diff --git a/src/pkg/json/generic.go b/src/pkg/json/generic.go
index eed8f9daa2..0140b50e48 100644
--- a/src/pkg/json/generic.go
+++ b/src/pkg/json/generic.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type Json interface {
 	Get(s string) Json;	// field lookup (MapKind)
 	Elem(i int) Json;	// element lookup (ArrayKind)
 	Len() int;		// length (ArrayKind, MapKind)
+	Map() map[string]Json;	// map form (MapKind)
 }
 
 // JsonToString returns the textual JSON syntax representation
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ func (*_Null) Bool() bool		{ return false }
 func (*_Null) Get(s string) Json	{ return Null }
 func (*_Null) Elem(int) Json		{ return Null }
 func (*_Null) Len() int			{ return 0 }
+func (*_Null) Map() map[string]Json	{ return nil }
 
 type _String struct {
 	s	string;
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ func (j *_Map) String() string {
 	s += "}";
 	return s;
 }
+func (j *_Map) Map() map[string]Json	{ return j.m }
 
 // Walk evaluates path relative to the JSON object j.
 // Path is taken as a sequence of slash-separated field names
diff --git a/src/pkg/json/generic_test.go b/src/pkg/json/generic_test.go
index 7fc7bcc55a..5b660f268f 100644
--- a/src/pkg/json/generic_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/json/generic_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package json
 
 import (
+	"reflect";
 	"testing";
 )
 
@@ -73,4 +74,7 @@ func TestJsonMap(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("MapTest: Walk(%#q) => %v, want %v", k, v1, v)
 		}
 	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(values, mapv.Map()) {
+		t.Errorf("DeepEqual(values, mapv.Map()) failed")
+	}
 }