diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/failing/Jackson212MissingConstructorJavaTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/failing/Jackson212MissingConstructorJavaTest.java
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@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.failing;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonRootName;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.integtest.BaseTest;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+/**
+ * @see Jackson212MissingConstructorTest
+ * @see <a href="https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-module-kotlin/issues/396#issuecomment-906401187">jackson-module-kotlin issue 396</a>
+ */
+public class Jackson212MissingConstructorJavaTest extends BaseTest {
+
+    interface Problem {
+        String DEFAULT_TYPE = "about:blank";
+        int DEFAULT_STATUS = 500;
+
+        String getType();
+
+        int getStatus();
+    }
+
+    static class DefaultProblem implements Problem {
+        private final String type;
+        private final int status;
+
+        /**
+         * This is required to workaround Jackson's missing support for static
+         * {@link JsonCreator}s in mix-ins. That is, we need to define the
+         * creator on a constructor in the mix-in that is matching with a
+         * constructor here too.
+         *
+         * @see <a href="https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-databind/issues/1820">jackson-databind issue 1820</a>
+         */
+        DefaultProblem(String type, Integer status) {
+            this.type = type != null ? type : Problem.DEFAULT_TYPE;
+            this.status = status != null ? status : Problem.DEFAULT_STATUS;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getType() {
+            return type;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public int getStatus() {
+            return status;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @JsonTypeInfo(
+            use = JsonTypeInfo.Id.NAME,
+            include = JsonTypeInfo.As.EXISTING_PROPERTY,
+            property = "type",
+            defaultImpl = DefaultProblem.class,
+            visible = true)
+    @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY)
+    @JsonRootName("problem")
+    interface ProblemMixIn extends Problem {
+
+        @Override
+        @JsonProperty("type")
+        String getType();
+
+        @Override
+        @JsonProperty("status")
+        int getStatus();
+    }
+
+    abstract static class DefaultProblemMixIn extends DefaultProblem {
+
+        @JsonCreator
+        DefaultProblemMixIn(@JsonProperty("type") String type, @JsonProperty("status") Integer status) {
+            super(type, status);
+            throw new IllegalStateException(
+                    "mix-in constructor is there only for extracting the JSON mapping, " +
+                            "it should not have been called");
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class ProblemModule extends SimpleModule {
+
+        @Override
+        public void setupModule(SetupContext context) {
+            super.setupModule(context);
+            registerMixIns(context);
+        }
+
+        private static void registerMixIns(SetupContext context) {
+            context.setMixInAnnotations(DefaultProblem.class, DefaultProblemMixIn.class);
+            context.setMixInAnnotations(Problem.class, ProblemMixIn.class);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static final ProblemModule MODULE = new ProblemModule();
+
+    private static final ObjectMapper JSON_MAPPER = new ObjectMapper().registerModule(MODULE);
+
+    private static final XmlMapper XML_MAPPER = (XmlMapper) new XmlMapper().registerModule(MODULE);
+
+    public void testEmptyProblemJsonDeserialization() throws IOException {
+        byte[] problemJsonBytes = "{}".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        Problem problem = JSON_MAPPER.readValue(problemJsonBytes, Problem.class);
+        assertEquals(Problem.DEFAULT_TYPE, problem.getType());
+        assertEquals(Problem.DEFAULT_STATUS, problem.getStatus());
+    }
+
+    public void testEmptyProblemXmlDeserialization() throws IOException {
+        byte[] problemXmlBytes = "<problem/>".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        Problem problem = XML_MAPPER.readValue(problemXmlBytes, Problem.class);
+        assertEquals(Problem.DEFAULT_TYPE, problem.getType());
+        assertEquals(Problem.DEFAULT_STATUS, problem.getStatus());
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/fasterxml/jackson/failing/Jackson212MissingConstructorTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/fasterxml/jackson/failing/Jackson212MissingConstructorTest.kt
index f515158..69a66c5 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/fasterxml/jackson/failing/Jackson212MissingConstructorTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/fasterxml/jackson/failing/Jackson212MissingConstructorTest.kt
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import javax.xml.stream.XMLInputFactory
 class Jackson212MissingConstructorTest : BaseTest()
 {
     /**
-     * Succeeds in Jackson 2.11.x, but fails in Jackson 2.12.0
-     * See https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-module-kotlin/issues/396
+     * Succeeds in Jackson 2.11.x, but fails in Jackson 2.12.x
+     *
+     * @see <a href="https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-module-kotlin/issues/396">jackson-databind issue 396</a>
      */
     fun testMissingConstructor()
     {