
+}
diff --git a/cmd/jwt/app.go b/cmd/jwt/app.go
index 62cb9a4..f4d51e8 100644
--- a/cmd/jwt/app.go
+++ b/cmd/jwt/app.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func signToken() error {
 	}
 
 	// parse the JSON of the claims
-	var claims map[string]interface{}
+	var claims jwt.MapClaim
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(tokData, &claims); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Couldn't parse claims JSON: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -173,8 +173,7 @@ func signToken() error {
 	}
 
 	// create a new token
-	token := jwt.New(alg)
-	token.Claims = claims
+	token := jwt.NewWithClaims(alg, claims)
 
 	if out, err := token.SignedString(keyData); err == nil {
 		fmt.Println(out)
diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index e9e788f..b055f3b 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -16,8 +16,15 @@ const (
 	ValidationErrorMalformed        uint32 = 1 << iota // Token is malformed
 	ValidationErrorUnverifiable                        // Token could not be verified because of signing problems
 	ValidationErrorSignatureInvalid                    // Signature validation failed
-	ValidationErrorExpired                             // Exp validation failed
-	ValidationErrorNotValidYet                         // NBF validation failed
+
+	// Standard Claim validation errors
+	ValidationErrorAudience      // AUD validation failed
+	ValidationErrorExpired       // EXP validation failed
+	ValidationErrorIssuedAt      // IAT validation failed
+	ValidationErrorIssuer        // ISS validation failed
+	ValidationErrorNotValidYet   // NBF validation failed
+	ValidationErrorId            // JTI validation failed
+	ValidationErrorClaimsInvalid // Generic claims validation error
 )
 
 // The error from Parse if token is not valid
diff --git a/example_test.go b/example_test.go
index edb48e4..224cd91 100644
--- a/example_test.go
+++ b/example_test.go
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ package jwt_test
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
 )
 
 func ExampleParse(myToken string, myLookupKey func(interface{}) (interface{}, error)) {
@@ -18,15 +19,28 @@ func ExampleParse(myToken string, myLookupKey func(interface{}) (interface{}, er
 	}
 }
 
-func ExampleNew(mySigningKey []byte) (string, error) {
+func ExampleNew() {
 	// Create the token
-	token := jwt.New(jwt.SigningMethodHS256)
+	token := jwt.New(jwt.SigningMethodRS256)
+
 	// Set some claims
-	token.Claims["foo"] = "bar"
-	token.Claims["exp"] = time.Now().Add(time.Hour * 72).Unix()
-	// Sign and get the complete encoded token as a string
-	tokenString, err := token.SignedString(mySigningKey)
-	return tokenString, err
+	claims := token.Claims.(jwt.MapClaim)
+	claims["foo"] = "bar"
+	claims["exp"] = time.Unix(0, 0).Add(time.Hour * 1).Unix()
+
+	fmt.Printf("%v\n", token.Claims)
+	//Output: map[foo:bar exp:3600]
+}
+
+func ExampleNewWithClaims(mySigningKey []byte) (string, error) {
+	// Create the Claims
+	claims := jwt.StandardClaims{
+		ExpiresAt: 15000,
+		Issuer:    "test",
+	}
+
+	token := jwt.NewWithClaims(jwt.SigningMethodRS256, claims)
+	return token.SignedString(mySigningKey)
 }
 
 func ExampleParse_errorChecking(myToken string, myLookupKey func(interface{}) (interface{}, error)) {
diff --git a/jwt.go b/jwt.go
index 06995aa..b76c873 100644
--- a/jwt.go
+++ b/jwt.go
@@ -25,19 +25,23 @@ type Token struct {
 	Raw       string                 // The raw token.  Populated when you Parse a token
 	Method    SigningMethod          // The signing method used or to be used
 	Header    map[string]interface{} // The first segment of the token
-	Claims    map[string]interface{} // The second segment of the token
+	Claims    Claims                 // The second segment of the token
 	Signature string                 // The third segment of the token.  Populated when you Parse a token
 	Valid     bool                   // Is the token valid?  Populated when you Parse/Verify a token
 }
 
 // Create a new Token.  Takes a signing method
 func New(method SigningMethod) *Token {
+	return NewWithClaims(method, MapClaim{})
+}
+
+func NewWithClaims(method SigningMethod, claims Claims) *Token {
 	return &Token{
 		Header: map[string]interface{}{
 			"typ": "JWT",
 			"alg": method.Alg(),
 		},
-		Claims: make(map[string]interface{}),
+		Claims: claims,
 		Method: method,
 	}
 }
@@ -63,16 +67,15 @@ func (t *Token) SigningString() (string, error) {
 	var err error
 	parts := make([]string, 2)
 	for i, _ := range parts {
-		var source map[string]interface{}
-		if i == 0 {
-			source = t.Header
-		} else {
-			source = t.Claims
-		}
-
 		var jsonValue []byte
-		if jsonValue, err = json.Marshal(source); err != nil {
-			return "", err
+		if i == 0 {
+			if jsonValue, err = json.Marshal(t.Header); err != nil {
+				return "", err
+			}
+		} else {
+			if jsonValue, err = json.Marshal(t.Claims); err != nil {
+				return "", err
+			}
 		}
 
 		parts[i] = EncodeSegment(jsonValue)
@@ -84,13 +87,20 @@ func (t *Token) SigningString() (string, error) {
 // keyFunc will receive the parsed token and should return the key for validating.
 // If everything is kosher, err will be nil
 func Parse(tokenString string, keyFunc Keyfunc) (*Token, error) {
+	return ParseWithClaims(tokenString, keyFunc, &MapClaim{})
+}
+
+func ParseWithClaims(tokenString string, keyFunc Keyfunc, claims Claims) (*Token, error) {
 	parts := strings.Split(tokenString, ".")
 	if len(parts) != 3 {
 		return nil, &ValidationError{err: "token contains an invalid number of segments", Errors: ValidationErrorMalformed}
 	}
 
 	var err error
-	token := &Token{Raw: tokenString}
+	token := &Token{
+		Raw: tokenString,
+	}
+
 	// parse Header
 	var headerBytes []byte
 	if headerBytes, err = DecodeSegment(parts[0]); err != nil {
@@ -102,13 +112,17 @@ func Parse(tokenString string, keyFunc Keyfunc) (*Token, error) {
 
 	// parse Claims
 	var claimBytes []byte
+
 	if claimBytes, err = DecodeSegment(parts[1]); err != nil {
 		return token, &ValidationError{err: err.Error(), Errors: ValidationErrorMalformed}
 	}
-	if err = json.Unmarshal(claimBytes, &token.Claims); err != nil {
+
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(claimBytes, &claims); err != nil {
 		return token, &ValidationError{err: err.Error(), Errors: ValidationErrorMalformed}
 	}
 
+	token.Claims = claims
+
 	// Lookup signature method
 	if method, ok := token.Header["alg"].(string); ok {
 		if token.Method = GetSigningMethod(method); token.Method == nil {
@@ -129,19 +143,17 @@ func Parse(tokenString string, keyFunc Keyfunc) (*Token, error) {
 		return token, &ValidationError{err: err.Error(), Errors: ValidationErrorUnverifiable}
 	}
 
-	// Check expiration times
 	vErr := &ValidationError{}
-	now := TimeFunc().Unix()
-	if exp, ok := token.Claims["exp"].(float64); ok {
-		if now > int64(exp) {
-			vErr.err = "token is expired"
-			vErr.Errors |= ValidationErrorExpired
-		}
-	}
-	if nbf, ok := token.Claims["nbf"].(float64); ok {
-		if now < int64(nbf) {
-			vErr.err = "token is not valid yet"
-			vErr.Errors |= ValidationErrorNotValidYet
+
+	// Validate Claims
+	if err := token.Claims.Valid(); err != nil {
+
+		// If the Claims Valid returned an error, check if it is a validation error,
+		// If it was another error type, create a ValidationError with a generic ClaimsInvalid flag set
+		if e, ok := err.(*ValidationError); !ok {
+			vErr = &ValidationError{err: err.Error(), Errors: ValidationErrorClaimsInvalid}
+		} else {
+			vErr = e
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -164,23 +176,25 @@ func Parse(tokenString string, keyFunc Keyfunc) (*Token, error) {
 // Currently, it looks in the Authorization header as well as
 // looking for an 'access_token' request parameter in req.Form.
 func ParseFromRequest(req *http.Request, keyFunc Keyfunc) (token *Token, err error) {
+	return ParseFromRequestWithClaims(req, keyFunc, &MapClaim{})
+}
 
+func ParseFromRequestWithClaims(req *http.Request, keyFunc Keyfunc, claims Claims) (token *Token, err error) {
 	// Look for an Authorization header
 	if ah := req.Header.Get("Authorization"); ah != "" {
 		// Should be a bearer token
 		if len(ah) > 6 && strings.ToUpper(ah[0:6]) == "BEARER" {
-			return Parse(ah[7:], keyFunc)
+			return ParseWithClaims(ah[7:], keyFunc, claims)
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Look for "access_token" parameter
 	req.ParseMultipartForm(10e6)
 	if tokStr := req.Form.Get("access_token"); tokStr != "" {
-		return Parse(tokStr, keyFunc)
+		return ParseWithClaims(tokStr, keyFunc, claims)
 	}
 
 	return nil, ErrNoTokenInRequest
-
 }
 
 // Encode JWT specific base64url encoding with padding stripped
diff --git a/jwt_test.go b/jwt_test.go
index 15aeb30..43d0d25 100644
--- a/jwt_test.go
+++ b/jwt_test.go
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ package jwt_test
 import (
 	"crypto/rsa"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ var jwtTestData = []struct {
 	name        string
 	tokenString string
 	keyfunc     jwt.Keyfunc
-	claims      map[string]interface{}
+	claims      jwt.MapClaim
 	valid       bool
 	errors      uint32
 }{
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ var jwtTestData = []struct {
 		"basic",
 		"eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJmb28iOiJiYXIifQ.FhkiHkoESI_cG3NPigFrxEk9Z60_oXrOT2vGm9Pn6RDgYNovYORQmmA0zs1AoAOf09ly2Nx2YAg6ABqAYga1AcMFkJljwxTT5fYphTuqpWdy4BELeSYJx5Ty2gmr8e7RonuUztrdD5WfPqLKMm1Ozp_T6zALpRmwTIW0QPnaBXaQD90FplAg46Iy1UlDKr-Eupy0i5SLch5Q-p2ZpaL_5fnTIUDlxC3pWhJTyx_71qDI-mAA_5lE_VdroOeflG56sSmDxopPEG3bFlSu1eowyBfxtu0_CuVd-M42RU75Zc4Gsj6uV77MBtbMrf4_7M_NUTSgoIF3fRqxrj0NzihIBg",
 		defaultKeyFunc,
-		map[string]interface{}{"foo": "bar"},
+		jwt.MapClaim{"foo": "bar"},
 		true,
 		0,
 	},
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ var jwtTestData = []struct {
 		"basic expired",
 		"", // autogen
 		defaultKeyFunc,
-		map[string]interface{}{"foo": "bar", "exp": float64(time.Now().Unix() - 100)},
+		jwt.MapClaim{"foo": "bar", "exp": float64(time.Now().Unix() - 100)},
 		false,
 		jwt.ValidationErrorExpired,
 	},
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ var jwtTestData = []struct {
 		"basic nbf",
 		"", // autogen
 		defaultKeyFunc,
-		map[string]interface{}{"foo": "bar", "nbf": float64(time.Now().Unix() + 100)},
+		jwt.MapClaim{"foo": "bar", "nbf": float64(time.Now().Unix() + 100)},
 		false,
 		jwt.ValidationErrorNotValidYet,
 	},
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ var jwtTestData = []struct {
 		"expired and nbf",
 		"", // autogen
 		defaultKeyFunc,
-		map[string]interface{}{"foo": "bar", "nbf": float64(time.Now().Unix() + 100), "exp": float64(time.Now().Unix() - 100)},
+		jwt.MapClaim{"foo": "bar", "nbf": float64(time.Now().Unix() + 100), "exp": float64(time.Now().Unix() - 100)},
 		false,
 		jwt.ValidationErrorNotValidYet | jwt.ValidationErrorExpired,
 	},
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ var jwtTestData = []struct {
 		"basic invalid",
 		"eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJmb28iOiJiYXIifQ.EhkiHkoESI_cG3NPigFrxEk9Z60_oXrOT2vGm9Pn6RDgYNovYORQmmA0zs1AoAOf09ly2Nx2YAg6ABqAYga1AcMFkJljwxTT5fYphTuqpWdy4BELeSYJx5Ty2gmr8e7RonuUztrdD5WfPqLKMm1Ozp_T6zALpRmwTIW0QPnaBXaQD90FplAg46Iy1UlDKr-Eupy0i5SLch5Q-p2ZpaL_5fnTIUDlxC3pWhJTyx_71qDI-mAA_5lE_VdroOeflG56sSmDxopPEG3bFlSu1eowyBfxtu0_CuVd-M42RU75Zc4Gsj6uV77MBtbMrf4_7M_NUTSgoIF3fRqxrj0NzihIBg",
 		defaultKeyFunc,
-		map[string]interface{}{"foo": "bar"},
+		jwt.MapClaim{"foo": "bar"},
 		false,
 		jwt.ValidationErrorSignatureInvalid,
 	},
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ var jwtTestData = []struct {
 		"basic nokeyfunc",
 		"eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJmb28iOiJiYXIifQ.FhkiHkoESI_cG3NPigFrxEk9Z60_oXrOT2vGm9Pn6RDgYNovYORQmmA0zs1AoAOf09ly2Nx2YAg6ABqAYga1AcMFkJljwxTT5fYphTuqpWdy4BELeSYJx5Ty2gmr8e7RonuUztrdD5WfPqLKMm1Ozp_T6zALpRmwTIW0QPnaBXaQD90FplAg46Iy1UlDKr-Eupy0i5SLch5Q-p2ZpaL_5fnTIUDlxC3pWhJTyx_71qDI-mAA_5lE_VdroOeflG56sSmDxopPEG3bFlSu1eowyBfxtu0_CuVd-M42RU75Zc4Gsj6uV77MBtbMrf4_7M_NUTSgoIF3fRqxrj0NzihIBg",
 		nilKeyFunc,
-		map[string]interface{}{"foo": "bar"},
+		jwt.MapClaim{"foo": "bar"},
 		false,
 		jwt.ValidationErrorUnverifiable,
 	},
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ var jwtTestData = []struct {
 		"basic nokey",
 		"eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJmb28iOiJiYXIifQ.FhkiHkoESI_cG3NPigFrxEk9Z60_oXrOT2vGm9Pn6RDgYNovYORQmmA0zs1AoAOf09ly2Nx2YAg6ABqAYga1AcMFkJljwxTT5fYphTuqpWdy4BELeSYJx5Ty2gmr8e7RonuUztrdD5WfPqLKMm1Ozp_T6zALpRmwTIW0QPnaBXaQD90FplAg46Iy1UlDKr-Eupy0i5SLch5Q-p2ZpaL_5fnTIUDlxC3pWhJTyx_71qDI-mAA_5lE_VdroOeflG56sSmDxopPEG3bFlSu1eowyBfxtu0_CuVd-M42RU75Zc4Gsj6uV77MBtbMrf4_7M_NUTSgoIF3fRqxrj0NzihIBg",
 		emptyKeyFunc,
-		map[string]interface{}{"foo": "bar"},
+		jwt.MapClaim{"foo": "bar"},
 		false,
 		jwt.ValidationErrorSignatureInvalid,
 	},
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ var jwtTestData = []struct {
 		"basic errorkey",
 		"eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiJ9.eyJmb28iOiJiYXIifQ.FhkiHkoESI_cG3NPigFrxEk9Z60_oXrOT2vGm9Pn6RDgYNovYORQmmA0zs1AoAOf09ly2Nx2YAg6ABqAYga1AcMFkJljwxTT5fYphTuqpWdy4BELeSYJx5Ty2gmr8e7RonuUztrdD5WfPqLKMm1Ozp_T6zALpRmwTIW0QPnaBXaQD90FplAg46Iy1UlDKr-Eupy0i5SLch5Q-p2ZpaL_5fnTIUDlxC3pWhJTyx_71qDI-mAA_5lE_VdroOeflG56sSmDxopPEG3bFlSu1eowyBfxtu0_CuVd-M42RU75Zc4Gsj6uV77MBtbMrf4_7M_NUTSgoIF3fRqxrj0NzihIBg",
 		errorKeyFunc,
-		map[string]interface{}{"foo": "bar"},
+		jwt.MapClaim{"foo": "bar"},
 		false,
 		jwt.ValidationErrorUnverifiable,
 	},
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
-func makeSample(c map[string]interface{}) string {
+func makeSample(c jwt.MapClaim) string {
 	keyData, e := ioutil.ReadFile("test/sample_key")
 	if e != nil {
 		panic(e.Error())
@@ -113,8 +114,7 @@ func makeSample(c map[string]interface{}) string {
 		panic(e.Error())
 	}
 
-	token := jwt.New(jwt.SigningMethodRS256)
-	token.Claims = c
+	token := jwt.NewWithClaims(jwt.SigningMethodRS256, c)
 	s, e := token.SignedString(key)
 
 	if e != nil {
@@ -129,17 +129,21 @@ func TestJWT(t *testing.T) {
 		if data.tokenString == "" {
 			data.tokenString = makeSample(data.claims)
 		}
-		token, err := jwt.Parse(data.tokenString, data.keyfunc)
 
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(data.claims, token.Claims) {
+		token, err := jwt.ParseWithClaims(data.tokenString, data.keyfunc, &jwt.MapClaim{})
+
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(&data.claims, token.Claims) {
 			t.Errorf("[%v] Claims mismatch. Expecting: %v  Got: %v", data.name, data.claims, token.Claims)
 		}
+
 		if data.valid && err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("[%v] Error while verifying token: %T:%v", data.name, err, err)
 		}
+
 		if !data.valid && err == nil {
 			t.Errorf("[%v] Invalid token passed validation", data.name)
 		}
+
 		if data.errors != 0 {
 			if err == nil {
 				t.Errorf("[%v] Expecting error.  Didn't get one.", data.name)
@@ -163,13 +167,13 @@ func TestParseRequest(t *testing.T) {
 
 		r, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
 		r.Header.Set("Authorization", fmt.Sprintf("Bearer %v", data.tokenString))
-		token, err := jwt.ParseFromRequest(r, data.keyfunc)
+		token, err := jwt.ParseFromRequestWithClaims(r, data.keyfunc, &jwt.MapClaim{})
 
 		if token == nil {
 			t.Errorf("[%v] Token was not found: %v", data.name, err)
 			continue
 		}
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(data.claims, token.Claims) {
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(&data.claims, token.Claims) {
 			t.Errorf("[%v] Claims mismatch. Expecting: %v  Got: %v", data.name, data.claims, token.Claims)
 		}
 		if data.valid && err != nil {