diff --git a/src/pkg/json/Makefile b/src/pkg/json/Makefile
index 5371aee7f2..970b84dc08 100644
--- a/src/pkg/json/Makefile
+++ b/src/pkg/json/Makefile
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ GOFILES=\
 	indent.go\
 	parse.go\
 	scanner.go\
+	stream.go\
 
 include ../../Make.pkg
diff --git a/src/pkg/json/stream.go b/src/pkg/json/stream.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4fb346607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/json/stream.go
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+// Copyright 2010 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package json
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+)
+
+// A Decoder reads and decodes JSON objects from an input stream.
+type Decoder struct {
+	r    io.Reader
+	buf  []byte
+	d    decodeState
+	scan scanner
+	err  os.Error
+}
+
+// NewDecoder returns a new decoder that reads from r.
+func NewDecoder(r io.Reader) *Decoder {
+	return &Decoder{r: r}
+}
+
+// Decode reads the next JSON-encoded value from the
+// connection and stores it in the value pointed to by v.
+//
+// See the documentation for Unmarshal for details about
+// the conversion of JSON into a Go value.
+func (dec *Decoder) Decode(v interface{}) os.Error {
+	if dec.err != nil {
+		return dec.err
+	}
+
+	n, err := dec.readValue()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Don't save err from unmarshal into dec.err:
+	// the connection is still usable since we read a complete JSON
+	// object from it before the error happened.
+	dec.d.init(dec.buf[0:n])
+	err = dec.d.unmarshal(v)
+
+	// Slide rest of data down.
+	rest := copy(dec.buf, dec.buf[n:])
+	dec.buf = dec.buf[0:rest]
+
+	return err
+}
+
+// readValue reads a JSON value into dec.buf.
+// It returns the length of the encoding.
+func (dec *Decoder) readValue() (int, os.Error) {
+	dec.scan.reset()
+
+	scanp := 0
+	var err os.Error
+Input:
+	for {
+		// Look in the buffer for a new value.
+		for i, c := range dec.buf[scanp:] {
+			v := dec.scan.step(&dec.scan, int(c))
+			if v == scanEnd {
+				scanp += i
+				break Input
+			}
+			// scanEnd is delayed one byte.
+			// We might block trying to get that byte from src,
+			// so instead invent a space byte.
+			if v == scanEndObject && dec.scan.step(&dec.scan, ' ') == scanEnd {
+				scanp += i + 1
+				break Input
+			}
+			if v == scanError {
+				dec.err = dec.scan.err
+				return 0, dec.scan.err
+			}
+		}
+		scanp = len(dec.buf)
+
+		// Did the last read have an error?
+		// Delayed until now to allow buffer scan.
+		if err != nil {
+			if err == os.EOF {
+				if dec.scan.step(&dec.scan, ' ') == scanEnd {
+					break Input
+				}
+				if nonSpace(dec.buf) {
+					err = io.ErrUnexpectedEOF
+				}
+			}
+			dec.err = err
+			return 0, err
+		}
+
+		// Make room to read more into the buffer.
+		const minRead = 512
+		if cap(dec.buf)-len(dec.buf) < minRead {
+			newBuf := make([]byte, len(dec.buf), 2*cap(dec.buf)+minRead)
+			copy(newBuf, dec.buf)
+			dec.buf = newBuf
+		}
+
+		// Read.  Delay error for next iteration (after scan).
+		var n int
+		n, err = dec.r.Read(dec.buf[len(dec.buf):cap(dec.buf)])
+		dec.buf = dec.buf[0 : len(dec.buf)+n]
+	}
+	return scanp, nil
+}
+
+func nonSpace(b []byte) bool {
+	for _, c := range b {
+		if !isSpace(int(c)) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// An Encoder writes JSON objects to an output stream.
+type Encoder struct {
+	w   io.Writer
+	e   encodeState
+	err os.Error
+}
+
+// NewEncoder returns a new encoder that writes to w.
+func NewEncoder(w io.Writer) *Encoder {
+	return &Encoder{w: w}
+}
+
+// Encode writes the JSON encoding of v to the connection.
+//
+// See the documentation for Marshal for details about the
+// conversion of Go values to JSON.
+func (enc *Encoder) Encode(v interface{}) os.Error {
+	if enc.err != nil {
+		return enc.err
+	}
+	enc.e.Reset()
+	err := enc.e.marshal(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Terminate each value with a newline.
+	// This makes the output look a little nicer
+	// when debugging, and some kind of space
+	// is required if the encoded value was a number,
+	// so that the reader knows there aren't more
+	// digits coming.
+	enc.e.WriteByte('\n')
+
+	if _, err = enc.w.Write(enc.e.Bytes()); err != nil {
+		enc.err = err
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+// RawMessage is a raw encoded JSON object.
+// It implements Marshaler and Unmarshaler and can
+// be used to delay JSON decoding or precompute a JSON encoding.
+type RawMessage []byte
+
+// MarshalJSON returns *m as the JSON encoding of m.
+func (m *RawMessage) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, os.Error) {
+	return *m, nil
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON sets *m to a copy of data.
+func (m *RawMessage) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) os.Error {
+	if m == nil {
+		return os.NewError("json.RawMessage: UnmarshalJSON on nil pointer")
+	}
+	*m = bytes.Add((*m)[0:0], data)
+	return nil
+}
+
+var _ Marshaler = (*RawMessage)(nil)
+var _ Unmarshaler = (*RawMessage)(nil)
diff --git a/src/pkg/json/stream_test.go b/src/pkg/json/stream_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86d0142902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/json/stream_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+// Copyright 2010 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package json
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// Test values for the stream test.
+// One of each JSON kind.
+var streamTest = []interface{}{
+	float64(0.1),
+	"hello",
+	nil,
+	true,
+	false,
+	[]interface{}{"a", "b", "c"},
+	map[string]interface{}{"K": "Kelvin", "ß": "long s"},
+	float64(3.14), // another value to make sure something can follow map
+}
+
+var streamEncoded = `0.1
+"hello"
+null
+true
+false
+["a","b","c"]
+{"ß":"long s","K":"Kelvin"}
+3.14
+`
+
+func TestEncoder(t *testing.T) {
+	for i := 0; i <= len(streamTest); i++ {
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		enc := NewEncoder(&buf)
+		for j, v := range streamTest[0:i] {
+			if err := enc.Encode(v); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("encode #%d: %v", j, err)
+			}
+		}
+		if have, want := buf.String(), nlines(streamEncoded, i); have != want {
+			t.Errorf("encoding %d items: mismatch", i)
+			diff(t, []byte(have), []byte(want))
+			break
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDecoder(t *testing.T) {
+	for i := 0; i <= len(streamTest); i++ {
+		// Use stream without newlines as input,
+		// just to stress the decoder even more.
+		// Our test input does not include back-to-back numbers.
+		// Otherwise stripping the newlines would
+		// merge two adjacent JSON values.
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		for _, c := range nlines(streamEncoded, i) {
+			if c != '\n' {
+				buf.WriteRune(c)
+			}
+		}
+		out := make([]interface{}, i)
+		dec := NewDecoder(&buf)
+		for j := range out {
+			if err := dec.Decode(&out[j]); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("decode #%d/%d: %v", j, i, err)
+			}
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(out, streamTest[0:i]) {
+			t.Errorf("decoding %d items: mismatch")
+			for j := range out {
+				if !reflect.DeepEqual(out[j], streamTest[j]) {
+					t.Errorf("#%d: have %v want %v", out[j], streamTest[j])
+				}
+			}
+			break
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func nlines(s string, n int) string {
+	if n <= 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	for i, c := range s {
+		if c == '\n' {
+			if n--; n == 0 {
+				return s[0 : i+1]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
+func TestRawMessage(t *testing.T) {
+	// TODO(rsc): Should not need the * in *RawMessage
+	var data struct {
+		X  float64
+		Id *RawMessage
+		Y  float32
+	}
+	const raw = `["\u0056",null]`
+	const msg = `{"X":0.1,"Id":["\u0056",null],"Y":0.2}`
+	err := Unmarshal([]byte(msg), &data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unmarshal: %v", err)
+	}
+	if string(*data.Id) != raw {
+		t.Fatalf("Raw mismatch: have %#q want %#q", []byte(*data.Id), raw)
+	}
+	b, err := Marshal(&data)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Marshal: %v", err)
+	}
+	if string(b) != msg {
+		t.Fatalf("Marshal: have %#q want %#q", b, msg)
+	}
+}