diff --git a/src/Encoder.php b/src/Encoder.php
index 190edc635..1bdeefe77 100644
--- a/src/Encoder.php
+++ b/src/Encoder.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 use Iterator;
 use IteratorAggregate;
+use JsonSerializable;
 use ReflectionClass;
 use Zend\Json\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Zend\Json\Exception\RecursionException;
@@ -66,6 +67,10 @@ public static function encode($value, $cycleCheck = false, $options = array())
     {
         $encoder = new static(($cycleCheck) ? true : false, $options);
 
+        if ($value instanceof JsonSerializable) {
+            $value = $value->jsonSerialize();
+        }
+
         return $encoder->_encodeValue($value);
     }
 
diff --git a/test/JsonTest.php b/test/JsonTest.php
index ed0aecbb0..ff8c1e0a0 100644
--- a/test/JsonTest.php
+++ b/test/JsonTest.php
@@ -463,7 +463,29 @@ public function testToJSONSerialization()
         $this->assertEquals('{"firstName":"John","lastName":"Doe","email":"john@doe.com"}', $result);
     }
 
-     /**
+    public function testJsonSerializableWithBuiltinImplementation()
+    {
+        if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.0', 'lt')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('JsonSerializable does not exist in PHP <5.4.0.');
+        }
+
+        $encoded = Json\Encoder::encode(
+            new TestAsset\JsonSerializableBuiltinImpl()
+        );
+
+        $this->assertEquals('["jsonSerialize"]', $encoded);
+    }
+
+    public function testJsonSerializableWithZFImplementation()
+    {
+        $encoded = Json\Encoder::encode(
+            new TestAsset\JsonSerializableZFImpl()
+        );
+
+        $this->assertEquals('["jsonSerialize"]', $encoded);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * test encoding array with Zend_JSON_Expr
      *
      * @group ZF-4946
diff --git a/test/TestAsset/JsonSerializableBuiltinImpl.php b/test/TestAsset/JsonSerializableBuiltinImpl.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c31ff9121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/TestAsset/JsonSerializableBuiltinImpl.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ * @package   Zend_Json
+ */
+
+namespace ZendTest\Json\TestAsset;
+
+use JsonSerializable;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of the built-in JsonSerializable interface.
+ *
+ * This asset will not work in PHP <5.4.0.
+ */
+class JsonSerializableBuiltinImpl implements JsonSerializable
+{
+    public function jsonSerialize()
+    {
+        return array(__FUNCTION__);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/TestAsset/JsonSerializableZFImpl.php b/test/TestAsset/JsonSerializableZFImpl.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c47a0722c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/TestAsset/JsonSerializableZFImpl.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ * @package   Zend_Json
+ */
+
+namespace ZendTest\Json\TestAsset;
+
+use Zend\Stdlib\JsonSerializable;
+
+class JsonSerializableZFImpl implements JsonSerializable
+{
+    public function jsonSerialize()
+    {
+        return array(__FUNCTION__);
+    }
+}