diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Deserialization/deserialize.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Deserialization/deserialize.hpp
index 3140879a..17f44cbe 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Deserialization/deserialize.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Deserialization/deserialize.hpp
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@ struct first_or_void<T, Rest...> {
   using type = T;
 };
 
+// A meta-function that returns true if T is a valid destination type for
+// deserialize()
+template <class T, class = void>
+struct is_deserialize_destination : false_type {};
+
+template <class T>
+struct is_deserialize_destination<
+    T, typename enable_if<is_same<decltype(VariantAttorney::getResourceManager(
+                                      detail::declval<T&>())),
+                                  ResourceManager*>::value>::type> : true_type {
+};
+
 template <template <typename> class TDeserializer, typename TDestination,
           typename TReader, typename TOptions>
 DeserializationError doDeserialize(TDestination&& dst, TReader reader,
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Json/JsonDeserializer.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Json/JsonDeserializer.hpp
index 4a0d493d..c3f554ea 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Json/JsonDeserializer.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Json/JsonDeserializer.hpp
@@ -671,7 +671,10 @@ ARDUINOJSON_BEGIN_PUBLIC_NAMESPACE
 // Parses a JSON input, filters, and puts the result in a JsonDocument.
 // https://arduinojson.org/v6/api/json/deserializejson/
 template <typename TDestination, typename... Args>
-DeserializationError deserializeJson(TDestination&& dst, Args&&... args) {
+typename detail::enable_if<
+    detail::is_deserialize_destination<TDestination>::value,
+    DeserializationError>::type
+deserializeJson(TDestination&& dst, Args&&... args) {
   using namespace detail;
   return deserialize<JsonDeserializer>(detail::forward<TDestination>(dst),
                                        detail::forward<Args>(args)...);
@@ -680,8 +683,10 @@ DeserializationError deserializeJson(TDestination&& dst, Args&&... args) {
 // Parses a JSON input, filters, and puts the result in a JsonDocument.
 // https://arduinojson.org/v6/api/json/deserializejson/
 template <typename TDestination, typename TChar, typename... Args>
-DeserializationError deserializeJson(TDestination&& dst, TChar* input,
-                                     Args&&... args) {
+typename detail::enable_if<
+    detail::is_deserialize_destination<TDestination>::value,
+    DeserializationError>::type
+deserializeJson(TDestination&& dst, TChar* input, Args&&... args) {
   using namespace detail;
   return deserialize<JsonDeserializer>(detail::forward<TDestination>(dst),
                                        input, detail::forward<Args>(args)...);
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/MsgPack/MsgPackDeserializer.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/MsgPack/MsgPackDeserializer.hpp
index d2b0a01a..f86863e3 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/MsgPack/MsgPackDeserializer.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/MsgPack/MsgPackDeserializer.hpp
@@ -561,7 +561,10 @@ ARDUINOJSON_BEGIN_PUBLIC_NAMESPACE
 // Parses a MessagePack input and puts the result in a JsonDocument.
 // https://arduinojson.org/v6/api/msgpack/deserializemsgpack/
 template <typename TDestination, typename... Args>
-DeserializationError deserializeMsgPack(TDestination&& dst, Args&&... args) {
+typename detail::enable_if<
+    detail::is_deserialize_destination<TDestination>::value,
+    DeserializationError>::type
+deserializeMsgPack(TDestination&& dst, Args&&... args) {
   using namespace detail;
   return deserialize<MsgPackDeserializer>(detail::forward<TDestination>(dst),
                                           detail::forward<Args>(args)...);
@@ -570,8 +573,10 @@ DeserializationError deserializeMsgPack(TDestination&& dst, Args&&... args) {
 // Parses a MessagePack input and puts the result in a JsonDocument.
 // https://arduinojson.org/v6/api/msgpack/deserializemsgpack/
 template <typename TDestination, typename TChar, typename... Args>
-DeserializationError deserializeMsgPack(TDestination&& dst, TChar* input,
-                                        Args&&... args) {
+typename detail::enable_if<
+    detail::is_deserialize_destination<TDestination>::value,
+    DeserializationError>::type
+deserializeMsgPack(TDestination&& dst, TChar* input, Args&&... args) {
   using namespace detail;
   return deserialize<MsgPackDeserializer>(detail::forward<TDestination>(dst),
                                           input,