diff --git a/providers/flipt/README.md b/providers/flipt/README.md
index 482df09af..1e95c5e99 100644
--- a/providers/flipt/README.md
+++ b/providers/flipt/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 ## Concepts
 
 * Boolean evaluation gets feature boolean evaluation / enabled status.
-* Non-boolean evaluation gets feature variant key.
+* Object evaluation gets variant attachment.
+* Other evaluations gets feature variant key.
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/providers/flipt/pom.xml b/providers/flipt/pom.xml
index 6960ddc5c..29bb603a9 100644
--- a/providers/flipt/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/flipt/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@
         <javadoc.failOnWarnings>false</javadoc.failOnWarnings>
     </properties>
 
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <id>markphelps</id>
+            <name>Mark Phelps</name>
+            <organization>Flipt Software</organization>
+            <url>https://flipt.io/</url>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.flipt</groupId>
@@ -33,6 +42,12 @@
             <version>2.0.16</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+            <version>2.17.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.tomakehurst</groupId>
             <artifactId>wiremock-jre8</artifactId>
diff --git a/providers/flipt/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flipt/FliptProvider.java b/providers/flipt/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flipt/FliptProvider.java
index 5977f9689..98ff216ad 100644
--- a/providers/flipt/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flipt/FliptProvider.java
+++ b/providers/flipt/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flipt/FliptProvider.java
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ public class FliptProvider extends EventProvider {
     @Getter
     private FliptClient fliptClient;
 
-    private AtomicBoolean isInitialized = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+    @Setter(AccessLevel.PROTECTED)
+    @Getter
+    private ProviderState state = ProviderState.NOT_READY;
+
+    private final AtomicBoolean isInitialized = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 
     /**
      * Constructor.
@@ -96,7 +100,8 @@ public ProviderEvaluation<Boolean> getBooleanEvaluation(String key, Boolean defa
 
     @Override
     public ProviderEvaluation<String> getStringEvaluation(String key, String defaultValue, EvaluationContext ctx) {
-        ProviderEvaluation<Value> valueProviderEvaluation = getObjectEvaluation(key, new Value(defaultValue), ctx);
+        ProviderEvaluation<Value> valueProviderEvaluation = 
+            evaluateVariant(String.class, key, new Value(defaultValue), ctx);
         return ProviderEvaluation.<String>builder()
                 .value(valueProviderEvaluation.getValue().asString())
                 .variant(valueProviderEvaluation.getVariant())
@@ -108,7 +113,8 @@ public ProviderEvaluation<String> getStringEvaluation(String key, String default
 
     @Override
     public ProviderEvaluation<Integer> getIntegerEvaluation(String key, Integer defaultValue, EvaluationContext ctx) {
-        ProviderEvaluation<Value> valueProviderEvaluation = getObjectEvaluation(key, new Value(defaultValue), ctx);
+        ProviderEvaluation<Value> valueProviderEvaluation = 
+            evaluateVariant(Integer.class, key, new Value(defaultValue), ctx);
         Integer value = getIntegerValue(valueProviderEvaluation, defaultValue);
         return ProviderEvaluation.<Integer>builder()
                 .value(value)
@@ -130,7 +136,8 @@ private static Integer getIntegerValue(ProviderEvaluation<Value> valueProviderEv
 
     @Override
     public ProviderEvaluation<Double> getDoubleEvaluation(String key, Double defaultValue, EvaluationContext ctx) {
-        ProviderEvaluation<Value> valueProviderEvaluation = getObjectEvaluation(key, new Value(defaultValue), ctx);
+        ProviderEvaluation<Value> valueProviderEvaluation = 
+            evaluateVariant(Double.class, key, new Value(defaultValue), ctx);
         Double value = getDoubleValue(valueProviderEvaluation, defaultValue);
         return ProviderEvaluation.<Double>builder()
                 .value(value)
@@ -152,6 +159,18 @@ private static Double getDoubleValue(ProviderEvaluation<Value> valueProviderEval
 
     @Override
     public ProviderEvaluation<Value> getObjectEvaluation(String key, Value defaultValue, EvaluationContext ctx) {
+        return evaluateVariant(Value.class, key, defaultValue, ctx);
+    }
+
+    private <T> ProviderEvaluation<Value> evaluateVariant(Class<T> clazz, String key, Value defaultValue, 
+        EvaluationContext ctx) {
+        if (!ProviderState.READY.equals(state)) {
+            if (ProviderState.NOT_READY.equals(state)) {
+                throw new ProviderNotReadyError(PROVIDER_NOT_YET_INITIALIZED);
+            }
+            throw new GeneralError(UNKNOWN_ERROR);
+        }
+
         Map<String, String> contextMap = ContextTransformer.transform(ctx);
         EvaluationRequest request = EvaluationRequest.builder().namespaceKey(fliptProviderConfig.getNamespace())
                 .flagKey(key).entityId(ctx.getTargetingKey()).context(contextMap).build();
@@ -172,17 +191,22 @@ public ProviderEvaluation<Value> getObjectEvaluation(String key, Value defaultVa
                     .build();
         }
 
+        Value value = new Value(response.getVariantKey());
         ImmutableMetadata.ImmutableMetadataBuilder flagMetadataBuilder = ImmutableMetadata.builder();
-        if (response.getVariantAttachment() != null) {
+        if (response.getVariantAttachment() != null && !response.getVariantAttachment().isEmpty()) {
             flagMetadataBuilder.addString("variant-attachment", response.getVariantAttachment());
+
+            if (clazz.isAssignableFrom(Value.class)) {
+                value = new Value(response.getVariantAttachment());
+            }
         }
 
         return ProviderEvaluation.<Value>builder()
-                .value(new Value(response.getVariantKey()))
-                .variant(response.getVariantKey())
-                .reason(TARGETING_MATCH.name())
-                .flagMetadata(flagMetadataBuilder.build())
-                .build();
+            .value(value)
+            .variant(response.getVariantKey())
+            .reason(TARGETING_MATCH.name())
+            .flagMetadata(flagMetadataBuilder.build())
+            .build();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/providers/flipt/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flipt/FliptProviderTest.java b/providers/flipt/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flipt/FliptProviderTest.java
index 6cd62eabc..fb3c3da53 100644
--- a/providers/flipt/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flipt/FliptProviderTest.java
+++ b/providers/flipt/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/contrib/providers/flipt/FliptProviderTest.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import dev.openfeature.sdk.ProviderEvaluation;
 import dev.openfeature.sdk.ProviderEventDetails;
 import dev.openfeature.sdk.ProviderState;
+import dev.openfeature.sdk.Value;
 import dev.openfeature.sdk.exceptions.GeneralError;
 import dev.openfeature.sdk.exceptions.ProviderNotReadyError;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
@@ -31,8 +32,7 @@
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.post;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.stubFor;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.urlEqualTo;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
 /**
  * FliptProvider test, based on APIs mocking.
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ class FliptProviderTest {
     public static final Double DOUBLE_FLAG_VALUE = 1.23;
     public static final String USERS_FLAG_NAME = "users-flag";
     public static final String TARGETING_KEY = "targeting_key";
+    public static final String OBJECT_FLAG_NAME = "object-flag";
+
     private static FliptProvider fliptProvider;
     private static Client client;
-
     private String apiUrl;
 
     @BeforeAll
@@ -101,7 +102,6 @@ void getBooleanEvaluation() {
         mockFliptAPI("/evaluate/v1/boolean", "boolean.json", FLAG_NAME);
         MutableContext evaluationContext = new MutableContext();
         evaluationContext.setTargetingKey(TARGETING_KEY);
-        assertEquals(true, fliptProvider.getBooleanEvaluation(FLAG_NAME, false, evaluationContext).getValue());
         assertEquals(true, client.getBooleanValue(FLAG_NAME, false, evaluationContext));
         assertEquals(false, client.getBooleanValue("non-existing", false, evaluationContext));
     }
@@ -171,6 +171,24 @@ void getEvaluationMetadataTest() {
         assertEquals("attachment-1", flagMetadata.getString("variant-attachment"));
         FlagEvaluationDetails<String> nonExistingFlagEvaluation = client.getStringDetails("non-existing", "",
                 evaluationContext);
-        assertEquals(null, nonExistingFlagEvaluation.getFlagMetadata().getBoolean("variant-attachment"));
+        assertNull(nonExistingFlagEvaluation.getFlagMetadata().getBoolean("variant-attachment"));
+    }
+
+    @SneakyThrows
+    @Test
+    void getObjectEvaluationTest() {
+        mockFliptAPI("/evaluate/v1/variant", "variant-object.json", OBJECT_FLAG_NAME);
+        MutableContext evaluationContext = new MutableContext();
+        evaluationContext.setTargetingKey(TARGETING_KEY);
+        evaluationContext.add("userId", "object");
+
+        Value expectedValue = new Value("{\"key1\":\"value1\",\"key2\":42,\"key3\":true}");
+        Value emptyValue = new Value();
+
+        assertEquals(expectedValue, client.getObjectValue(OBJECT_FLAG_NAME, emptyValue, evaluationContext));
+        assertEquals(emptyValue, client.getObjectValue("non-existing", emptyValue, evaluationContext));
+
+        // non-object flag value
+        assertEquals(emptyValue, client.getObjectValue(VARIANT_FLAG_NAME, emptyValue, evaluationContext));
     }
 }
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diff --git a/providers/flipt/src/test/resources/variant-object.json b/providers/flipt/src/test/resources/variant-object.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..abf764532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/providers/flipt/src/test/resources/variant-object.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "flagKey": "object-flag",
+  "match": true,
+  "variantKey": "object-variant",
+  "variantAttachment": "{\"key1\":\"value1\",\"key2\":42,\"key3\":true}"
+}
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