diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/TokenBuffer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/TokenBuffer.java
index 0c98e87774..995a983ee0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/TokenBuffer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/TokenBuffer.java
@@ -925,6 +925,11 @@ public void writeObjectId(Object id) {
         _hasNativeId = true;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void writeEmbeddedObject(Object object) throws IOException {
+        _appendValue(JsonToken.VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT, object);
+    }
+
     /*
     /**********************************************************
     /* JsonGenerator implementation; pass-through copy