diff --git a/include/i3ipc++/ipc.hpp b/include/i3ipc++/ipc.hpp
index edbe6b4..2ae412f 100644
--- a/include/i3ipc++/ipc.hpp
+++ b/include/i3ipc++/ipc.hpp
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ struct container_t {
 	window_properties_t  window_properties; /// X11 window properties
 
 	std::list< std::shared_ptr<container_t> >  nodes;
+	std::list< std::shared_ptr<container_t> >  floating_nodes;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/ipc.cpp b/src/ipc.cpp
index b0b8fbb..e4f06bd 100644
--- a/src/ipc.cpp
+++ b/src/ipc.cpp
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ static std::shared_ptr<container_t>  parse_container_from_json(const Json::Value
 		}
 	}
 
+	Json::Value  floating_nodes = o["floating_nodes"];
+	if (!floating_nodes.isNull()) {
+		IPC_JSON_ASSERT_TYPE_ARRAY(floating_nodes, "floating_nodes")
+		for (Json::ArrayIndex  i = 0; i < floating_nodes.size(); i++) {
+			container->floating_nodes.push_back(parse_container_from_json(floating_nodes[i]));
+		}
+	}
+
 	container->window_properties = parse_window_props_from_json(o["window_properties"]);
 
 	return container;