diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 28187968..66b214bd 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 * Allow to set `peer_addr` for TestRequest #1074
 
+* Make web::Data deref to Arc<T> #1214
+
 * Rename `App::register_data()` to `App::app_data()`
 
 * `HttpRequest::app_data<T>()` returns `Option<&T>` instead of `Option<&Data<T>>`
diff --git a/src/data.rs b/src/data.rs
index eaa2db38..2867d68f 100644
--- a/src/data.rs
+++ b/src/data.rs
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ impl<T> Data<T> {
 }
 
 impl<T> Deref for Data<T> {
-    type Target = T;
+    type Target = Arc<T>;
 
-    fn deref(&self) -> &T {
-        self.0.as_ref()
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Arc<T> {
+        &self.0
     }
 }
 
@@ -144,11 +144,13 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[actix_rt::test]
     async fn test_data_extractor() {
-        let mut srv =
-            init_service(App::new().data(10usize).service(
-                web::resource("/").to(|_: web::Data<usize>| HttpResponse::Ok()),
-            ))
-            .await;
+        let mut srv = init_service(App::new().data("TEST".to_string()).service(
+            web::resource("/").to(|data: web::Data<String>| {
+                assert_eq!(data.to_lowercase(), "test");
+                HttpResponse::Ok()
+            }),
+        ))
+        .await;
 
         let req = TestRequest::default().to_request();
         let resp = srv.call(req).await.unwrap();
@@ -220,7 +222,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut srv = init_service(App::new().data(1usize).service(
             web::resource("/").data(10usize).route(web::get().to(
                 |data: web::Data<usize>| {
-                    assert_eq!(*data, 10);
+                    assert_eq!(**data, 10);
                     let _ = data.clone();
                     HttpResponse::Ok()
                 },
diff --git a/src/resource.rs b/src/resource.rs
index 8fc5973e..2ee08441 100644
--- a/src/resource.rs
+++ b/src/resource.rs
@@ -761,9 +761,9 @@ mod tests {
                             |data1: web::Data<usize>,
                              data2: web::Data<char>,
                              data3: web::Data<f64>| {
-                                assert_eq!(*data1, 10);
-                                assert_eq!(*data2, '*');
-                                assert_eq!(*data3, 1.0);
+                                assert_eq!(**data1, 10);
+                                assert_eq!(**data2, '*');
+                                assert_eq!(**data3, 1.0);
                                 HttpResponse::Ok()
                             },
                         ),
diff --git a/src/scope.rs b/src/scope.rs
index 5a965292..18e775e6 100644
--- a/src/scope.rs
+++ b/src/scope.rs
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ mod tests {
             web::scope("app").data(10usize).route(
                 "/t",
                 web::get().to(|data: web::Data<usize>| {
-                    assert_eq!(*data, 10);
+                    assert_eq!(**data, 10);
                     let _ = data.clone();
                     HttpResponse::Ok()
                 }),
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ mod tests {
             web::scope("app").app_data(web::Data::new(10usize)).route(
                 "/t",
                 web::get().to(|data: web::Data<usize>| {
-                    assert_eq!(*data, 10);
+                    assert_eq!(**data, 10);
                     let _ = data.clone();
                     HttpResponse::Ok()
                 }),