diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index dc0493a81..18cf93f43 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ pub mod dev {
     pub use crate::service::{
         HttpServiceFactory, ServiceFromRequest, ServiceRequest, ServiceResponse,
     };
+    pub use crate::types::json::JsonBody;
 
     pub use actix_http::body::{Body, BodyLength, MessageBody, ResponseBody};
     pub use actix_http::dev::ResponseBuilder as HttpResponseBuilder;
@@ -95,8 +96,7 @@ pub mod web {
 
     pub use crate::data::{Data, RouteData};
     pub use crate::request::HttpRequest;
-    pub use crate::types::{Form, Json, Path, Payload, Query};
-    pub use crate::types::{FormConfig, JsonConfig, PayloadConfig};
+    pub use crate::types::*;
 
     /// Create resource for a specific path.
     ///
diff --git a/src/types/json.rs b/src/types/json.rs
index 92b7f20f6..74ee5eb21 100644
--- a/src/types/json.rs
+++ b/src/types/json.rs
@@ -3,16 +3,15 @@
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::{fmt, ops};
 
-use bytes::Bytes;
-use futures::{Future, Stream};
+use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
+use futures::{Future, Poll, Stream};
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use serde_json;
 
-use actix_http::dev::JsonBody;
-use actix_http::error::{Error, JsonPayloadError};
-use actix_http::http::StatusCode;
-use actix_http::Response;
+use actix_http::error::{Error, JsonPayloadError, PayloadError};
+use actix_http::http::{header::CONTENT_LENGTH, StatusCode};
+use actix_http::{HttpMessage, Payload, Response};
 
 use crate::extract::FromRequest;
 use crate::request::HttpRequest;
@@ -257,3 +256,187 @@ impl Default for JsonConfig {
         }
     }
 }
+
+/// Request's payload json parser, it resolves to a deserialized `T` value.
+/// This future could be used with `ServiceRequest` and `ServiceFromRequest`.
+///
+/// Returns error:
+///
+/// * content type is not `application/json`
+/// * content length is greater than 256k
+pub struct JsonBody<T: HttpMessage, U> {
+    limit: usize,
+    length: Option<usize>,
+    stream: Payload<T::Stream>,
+    err: Option<JsonPayloadError>,
+    fut: Option<Box<Future<Item = U, Error = JsonPayloadError>>>,
+}
+
+impl<T, U> JsonBody<T, U>
+where
+    T: HttpMessage,
+    T::Stream: Stream<Item = Bytes, Error = PayloadError> + 'static,
+    U: DeserializeOwned + 'static,
+{
+    /// Create `JsonBody` for request.
+    pub fn new(req: &mut T) -> Self {
+        // check content-type
+        let json = if let Ok(Some(mime)) = req.mime_type() {
+            mime.subtype() == mime::JSON || mime.suffix() == Some(mime::JSON)
+        } else {
+            false
+        };
+        if !json {
+            return JsonBody {
+                limit: 262_144,
+                length: None,
+                stream: Payload::None,
+                fut: None,
+                err: Some(JsonPayloadError::ContentType),
+            };
+        }
+
+        let mut len = None;
+        if let Some(l) = req.headers().get(CONTENT_LENGTH) {
+            if let Ok(s) = l.to_str() {
+                if let Ok(l) = s.parse::<usize>() {
+                    len = Some(l)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        JsonBody {
+            limit: 262_144,
+            length: len,
+            stream: req.take_payload(),
+            fut: None,
+            err: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Change max size of payload. By default max size is 256Kb
+    pub fn limit(mut self, limit: usize) -> Self {
+        self.limit = limit;
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T, U> Future for JsonBody<T, U>
+where
+    T: HttpMessage,
+    T::Stream: Stream<Item = Bytes, Error = PayloadError> + 'static,
+    U: DeserializeOwned + 'static,
+{
+    type Item = U;
+    type Error = JsonPayloadError;
+
+    fn poll(&mut self) -> Poll<U, JsonPayloadError> {
+        if let Some(ref mut fut) = self.fut {
+            return fut.poll();
+        }
+
+        if let Some(err) = self.err.take() {
+            return Err(err);
+        }
+
+        let limit = self.limit;
+        if let Some(len) = self.length.take() {
+            if len > limit {
+                return Err(JsonPayloadError::Overflow);
+            }
+        }
+
+        let fut = std::mem::replace(&mut self.stream, Payload::None)
+            .from_err()
+            .fold(BytesMut::with_capacity(8192), move |mut body, chunk| {
+                if (body.len() + chunk.len()) > limit {
+                    Err(JsonPayloadError::Overflow)
+                } else {
+                    body.extend_from_slice(&chunk);
+                    Ok(body)
+                }
+            })
+            .and_then(|body| Ok(serde_json::from_slice::<U>(&body)?));
+        self.fut = Some(Box::new(fut));
+        self.poll()
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use bytes::Bytes;
+    use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::http::header;
+    use crate::test::{block_on, TestRequest};
+
+    fn json_eq(err: JsonPayloadError, other: JsonPayloadError) -> bool {
+        match err {
+            JsonPayloadError::Overflow => match other {
+                JsonPayloadError::Overflow => true,
+                _ => false,
+            },
+            JsonPayloadError::ContentType => match other {
+                JsonPayloadError::ContentType => true,
+                _ => false,
+            },
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug)]
+    struct MyObject {
+        name: String,
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_json_body() {
+        let mut req = TestRequest::default().to_request();
+        let json = block_on(req.json::<MyObject>());
+        assert!(json_eq(json.err().unwrap(), JsonPayloadError::ContentType));
+
+        let mut req = TestRequest::default()
+            .header(
+                header::CONTENT_TYPE,
+                header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/text"),
+            )
+            .to_request();
+        let json = block_on(req.json::<MyObject>());
+        assert!(json_eq(json.err().unwrap(), JsonPayloadError::ContentType));
+
+        let mut req = TestRequest::default()
+            .header(
+                header::CONTENT_TYPE,
+                header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/json"),
+            )
+            .header(
+                header::CONTENT_LENGTH,
+                header::HeaderValue::from_static("10000"),
+            )
+            .to_request();
+
+        let json = block_on(req.json::<MyObject>().limit(100));
+        assert!(json_eq(json.err().unwrap(), JsonPayloadError::Overflow));
+
+        let mut req = TestRequest::default()
+            .header(
+                header::CONTENT_TYPE,
+                header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/json"),
+            )
+            .header(
+                header::CONTENT_LENGTH,
+                header::HeaderValue::from_static("16"),
+            )
+            .set_payload(Bytes::from_static(b"{\"name\": \"test\"}"))
+            .to_request();
+
+        let json = block_on(req.json::<MyObject>());
+        assert_eq!(
+            json.ok().unwrap(),
+            MyObject {
+                name: "test".to_owned()
+            }
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/types/mod.rs b/src/types/mod.rs
index b5f8de603..2fc3ca938 100644
--- a/src/types/mod.rs
+++ b/src/types/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Helper types
 
 mod form;
-mod json;
+pub(crate) mod json;
 mod path;
 mod payload;
 mod query;