diff --git a/integration/test/ParseACLTest.js b/integration/test/ParseACLTest.js
index 4251f059c..d1340cfe7 100644
--- a/integration/test/ParseACLTest.js
+++ b/integration/test/ParseACLTest.js
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ describe('Parse.ACL', () => {
     assert(o);
   });
 
+  it('can set ACL from json', async () => {
+    Parse.User.enableUnsafeCurrentUser();
+    const user = new Parse.User();
+    const object = new TestObject();
+    user.set('username', 'torn');
+    user.set('password', 'acl');
+    await user.signUp();
+    const acl = new Parse.ACL(user);
+    object.setACL(acl);
+    const json = object.toJSON();
+    await object.save(json);
+    assert.equal(acl.equals(object.getACL()), true);
+  });
+
   it('disables public get access', async () => {
     const user = new Parse.User();
     const object = new TestObject();
diff --git a/integration/test/ParseEventuallyQueueTest.js b/integration/test/ParseEventuallyQueueTest.js
index 6ce6358cb..1d8157553 100644
--- a/integration/test/ParseEventuallyQueueTest.js
+++ b/integration/test/ParseEventuallyQueueTest.js
@@ -220,6 +220,49 @@ describe('Parse EventuallyQueue', () => {
     assert.strictEqual(results.length, 1);
   });
 
+  it('can saveEventually on object with ACL', async () => {
+    Parse.User.enableUnsafeCurrentUser();
+    const parseServer = await reconfigureServer();
+    const user = new Parse.User();
+    user.set('username', 'torn');
+    user.set('password', 'acl');
+    await user.signUp();
+
+    const acl = new Parse.ACL(user);
+    const object = new TestObject({ hash: 'saveSecret' });
+    object.setACL(acl);
+
+    await new Promise((resolve) => parseServer.server.close(resolve));
+
+    await object.saveEventually();
+
+    let length = await Parse.EventuallyQueue.length();
+    assert(Parse.EventuallyQueue.isPolling());
+    assert.strictEqual(length, 1);
+
+    await reconfigureServer({});
+
+    while (Parse.EventuallyQueue.isPolling()) {
+      await sleep(100);
+    }
+    assert.strictEqual(Parse.EventuallyQueue.isPolling(), false);
+
+    length = await Parse.EventuallyQueue.length();
+    while (length) {
+      await sleep(100);
+    }
+    length = await Parse.EventuallyQueue.length();
+    assert.strictEqual(length, 0);
+
+    const query = new Parse.Query('TestObject');
+    query.equalTo('hash', 'saveSecret');
+    let results = await query.find();
+    while (results.length === 0) {
+      results = await query.find();
+    }
+    assert.strictEqual(results.length, 1);
+  });
+
   it('can destroyEventually', async () => {
     const parseServer = await reconfigureServer();
     const object = new TestObject({ hash: 'deleteSecret' });
diff --git a/src/ParseObject.js b/src/ParseObject.js
index 32701191b..eafa7f45d 100644
--- a/src/ParseObject.js
+++ b/src/ParseObject.js
@@ -1308,15 +1308,17 @@ class ParseObject {
       options = arg3;
     }
 
+    options = options || {};
     if (attrs) {
-      const validation = this.validate(attrs);
-      if (validation) {
-        return Promise.reject(validation);
+      let validationError;
+      options.error = (_, validation) => {
+        validationError = validation;
+      };
+      const success = this.set(attrs, options);
+      if (!success) {
+        return Promise.reject(validationError);
       }
-      this.set(attrs, options);
     }
-
-    options = options || {};
     const saveOptions = {};
     if (options.hasOwnProperty('useMasterKey')) {
       saveOptions.useMasterKey = !!options.useMasterKey;
diff --git a/src/__tests__/ParseObject-test.js b/src/__tests__/ParseObject-test.js
index c67c4a3e1..2066a8979 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/ParseObject-test.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/ParseObject-test.js
@@ -364,6 +364,13 @@ describe('ParseObject', () => {
     expect(o.getACL()).toEqual(ACL);
   });
 
+  it('encodes ACL from json', () => {
+    const ACL = new ParseACL({ user1: { read: true } });
+    const o = new ParseObject('Item');
+    o.set({ ACL: ACL.toJSON() });
+    expect(o.getACL()).toEqual(ACL);
+  });
+
   it('can be rendered to JSON', () => {
     let o = new ParseObject('Item');
     o.set({