diff --git a/pollux/vc-jwt/src/main/scala/org/hyperledger/identus/pollux/vc/jwt/VerifiableCredentialPayload.scala b/pollux/vc-jwt/src/main/scala/org/hyperledger/identus/pollux/vc/jwt/VerifiableCredentialPayload.scala
index f152211274..da442b7397 100644
--- a/pollux/vc-jwt/src/main/scala/org/hyperledger/identus/pollux/vc/jwt/VerifiableCredentialPayload.scala
+++ b/pollux/vc-jwt/src/main/scala/org/hyperledger/identus/pollux/vc/jwt/VerifiableCredentialPayload.scala
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ case class CredentialSchema(
     `type`: String
 )
 
-case class CredentialIssuer(id: String)
+case class CredentialIssuer(
+    id: String,
+    `type`: String
+)
 
 sealed trait CredentialPayload {
   def maybeSub: Option[String]
@@ -216,7 +219,8 @@ object CredentialPayload {
       (credentialIssuer: CredentialIssuer) =>
         Json
           .obj(
-            ("id", credentialIssuer.id.asJson)
+            ("id", credentialIssuer.id.asJson),
+            ("type", credentialIssuer.`type`.asJson)
           )
 
     implicit val credentialStatusPurposeEncoder: Encoder[StatusPurpose] = (a: StatusPurpose) => a.toString.asJson
@@ -334,8 +338,9 @@ object CredentialPayload {
       (c: HCursor) =>
         for {
           id <- c.downField("id").as[String]
+          `type` <- c.downField("type").as[String]
         } yield {
-          CredentialIssuer(id = id)
+          CredentialIssuer(id = id, `type` = `type`)
         }
 
     implicit val credentialStatusPurposeDecoder: Decoder[StatusPurpose] = (c: HCursor) =>
diff --git a/pollux/vc-jwt/src/test/scala/org/hyperledger/identus/pollux/vc/jwt/JWTVerificationTest.scala b/pollux/vc-jwt/src/test/scala/org/hyperledger/identus/pollux/vc/jwt/JWTVerificationTest.scala
index 6bac6f5675..7572353859 100644
--- a/pollux/vc-jwt/src/test/scala/org/hyperledger/identus/pollux/vc/jwt/JWTVerificationTest.scala
+++ b/pollux/vc-jwt/src/test/scala/org/hyperledger/identus/pollux/vc/jwt/JWTVerificationTest.scala
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ object JWTVerificationTest extends ZIOSpecDefault {
                                               |}
                                               |""".stripMargin
 
-  private def createJwtCredential(issuer: IssuerWithKey): JWT = {
+  private def createJwtCredential(issuer: IssuerWithKey, issuerAsObject: Boolean = false): JWT = {
     val validFrom = Instant.parse("2010-01-05T00:00:00Z") // ISSUANCE DATE
     val jwtCredentialNbf = Instant.parse("2010-01-01T00:00:00Z") // ISSUANCE DATE
     val validUntil = Instant.parse("2010-01-09T00:00:00Z") // EXPIRATION DATE
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ object JWTVerificationTest extends ZIOSpecDefault {
         maybeTermsOfUse = None,
         maybeValidFrom = Some(validFrom),
         maybeValidUntil = Some(validUntil),
-        maybeIssuer = Some(Left(issuer.issuer.did.toString))
+        maybeIssuer = Some(
+          if (issuerAsObject) Right(CredentialIssuer(issuer.issuer.did.toString, "Profile"))
+          else Left(issuer.issuer.did.toString)
+        )
       ),
       nbf = jwtCredentialNbf, // ISSUANCE DATE
       aud = Set.empty,
@@ -199,6 +202,21 @@ object JWTVerificationTest extends ZIOSpecDefault {
         )
       } yield assertTrue(validation.fold(_ => false, _ => true))
     },
+    test("validate issuer happy path") {
+      val issuer = createUser("did:prism:issuer")
+      val jwtCredential = createJwtCredential(issuer, false)
+      val jwtCredentialWithObjectIssuer = createJwtCredential(issuer, true)
+      for {
+        jwt <- JwtCredential
+          .decodeJwt(jwtCredential)
+        jwtWithObjectIssuer <- JwtCredential
+          .decodeJwt(jwtCredentialWithObjectIssuer)
+        jwtWithObjectIssuerIssuer = jwtWithObjectIssuer.vc.maybeIssuer.get.toOption.get.id
+        jwtIssuer = jwt.vc.maybeIssuer.get.left.toOption.get
+      } yield assertTrue(
+        jwtWithObjectIssuerIssuer.equals(jwtIssuer)
+      )
+    },
     test("validate dates should fail given after valid until") {
       val issuer = createUser("did:prism:issuer")
       val jwtCredential = createJwtCredential(issuer)