diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 906fbba..8fb2a4d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ Installs the php-imagick package.
 
 Installs the php-imap package.
 
+``php.json``
+------------
+
+Installs the php-json package.
+
 ``php.ldap``
 ------------
 
diff --git a/php/json.sls b/php/json.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d80a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/php/json.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{% from "php/map.jinja" import php with context %}
+
+php-json:
+  pkg:
+    - installed
+    - name: {{ php.json_pkg }}
diff --git a/php/map.jinja b/php/map.jinja
index 029d76f..ce8ee29 100644
--- a/php/map.jinja
+++ b/php/map.jinja
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
         'curl_pkg': 'php5-curl',
         'fpm_pkg': 'php5-fpm',
         'gd_pkg': 'php5-gd',
+        'json_pkg': 'php5-json',
         'mbstring_pkg': 'php5',
         'mcrypt_pkg': 'php5-mcrypt',
         'memcache_pkg': 'php5-memcache',
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
         'curl_pkg': 'curl',
         'fpm_pkg': 'php-fpm',
         'gd_pkg': 'php-gd',
+        'json_pkg': 'php-common',
         'mbstring_pkg': 'php-mbstring',
         'mcrypt_pkg': 'php-mcrypt',
         'memcache_pkg': 'php-pecl-memcache',