diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 54c4171..afa2336 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ extras_require = {
         'flexmock>=0.9.7',
         'psycopg2>=2.4.6',
     ],
+    'anyjson': ['anyjson>=0.3.3'],
     'babel': ['Babel>=1.3'],
     'arrow': ['arrow>=0.3.4'],
     'phone': [
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ for name, requirements in extras_require.items():
 
 setup(
     name='SQLAlchemy-Utils',
-    version='0.19.0',
+    version='0.20.0',
     url='https://github.com/kvesteri/sqlalchemy-utils',
     license='BSD',
     author='Konsta Vesterinen, Ryan Leckey, Janne Vanhala, Vesa Uimonen',
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/types/json.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/json.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcd2d65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/json.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+json = None
+try:
+    import anyjson as json
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+import six
+from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql.base import ischema_names
+from ..exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+
+
+class PostgresJSONType(sa.types.UserDefinedType):
+    """
+    Text search vector type for postgresql.
+    """
+    def get_col_spec(self):
+        return 'json'
+
+
+ischema_names['json'] = PostgresJSONType
+
+
+class JSONType(sa.types.TypeDecorator):
+    "Represents an immutable structure as a json-encoded string."
+
+    impl = sa.UnicodeText
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        if json is None:
+            raise ImproperlyConfigured(
+                'JSONType needs anyjson package installed.'
+            )
+
+    def load_dialect_impl(self, dialect):
+        if dialect.name == 'postgresql':
+            # Use the native JSON type.
+            return dialect.type_descriptor(PostgresJSONType())
+        else:
+            return dialect.type_descriptor(self.impl)
+
+    def process_bind_param(self, value, dialect):
+        if value is not None:
+            value = six.text_type(json.dumps(value))
+        return value
+
+    def process_result_value(self, value, dialect):
+        if value is not None:
+            value = json.loads(value)
+        return value
diff --git a/tests/types/test_json.py b/tests/types/test_json.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6686b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/types/test_json.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from pytest import mark
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from sqlalchemy_utils.types import json
+from tests import TestCase
+
+
+@mark.skipif('json.json is None')
+class TestJSONType(TestCase):
+    def create_models(self):
+        class Document(self.Base):
+            __tablename__ = 'document'
+            id = sa.Column(sa.Integer, primary_key=True)
+            json = sa.Column(json.JSONType)
+
+        self.Document = Document
+
+    def test_parameter_processing(self):
+        document = self.Document(
+            json={'something': 12}
+        )
+
+        self.session.add(document)
+        self.session.commit()
+
+        document = self.session.query(self.Document).first()
+        assert document.json == {'something': 12}
+
+    def test_non_ascii_chars(self):
+        document = self.Document(
+            json={'something': u'äääööö'}
+        )
+
+        self.session.add(document)
+        self.session.commit()
+
+        document = self.session.query(self.Document).first()
+        assert document.json == {'something': u'äääööö'}