diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a5481ac5..59d62c2c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ The first argument can be either a `url` or an `options` object. The only requir
     body streams are not allowed.
 * `auth` - A hash containing values `user` || `username`, `pass` || `password`, and `sendImmediately` (optional).  See documentation above.
 * `json` - sets `body` but to JSON representation of value and adds `Content-type: application/json` header.  Additionally, parses the response body as JSON.
+* `jsonReviver` - a [reviver function](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON/parse) that will be passed to `JSON.parse()` when parsing a JSON response body.
 * `preambleCRLF` - append a newline/CRLF before the boundary of your `multipart/form-data` request.
 * `postambleCRLF` - append a newline/CRLF at the end of the boundary of your `multipart/form-data` request.
 * `followRedirect` - follow HTTP 3xx responses as redirects (default: `true`). This property can also be implemented as function which gets `response` object as a single argument and should return `true` if redirects should continue or `false` otherwise.
diff --git a/request.js b/request.js
index 93239feb7..39c338a0c 100644
--- a/request.js
+++ b/request.js
@@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ Request.prototype.onRequestResponse = function (response) {
 
         if (self._json) {
           try {
-            response.body = JSON.parse(response.body)
+            response.body = JSON.parse(response.body, self._jsonReviver)
           } catch (e) {}
         }
         debug('emitting complete', self.uri.href)
@@ -1495,6 +1495,10 @@ Request.prototype.json = function (val) {
     }
   }
 
+  if (typeof self.jsonReviver === 'function') {
+    self._jsonReviver = self.jsonReviver
+  }
+
   return self
 }
 Request.prototype.getHeader = function (name, headers) {
diff --git a/tests/test-json-request.js b/tests/test-json-request.js
index af41964bd..08a963a68 100644
--- a/tests/test-json-request.js
+++ b/tests/test-json-request.js
@@ -32,6 +32,26 @@ function testJSONValue(testId, value) {
   })
 }
 
+function testJSONValueReviver(testId, value, reviver, revivedValue) {
+  tape('test ' + testId, function(t) {
+    var testUrl = '/' + testId
+    s.on(testUrl, server.createPostJSONValidator(value, 'application/json'))
+    var opts = {
+      method: 'PUT',
+      uri: s.url + testUrl,
+      json: true,
+      jsonReviver: reviver,
+      body: value
+    }
+    request(opts, function (err, resp, body) {
+      t.equal(err, null)
+      t.equal(resp.statusCode, 200)
+      t.deepEqual(body, revivedValue)
+      t.end()
+    })
+  })
+}
+
 testJSONValue('jsonNull', null)
 testJSONValue('jsonTrue', true)
 testJSONValue('jsonFalse', false)
@@ -48,6 +68,11 @@ testJSONValue('jsonObject', {
   objectProperty: { object: 'property' }
 })
 
+testJSONValueReviver('jsonReviver', -48269.592, function (k, v) {
+  return v * -1
+}, 48269.592)
+testJSONValueReviver('jsonReviverInvalid', -48269.592, 'invalid reviver', -48269.592)
+
 tape('cleanup', function(t) {
   s.close()
   t.end()