diff --git a/handlebars/src/main/java/com/github/jknack/handlebars/EscapingStrategy.java b/handlebars/src/main/java/com/github/jknack/handlebars/EscapingStrategy.java
index 03ab9ccfc..77c659b50 100644
--- a/handlebars/src/main/java/com/github/jknack/handlebars/EscapingStrategy.java
+++ b/handlebars/src/main/java/com/github/jknack/handlebars/EscapingStrategy.java
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ private static Map<CharSequence, CharSequence> escapeMap(final String[][] table)
   EscapingStrategy JS = value ->
     value == null ? null : StringEscapeUtils.escapeEcmaScript(value.toString());
 
+  /** Escape variable for JSON. */
+  EscapingStrategy JSON = value ->
+    value == null ? null : StringEscapeUtils.escapeJson(value.toString());
+
   /** NOOP escaping. */
   EscapingStrategy NOOP = value -> value;
 
diff --git a/handlebars/src/test/java/com/github/jknack/handlebars/EscapingStrategyTest.java b/handlebars/src/test/java/com/github/jknack/handlebars/EscapingStrategyTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..415e79465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handlebars/src/test/java/com/github/jknack/handlebars/EscapingStrategyTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.github.jknack.handlebars;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class EscapingStrategyTest {
+    @Test
+    public void shouldEscapeVariableForJSON() throws IOException {
+        Template template = new Handlebars().with(EscapingStrategy.JSON).compileInline("{{this}}");
+
+        assertEquals("\\\"", template.apply("\""));
+        assertEquals("\\\\", template.apply("\\"));
+        assertEquals("\\/", template.apply("/"));
+    }
+}