diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
index 7f5b01354362..b15ee1c6d633 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/Filesystem.php
@@ -59,6 +59,20 @@ public function get($path, $lock = false)
         throw new FileNotFoundException("File does not exist at path {$path}.");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the contents of a file as decoded JSON.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $path
+     * @param  bool  $lock
+     * @return array
+     *
+     * @throws \Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\FileNotFoundException
+     */
+    public function json($path, $lock = false)
+    {
+        return json_decode($this->get($path, $lock), true);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get contents of a file with shared access.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Filesystem/FilesystemTest.php b/tests/Filesystem/FilesystemTest.php
index f061c5bb575a..3d3dba7651fd 100755
--- a/tests/Filesystem/FilesystemTest.php
+++ b/tests/Filesystem/FilesystemTest.php
@@ -346,6 +346,20 @@ public function testGetRequireThrowsExceptionNonExistingFile()
         $files->getRequire(self::$tempDir.'/file.php');
     }
 
+    public function testJsonReturnsDecodedJsonData()
+    {
+        file_put_contents(self::$tempDir.'/file.json', '{"foo": "bar"}');
+        $files = new Filesystem;
+        $this->assertSame(['foo' => 'bar'], $files->json(self::$tempDir.'/file.json'));
+    }
+
+    public function testJsonReturnsNullIfJsonDataIsInvalid()
+    {
+        file_put_contents(self::$tempDir.'/file.json', '{"foo":');
+        $files = new Filesystem;
+        $this->assertNull($files->json(self::$tempDir . '/file.json'));
+    }
+
     public function testAppendAddsDataToFile()
     {
         file_put_contents(self::$tempDir.'/file.txt', 'foo');