diff --git a/release-notes/CREDITS b/release-notes/CREDITS
index f755ec2154..55a7b01f2f 100644
--- a/release-notes/CREDITS
+++ b/release-notes/CREDITS
@@ -266,3 +266,8 @@ Laird Nelson (ljnelson@github)
 Derk Norton (derknorton@github)
   * Suggested #689: Add `ObjectMapper.setDefaultPrettyPrinter(PrettyPrinter)`
    (2.6.0)
+
+Michal Letynski (mletynski@github)
+  * Suggested #296: Serialization of transient fields with public getters (add
+    MapperFeature.PROPAGATE_TRANSIENT_MARKER)
+   (2.6.0)
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 9b9f2bc324..684d4e781b 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Project: jackson-databind
 2.6.0 (not yet released)
 
 #95: Allow read-only properties with `@JsonIgnoreProperties(allowGetters=true)`
+#296: Serialization of transient fields with public getters (add
+    MapperFeature.PROPAGATE_TRANSIENT_MARKER)
+ (suggested by Michal L)
 #312: Support Type Id mappings where two ids map to same Class
 #348: ObjectMapper.valueToTree does not work with @JsonRawValue
  (reported by Chris P, pimlottc@github)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/MapperFeature.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/MapperFeature.java
index 74f3d61465..0a9a0f61d5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/MapperFeature.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/MapperFeature.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public enum MapperFeature implements ConfigFeature
 {
     /*
     /******************************************************
-    /*  Introspection features
+    /* Introspection features
     /******************************************************
      */
     
@@ -198,7 +198,18 @@ public enum MapperFeature implements ConfigFeature
      * @since 2.2
      */
     ALLOW_FINAL_FIELDS_AS_MUTATORS(true),
-    
+
+    /**
+     * Feature that determines for <code>transient</code> modifier for fields
+     * is handled: if disabled, it is only taken to mean exclusion of
+     *<p>
+     * Feature is disabled by default, meaning that existence of `transient`
+     * for a field does not necessarily lead to ignoral of getters or setters.
+     *
+     * @since 2.6
+     */
+    PROPAGATE_TRANSIENT_MARKER(false),
+
     /*
     /******************************************************
     /* Type-handling features
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedClass.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedClass.java
index 019b7be334..d548f7c1fe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedClass.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedClass.java
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ protected Map<String,AnnotatedField> _findFields(Class<?> c, Map<String,Annotate
              */
             fields = _findFields(parent, fields);
             for (Field f : c.getDeclaredFields()) {
-                // static fields not included, nor transient
+                // static fields not included (transients are at this point, filtered out later)
                 if (!_isIncludableField(f)) {
                     continue;
                 }
@@ -869,9 +869,10 @@ private boolean _isIncludableField(Field f)
         if (f.isSynthetic()) {
             return false;
         }
-        // Static fields are never included, nor transient
+        // Static fields are never included. Transient are (since 2.6), for
+        // purpose of propagating removal
         int mods = f.getModifiers();
-        if (Modifier.isStatic(mods) || Modifier.isTransient(mods)) {
+        if (Modifier.isStatic(mods)) {
             return false;
         }
         return true;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedField.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedField.java
index 7d29028edc..0478fff443 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedField.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedField.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Member;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util.ClassUtil;
@@ -133,6 +134,11 @@ public String getFullName() {
 
     public int getAnnotationCount() { return _annotations.size(); }
 
+    /**
+     * @since 2.6
+     */
+    public boolean isTransient() { return Modifier.isTransient(getModifiers()); }
+    
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
         return _field.getName().hashCode();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/POJOPropertiesCollector.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/POJOPropertiesCollector.java
index 4d56a68b91..a7d8d11066 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/POJOPropertiesCollector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/POJOPropertiesCollector.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class POJOPropertiesCollector
 
     /**
      * True if introspection is done for serialization (giving
-     *   precedence for serialization annotations), or not (false, deserialization)
+     * precedence for serialization annotations), or not (false, deserialization)
      */
     protected final boolean _forSerialization;
 
@@ -386,13 +386,14 @@ protected void _addFields()
          *   (although, maybe surprisingly, JVM _can_ force setting of such fields!)
          */
         final boolean pruneFinalFields = !_forSerialization && !_config.isEnabled(MapperFeature.ALLOW_FINAL_FIELDS_AS_MUTATORS);
+        final boolean transientAsIgnoral = _config.isEnabled(MapperFeature.PROPAGATE_TRANSIENT_MARKER);
         
         for (AnnotatedField f : _classDef.fields()) {
             String implName = (ai == null) ? null : ai.findImplicitPropertyName(f);
             if (implName == null) {
                 implName = f.getName();
             }
-            
+
             PropertyName pn;
 
             if (ai == null) {
@@ -420,7 +421,15 @@ protected void _addFields()
             }
             // and finally, may also have explicit ignoral
             boolean ignored = (ai != null) && ai.hasIgnoreMarker(f);
-            /* [Issue#190]: this is the place to prune final fields, if they are not
+
+            // 13-May-2015, tatu: Moved from earlier place (AnnotatedClass) in 2.6
+            if (f.isTransient()) {
+                visible = false;
+                if (transientAsIgnoral) {
+                    ignored = true;
+                }
+            }
+            /* [databind#190]: this is the place to prune final fields, if they are not
              *  to be used as mutators. Must verify they are not explicitly included.
              *  Also: if 'ignored' is set, need to included until a later point, to
              *  avoid losing ignoral information.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/POJOPropertyBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/POJOPropertyBuilder.java
index 5178a86d0e..70cfed2c6d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/POJOPropertyBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/POJOPropertyBuilder.java
@@ -582,71 +582,6 @@ private static <T> Linked<T> merge(Linked<T> chain1, Linked<T> chain2)
         return chain1.append(chain2);
     }
 
-    // // Deprecated variants that do not take 'explName': to be removed in a later version
-    // // (but are used at least by 2.3 and earlier versions of Scala module at least so
-    // // need to be careful with phasing out if before 3.0)
-    
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Since 2.4 call method that takes additional 'explName' argument, to indicate
-     *   whether name of property was provided by annotation (and not derived from accessor name);
-     *   this method assumes the name is explicit if it is non-null.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public void addField(AnnotatedField a, String name, boolean visible, boolean ignored) {
-        addField(a, _propName(name), name != null, visible, ignored);
-    }
-
-    @Deprecated
-    public void addField(AnnotatedField a, String name, boolean explName, boolean visible, boolean ignored) {
-        addField(a, _propName(name), explName, visible, ignored);
-    }
-    
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Since 2.4 call method that takes additional 'explName' argument, to indicate
-     *   whether name of property was provided by annotation (and not derived from accessor name);
-     *   this method assumes the name is explicit if it is non-null.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public void addCtor(AnnotatedParameter a, String name, boolean visible, boolean ignored) {
-        addCtor(a, _propName(name), name != null, visible, ignored);
-    }
-    @Deprecated
-    public void addCtor(AnnotatedParameter a, String name, boolean explName, boolean visible, boolean ignored) {
-        addCtor(a, _propName(name), explName, visible, ignored);
-    }
-    
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Since 2.4 call method that takes additional 'explName' argument, to indicate
-     *   whether name of property was provided by annotation (and not derived from accessor name);
-     *   this method assumes the name is explicit if it is non-null.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public void addGetter(AnnotatedMethod a, String name, boolean visible, boolean ignored) {
-        addGetter(a, _propName(name), name != null, visible, ignored);
-    }
-    @Deprecated
-    public void addGetter(AnnotatedMethod a, String name, boolean explName, boolean visible, boolean ignored) {
-        addGetter(a, _propName(name), explName, visible, ignored);
-    }
-    
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Since 2.4 call method that takes additional 'explName' argument, to indicate
-     *   whether name of property was provided by annotation (and not derived from accessor name);
-     *   this method assumes the name is explicit if it is non-null.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public void addSetter(AnnotatedMethod a, String name, boolean visible, boolean ignored) {
-        addSetter(a, _propName(name), name != null, visible, ignored);
-    }
-    @Deprecated
-    public void addSetter(AnnotatedMethod a, String name, boolean explName, boolean visible, boolean ignored) {
-        addSetter(a, _propName(name), explName, visible, ignored);
-    }
-
-    private PropertyName _propName(String simple) {
-        return PropertyName.construct(simple, null);
-    }
-    
     /*
     /**********************************************************
     /* Modifications
@@ -831,30 +766,6 @@ private <T> boolean _anyIgnorals(Linked<T> n)
         return false;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @since 2.4 Use {@link #findExplicitNames} instead
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public String findNewName()
-    {
-        Collection<PropertyName> l = findExplicitNames();
-        if (l == null) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        
-        // 13-Apr-2014, tatu: Start with code similar to existing conflict checks
-        if (l.size() > 1) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("Conflicting/ambiguous property name definitions (implicit name '"
-                    +_name+"'): found more than one explicit name: "
-                    +l);
-        }
-        PropertyName first = l.iterator().next();
-        if (first.equals(_name)) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        return first.getSimpleName();
-    }
-    
     /**
      * Method called to find out set of explicit names for accessors
      * bound together due to implicit name.
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/TransientFieldTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/TransientFieldTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c58ce0476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/TransientFieldTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonPropertyOrder;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
+
+// tests for [databind#296]
+public class TransientFieldTest extends BaseMapTest
+{
+    @JsonPropertyOrder({ "x" })
+    static class ClassyTransient
+    {
+        public transient int value = 3;
+
+        public int getValue() { return value; }
+
+        public int getX() { return 42; }
+    }
+
+    public void testTransientFieldHandling() throws Exception
+    {
+        // default handling: remove transient field but do not propagate
+        ObjectMapper m = objectMapper();
+        assertEquals(aposToQuotes("{'x':42,'value':3}"),
+                m.writeValueAsString(new ClassyTransient()));
+
+        // but may change that
+        m = new ObjectMapper()
+            .enable(MapperFeature.PROPAGATE_TRANSIENT_MARKER);
+        assertEquals(aposToQuotes("{'x':42}"),
+                m.writeValueAsString(new ClassyTransient()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/TestFieldSerialization.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/FieldSerializationTest.java
similarity index 99%
rename from src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/TestFieldSerialization.java
rename to src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/FieldSerializationTest.java
index 3e3ed3d5b5..ee4068c9db 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/TestFieldSerialization.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/ser/FieldSerializationTest.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * Unit tests for verifying that field-backed properties can also be serialized
  * (since version 1.1) as well as getter-accessible properties.
  */
-public class TestFieldSerialization
+public class FieldSerializationTest
     extends BaseMapTest
 {
     /*