diff --git a/doc/syntastic.txt b/doc/syntastic.txt
index 32ad4e47..3c77f88e 100644
--- a/doc/syntastic.txt
+++ b/doc/syntastic.txt
@@ -344,6 +344,8 @@ Next
     - auto close location list when leaving buffer. (millermedeiros)
     - updates/fixes to existing checkers:
         - javascript (millermedeiros)
+    - Support for new filetypes:
+        - JSON (millermedeiros, tocer)
 
 2.1.0
     - when the cursor is on a line containing an error, echo the
@@ -440,6 +442,7 @@ Next
 Thanks to the following people for testing, bug reports, patches etc. They own,
 hard.
 
+    tocer
     James Rowe (JNRowe)
     Zhai Cai
     Matt Butcher (technosophos)
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/json.vim b/syntax_checkers/json.vim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c528b1e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syntax_checkers/json.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+"============================================================================
+"File:        json.vim
+"Description: Figures out which json syntax checker (if any) to load
+"             from the json directory.
+"Maintainer:  Miller Medeiros <contact at millermedeiros dot com>
+"License:     This program is free software. It comes without any warranty,
+"             to the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute
+"             it and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You
+"             Want To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar.
+"             See http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
+"
+" Use g:syntastic_json_checker option to specify which jsonlint executable
+" should be used (see below for a list of supported checkers).
+" If g:syntastic_json_checker is not set, just use the first syntax
+" checker that we find installed.
+"============================================================================
+if exists("loaded_json_syntax_checker")
+    finish
+endif
+let loaded_json_syntax_checker = 1
+
+let s:supported_checkers = ["jsonlint", "jsonval"]
+
+function! s:load_checker(checker)
+    exec "runtime syntax_checkers/json/" . a:checker . ".vim"
+endfunction
+
+if exists("g:syntastic_json_checker")
+    if index(s:supported_checkers, g:syntastic_json_checker) != -1 && executable(g:syntastic_json_checker)
+        call s:load_checker(g:syntastic_json_checker)
+    else
+        echoerr "JSON syntax not supported or not installed."
+    endif
+else
+    for checker in s:supported_checkers
+        if executable(checker)
+            call s:load_checker(checker)
+            break
+        endif
+    endfor
+endif
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/json/jsonlint.vim b/syntax_checkers/json/jsonlint.vim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e4a4c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syntax_checkers/json/jsonlint.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"============================================================================
+"File:        jsonlint.vim
+"Description: JSON syntax checker - using jsonlint
+"Maintainer:  Miller Medeiros <contact at millermedeiros dot com>
+"License:     This program is free software. It comes without any warranty,
+"             to the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute
+"             it and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You
+"             Want To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar.
+"             See http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
+"============================================================================
+
+function! SyntaxCheckers_json_GetLocList()
+    let makeprg = 'jsonlint ' . shellescape(expand("%")) . ' --compact'
+    let errorformat = '%ELine %l:%c,%Z\\s%#Reason: %m,%C%.%#,%f: line %l\, col %c\, %m,%-G%.%#'
+    return SyntasticMake({ 'makeprg': makeprg, 'errorformat': errorformat, 'defaults': {'bufnr': bufnr('')} })
+endfunction
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/json/jsonval.vim b/syntax_checkers/json/jsonval.vim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f288039a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syntax_checkers/json/jsonval.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+"============================================================================
+"File:        jsonval.vim
+"Description: JSON syntax checker - using jsonval
+"Maintainer:  Miller Medeiros <contact at millermedeiros dot com>
+"License:     This program is free software. It comes without any warranty,
+"             to the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute
+"             it and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You
+"             Want To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar.
+"             See http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
+"============================================================================
+
+function! SyntaxCheckers_json_GetLocList()
+    " based on https://gist.github.com/1196345
+    let makeprg = 'jsonval '. shellescape(expand('%'))
+    let errorformat = '%E%f:\ %m\ at\ line\ %l,%-G%.%#'
+    return SyntasticMake({ 'makeprg': makeprg, 'errorformat': errorformat, 'defaults': {'bufnr': bufnr('')} })
+endfunction