diff --git a/src/main/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/http/converter/RecordValueConverter.java b/src/main/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/http/converter/RecordValueConverter.java
index 0324f30..29a4425 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/http/converter/RecordValueConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/http/converter/RecordValueConverter.java
@@ -16,23 +16,26 @@
 
 package io.aiven.kafka.connect.http.converter;
 
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Struct;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.DataException;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.sink.SinkRecord;
 
 public class RecordValueConverter {
-
+    private static final ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, Converter> RUNTIME_CLASS_TO_CONVERTER_CACHE =
+        new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     private final JsonRecordValueConverter jsonRecordValueConverter = new JsonRecordValueConverter();
 
     private final Map<Class<?>, Converter> converters = Map.of(
-            String.class, record -> (String) record.value(),
-            HashMap.class, jsonRecordValueConverter,
-            LinkedHashMap.class, jsonRecordValueConverter,
-            Struct.class, jsonRecordValueConverter
+        String.class, record -> (String) record.value(),
+        Map.class, jsonRecordValueConverter,
+        Struct.class, jsonRecordValueConverter
     );
 
     interface Converter {
@@ -40,12 +43,71 @@ interface Converter {
     }
 
     public String convert(final SinkRecord record) {
-        if (!converters.containsKey(record.value().getClass())) {
+        final Converter converter = getConverter(record);
+        return converter.convert(record);
+    }
+
+    private Converter getConverter(final SinkRecord record) {
+        return RUNTIME_CLASS_TO_CONVERTER_CACHE.computeIfAbsent(record.value().getClass(), clazz -> {
+            final boolean directlyConvertible = converters.containsKey(clazz);
+            final List<Class<?>> convertibleByImplementedTypes = getAllSerializableImplementedInterfaces(clazz);
+            validateConvertibility(clazz, directlyConvertible, convertibleByImplementedTypes);
+
+            Class<?> implementedClazz = clazz;
+            if (!directlyConvertible) {
+                implementedClazz = convertibleByImplementedTypes.get(0);
+            }
+            return converters.get(implementedClazz);
+        });
+    }
+
+    private List<Class<?>> getAllSerializableImplementedInterfaces(final Class<?> recordClazz) {
+        // caching the computation since querying implemented interfaces is expensive.
+        // The size of the cache is unlimited, but I don't think it's a problem
+        // since the number of different record classes is limited.
+        return getAllInterfaces(recordClazz).stream()
+            .filter(converters::containsKey)
+            .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+    public static Set<Class<?>> getAllInterfaces(final Class<?> clazz) {
+        final Set<Class<?>> interfaces = new HashSet<>();
+
+        for (final Class<?> implementation : clazz.getInterfaces()) {
+            interfaces.add(implementation);
+            interfaces.addAll(getAllInterfaces(implementation));
+        }
+
+        if (clazz.getSuperclass() != null) {
+            interfaces.addAll(getAllInterfaces(clazz.getSuperclass()));
+        }
+
+        return interfaces;
+    }
+
+    private static void validateConvertibility(
+        final Class<?> recordClazz,
+        final boolean directlyConvertible,
+        final List<Class<?>> convertibleByImplementedTypes
+    ) {
+        final boolean isConvertibleType = directlyConvertible || !convertibleByImplementedTypes.isEmpty();
+
+        if (!isConvertibleType) {
+            throw new DataException(
+                String.format(
+                    "Record value must be a String, a Schema Struct or implement "
+                        + "`java.util.Map`, but %s is given",
+                    recordClazz));
+        }
+        if (!directlyConvertible && convertibleByImplementedTypes.size() > 1) {
+            final String implementedTypes = convertibleByImplementedTypes.stream().map(Class::getSimpleName)
+                .collect(Collectors.joining(", ", "[", "]"));
             throw new DataException(
-                    "Record value must be String, Schema Struct, LinkedHashMap or HashMap,"
-                    + " but " + record.value().getClass() + " is given");
+                String.format(
+                    "Record value must be only one of String, Schema Struct or implement "
+                        + "`java.util.Map`, but %s matches multiple types: %s",
+                    recordClazz, implementedTypes));
         }
-        return converters.get(record.value().getClass()).convert(record);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/http/converter/RecordValueConverterTest.java b/src/test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/http/converter/RecordValueConverterTest.java
index 859070a..ad036b0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/http/converter/RecordValueConverterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/aiven/kafka/connect/http/converter/RecordValueConverterTest.java
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@
 
 package io.aiven.kafka.connect.http.converter;
 
+import javax.swing.UIDefaults;
+
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Field;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Schema;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.SchemaBuilder;
@@ -68,6 +71,22 @@ void convertStringRecord() {
         assertThat(recordValueConverter.convert(sinkRecord)).isEqualTo("some-str-value");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void convertWeirdMapRecord() {
+        final var recordSchema = SchemaBuilder.map(Schema.STRING_SCHEMA, Schema.STRING_SCHEMA);
+
+        final UIDefaults value = new UIDefaults(
+            new String[] {"Font", "BeautifulFont"}
+        );
+
+        final var sinkRecord = new SinkRecord(
+            "some-topic", 0,
+            SchemaBuilder.string(),
+            "some-key", recordSchema, value, 1L);
+
+        assertThat(recordValueConverter.convert(sinkRecord)).isEqualTo("{\"Font\":\"BeautifulFont\"}");
+    }
+
     @Test
     void convertHashMapRecord() {
         final var recordSchema = SchemaBuilder.map(Schema.STRING_SCHEMA, Schema.STRING_SCHEMA);