diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
index b15ee1c6d633..2219b15d7a17 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
@@ -63,14 +63,15 @@ public function get($path, $lock = false)
      * Get the contents of a file as decoded JSON.
      *
      * @param  string  $path
+     * @param  int  $flags
      * @param  bool  $lock
      * @return array
      *
      * @throws \Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\FileNotFoundException
      */
-    public function json($path, $lock = false)
+    public function json($path, $flags = 0, $lock = false)
     {
-        return json_decode($this->get($path, $lock), true);
+        return json_decode($this->get($path, $lock), true, 512, $flags);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/FilesystemAdapter.php b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/FilesystemAdapter.php
index 88ffe14dfdfe..4a4fa1486b64 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/FilesystemAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/FilesystemAdapter.php
@@ -262,6 +262,20 @@ public function get($path)
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the contents of a file as decoded JSON.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $path
+     * @param  int  $flags
+     * @return array|null
+     */
+    public function json($path, $flags = 0)
+    {
+        $content = $this->get($path);
+
+        return is_null($content) ? null : json_decode($content, true, 512, $flags);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create a streamed response for a given file.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Filesystem/FilesystemAdapterTest.php b/tests/Filesystem/FilesystemAdapterTest.php
index 51d6d669c0a3..d6cc99c64dcd 100644
--- a/tests/Filesystem/FilesystemAdapterTest.php
+++ b/tests/Filesystem/FilesystemAdapterTest.php
@@ -184,6 +184,20 @@ public function testGetFileNotFound()
         $this->assertNull($filesystemAdapter->get('file.txt'));
     }
 
+    public function testJsonReturnsDecodedJsonData()
+    {
+        $this->filesystem->write('file.json', '{"foo": "bar"}');
+        $filesystemAdapter = new FilesystemAdapter($this->filesystem, $this->adapter);
+        $this->assertSame(['foo' => 'bar'], $filesystemAdapter->json('file.json'));
+    }
+
+    public function testJsonReturnsNullIfJsonDataIsInvalid()
+    {
+        $this->filesystem->write('file.json', '{"foo":');
+        $filesystemAdapter = new FilesystemAdapter($this->filesystem, $this->adapter);
+        $this->assertNull($filesystemAdapter->json('file.json'));
+    }
+
     public function testMimeTypeNotDetected()
     {
         $this->filesystem->write('unknown.mime-type', '');