Fixed: Fields of type Set (HashSet and SortedSet) are now supported
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index c5c61f7..4a985d8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 Current
 
 Added: commandDescriptionKey to @Parameters, to allow internationalized command descriptions
+Fixed: Fields of type Set (HashSet and SortedSet) are now supported
 Fixed: defaults for commands were not properly applied (Stevo Slavic)
 Fixed: "-args=a=b,b=c" was not being parsed correctly (Michael Lancaster)
 Fixed: GITHUB-73: descriptionKey was being ignored on main parameters
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/ParameterDescription.java b/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/ParameterDescription.java
index 7b43677..b52c695 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/ParameterDescription.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/beust/jcommander/ParameterDescription.java
@@ -19,16 +19,18 @@
 package com.beust.jcommander;
 
 
-import com.beust.jcommander.internal.Lists;
-import com.beust.jcommander.internal.Sets;
 import com.beust.jcommander.validators.NoValidator;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.ResourceBundle;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.SortedSet;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
 
 public class ParameterDescription {
   private Object m_object;
@@ -237,12 +239,12 @@
    * Currently only List and Set are supported. Support for
    * Queues and Stacks could be useful.
    */
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   private Collection<Object> newCollection(Class<?> type) {
-    if(List.class.isAssignableFrom(type)){
-      return Lists.newArrayList();
-    } else if(Set.class.isAssignableFrom(type)){
-      return Sets.newLinkedHashSet();
-    } else {
+    if (SortedSet.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) return new TreeSet();
+    else if (LinkedHashSet.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) return new LinkedHashSet();
+    else if (List.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) return new ArrayList();
+    else {
       throw new ParameterException("Parameters of Collection type '" + type.getSimpleName()
                                   + "' are not supported. Please use List or Set instead.");
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/beust/jcommander/JCommanderTest.java b/src/test/java/com/beust/jcommander/JCommanderTest.java
index 124df7c..87d0626 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/beust/jcommander/JCommanderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/beust/jcommander/JCommanderTest.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 import com.beust.jcommander.args.ArgsSlave;
 import com.beust.jcommander.args.ArgsSlaveBogus;
 import com.beust.jcommander.args.ArgsValidate1;
+import com.beust.jcommander.args.ArgsWithSet;
 import com.beust.jcommander.args.Arity1;
 import com.beust.jcommander.args.SeparatorColon;
 import com.beust.jcommander.args.SeparatorEqual;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.ResourceBundle;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
 
 @Test
 public class JCommanderTest {
@@ -503,6 +505,13 @@
     Assert.assertEquals(a.args, "a=b,b=c");
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+  public void handleSets() {
+    ArgsWithSet a = new ArgsWithSet();
+    new JCommander(a, new String[] { "-s", "3,1,2" });
+    Assert.assertEquals(a.set, new TreeSet<Integer>() {{ add(1); add(2); add(3); }});
+  }
+
   @Test(enabled = false)
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
     new JCommanderTest().handleEqualSigns();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/beust/jcommander/args/ArgsWithSet.java b/src/test/java/com/beust/jcommander/args/ArgsWithSet.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e41cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/beust/jcommander/args/ArgsWithSet.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.beust.jcommander.args;
+
+import com.beust.jcommander.Parameter;
+import com.beust.jcommander.SetConverter;
+
+import java.util.SortedSet;
+
+public class ArgsWithSet {
+  @Parameter(names = "-s", converter = SetConverter.class)
+  public SortedSet<Integer> set;
+}
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