diff --git a/flight/util/Collection.php b/flight/util/Collection.php
index 196ea66..1062b11 100644
--- a/flight/util/Collection.php
+++ b/flight/util/Collection.php
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@
 
 namespace flight\util;
 
+if (!interface_exists('JsonSerializable')) {
+    require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/LegacyJsonSerializable.php';
+}
+
 /**
  * The Collection class allows you to access a set of data
  * using both array and object notation.
  */
-class Collection implements \ArrayAccess, \Iterator, \Countable {
+class Collection implements \ArrayAccess, \Iterator, \Countable, \JsonSerializable {
     /**
      * Collection data.
      *
@@ -194,6 +198,15 @@ class Collection implements \ArrayAccess, \Iterator, \Countable {
         $this->data = $data;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the collection data which can be serialized to JSON
+     *
+     * @return array Collection data which can be serialized by <b>json_encode</b>
+     */
+    public function jsonSerialize() {
+        return $this->data;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Removes all items from the collection.
      */
diff --git a/flight/util/LegacyJsonSerializable.php b/flight/util/LegacyJsonSerializable.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c907c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flight/util/LegacyJsonSerializable.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Flight: An extensible micro-framework.
+ *
+ * @copyright   Copyright (c) 2011, Mike Cao <mike@mikecao.com>
+ * @license     MIT, http://flightphp.com/license
+ */
+
+interface JsonSerializable {
+    public function jsonSerialize();
+}
\ No newline at end of file