diff --git a/mongoengine/fields.py b/mongoengine/fields.py
index 6c4a06c9..0aa51b2d 100644
--- a/mongoengine/fields.py
+++ b/mongoengine/fields.py
@@ -688,6 +688,11 @@ class GenericEmbeddedDocumentField(BaseField):
         return value
 
     def validate(self, value, clean=True):
+        if self.choices and isinstance(value, SON):
+            for choice in self.choices:
+                if value['_cls'] == choice._class_name:
+                    return True
+
         if not isinstance(value, EmbeddedDocument):
             self.error('Invalid embedded document instance provided to an '
                        'GenericEmbeddedDocumentField')
@@ -705,7 +710,6 @@ class GenericEmbeddedDocumentField(BaseField):
     def to_mongo(self, document, use_db_field=True, fields=None):
         if document is None:
             return None
-
         data = document.to_mongo(use_db_field, fields)
         if '_cls' not in data:
             data['_cls'] = document._class_name
diff --git a/tests/queryset/queryset.py b/tests/queryset/queryset.py
index 28e84af4..43800fff 100644
--- a/tests/queryset/queryset.py
+++ b/tests/queryset/queryset.py
@@ -2086,6 +2086,23 @@ class QuerySetTest(unittest.TestCase):
             Site.objects(id=s.id).update_one(
                 pull_all__collaborators__helpful__user=['Ross'])
 
+    def test_pull_in_genericembedded_field(self):
+
+        class Foo(EmbeddedDocument):
+            name = StringField()
+
+        class Bar(Document):
+            foos = ListField(GenericEmbeddedDocumentField(
+                choices=[Foo, ]))
+
+        Bar.drop_collection()
+
+        foo = Foo(name="bar")
+        bar = Bar(foos=[foo]).save()
+        Bar.objects(id=bar.id).update(pull__foos=foo)
+        bar.reload()
+        self.assertEqual(len(bar.foos), 0)
+
     def test_update_one_pop_generic_reference(self):
 
         class BlogTag(Document):
@@ -2179,6 +2196,24 @@ class QuerySetTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(message.authors[1].name, "Ross")
         self.assertEqual(message.authors[2].name, "Adam")
 
+    def test_set_generic_embedded_documents(self):
+
+        class Bar(EmbeddedDocument):
+            name = StringField()
+
+        class User(Document):
+            username = StringField()
+            bar = GenericEmbeddedDocumentField(choices=[Bar,])
+
+        User.drop_collection()
+
+        User(username='abc').save()
+        User.objects(username='abc').update(
+            set__bar=Bar(name='test'), upsert=True)
+
+        user = User.objects(username='abc').first()
+        self.assertEqual(user.bar.name, "test")
+
     def test_reload_embedded_docs_instance(self):
 
         class SubDoc(EmbeddedDocument):