diff --git a/awc/CHANGES.md b/awc/CHANGES.md
index 9ca5b22d..c3359318 100644
--- a/awc/CHANGES.md
+++ b/awc/CHANGES.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 * Export `MessageBody` type
 
+* `ClientResponse::json()` - Loads and parse `application/json` encoded body
+
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/awc/Cargo.toml b/awc/Cargo.toml
index ef9143ec..fdaf0a55 100644
--- a/awc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/awc/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ bytes = "0.4"
 derive_more = "0.14"
 futures = "0.1.25"
 log =" 0.4"
+mime = "0.3"
 percent-encoding = "1.0"
 rand = "0.6"
 serde = "1.0"
@@ -62,6 +63,5 @@ actix-server = { version = "0.4.1", features=["ssl"] }
 brotli2 = { version="0.3.2" }
 flate2 = { version="1.0.2" }
 env_logger = "0.6"
-mime = "0.3"
 rand = "0.6"
 tokio-tcp = "0.1"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/awc/src/error.rs b/awc/src/error.rs
index 8f51fd7d..bbfd9b97 100644
--- a/awc/src/error.rs
+++ b/awc/src/error.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ pub use actix_http::error::PayloadError;
 pub use actix_http::ws::HandshakeError as WsHandshakeError;
 pub use actix_http::ws::ProtocolError as WsProtocolError;
 
+use actix_http::{Response, ResponseError};
+use serde_json::error::Error as JsonError;
+
 use actix_http::http::{header::HeaderValue, Error as HttpError, StatusCode};
 use derive_more::{Display, From};
 
@@ -47,3 +50,27 @@ impl From<HttpError> for WsClientError {
         WsClientError::SendRequest(err.into())
     }
 }
+
+/// A set of errors that can occur during parsing json payloads
+#[derive(Debug, Display, From)]
+pub enum JsonPayloadError {
+    /// Payload size is bigger than allowed. (default: 32kB)
+    #[display(fmt = "Json payload size is bigger than allowed.")]
+    Overflow,
+    /// Content type error
+    #[display(fmt = "Content type error")]
+    ContentType,
+    /// Deserialize error
+    #[display(fmt = "Json deserialize error: {}", _0)]
+    Deserialize(JsonError),
+    /// Payload error
+    #[display(fmt = "Error that occur during reading payload: {}", _0)]
+    Payload(PayloadError),
+}
+
+/// Return `InternlaServerError` for `JsonPayloadError`
+impl ResponseError for JsonPayloadError {
+    fn error_response(&self) -> Response {
+        Response::new(StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/awc/src/lib.rs b/awc/src/lib.rs
index e2c04dbb..8d0ac6a5 100644
--- a/awc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/awc/src/lib.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ pub mod ws;
 
 pub use self::builder::ClientBuilder;
 pub use self::request::ClientRequest;
-pub use self::response::{ClientResponse, MessageBody};
+pub use self::response::{ClientResponse, JsonBody, MessageBody};
 
 use self::connect::{Connect, ConnectorWrapper};
 
diff --git a/awc/src/response.rs b/awc/src/response.rs
index 2548d719..b9173520 100644
--- a/awc/src/response.rs
+++ b/awc/src/response.rs
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ use std::fmt;
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use futures::{Future, Poll, Stream};
 
-use actix_http::error::PayloadError;
+use actix_http::cookie::Cookie;
+use actix_http::error::{CookieParseError, PayloadError};
 use actix_http::http::header::{CONTENT_LENGTH, SET_COOKIE};
 use actix_http::http::{HeaderMap, StatusCode, Version};
 use actix_http::{Extensions, HttpMessage, Payload, PayloadStream, ResponseHead};
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 
-use actix_http::cookie::Cookie;
-use actix_http::error::CookieParseError;
+use crate::error::JsonPayloadError;
 
 /// Client Response
 pub struct ClientResponse<S = PayloadStream> {
@@ -104,10 +105,21 @@ impl<S> ClientResponse<S>
 where
     S: Stream<Item = Bytes, Error = PayloadError> + 'static,
 {
-    /// Load http response's body.
+    /// Loads http response's body.
     pub fn body(&mut self) -> MessageBody<S> {
         MessageBody::new(self)
     }
+
+    /// Loads and parse `application/json` encoded body.
+    /// Return `JsonBody<T>` future. It resolves to a `T` value.
+    ///
+    /// Returns error:
+    ///
+    /// * content type is not `application/json`
+    /// * content length is greater than 256k
+    pub fn json<T: DeserializeOwned>(&mut self) -> JsonBody<S, T> {
+        JsonBody::new(self)
+    }
 }
 
 impl<S> Stream for ClientResponse<S>
@@ -230,12 +242,115 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+/// Response's payload json parser, it resolves to a deserialized `T` value.
+///
+/// Returns error:
+///
+/// * content type is not `application/json`
+/// * content length is greater than 64k
+pub struct JsonBody<S, U> {
+    limit: usize,
+    length: Option<usize>,
+    stream: Payload<S>,
+    err: Option<JsonPayloadError>,
+    fut: Option<Box<Future<Item = U, Error = JsonPayloadError>>>,
+}
+
+impl<S, U> JsonBody<S, U>
+where
+    S: Stream<Item = Bytes, Error = PayloadError> + 'static,
+    U: DeserializeOwned,
+{
+    /// Create `JsonBody` for request.
+    pub fn new(req: &mut ClientResponse<S>) -> 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: 65536,
+                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: 65536,
+            length: len,
+            stream: req.take_payload(),
+            fut: None,
+            err: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Change max size of payload. By default max size is 64Kb
+    pub fn limit(mut self, limit: usize) -> Self {
+        self.limit = limit;
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T, U> Future for JsonBody<T, U>
+where
+    T: 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 super::*;
     use futures::Async;
+    use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-    use crate::{http::header, test::TestResponse};
+    use crate::{http::header, test::block_on, test::TestResponse};
 
     #[test]
     fn test_body() {
@@ -268,4 +383,73 @@ mod tests {
             _ => unreachable!("error"),
         }
     }
+
+    #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug)]
+    struct MyObject {
+        name: String,
+    }
+
+    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,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_json_body() {
+        let mut req = TestResponse::default().finish();
+        let json = block_on(JsonBody::<_, MyObject>::new(&mut req));
+        assert!(json_eq(json.err().unwrap(), JsonPayloadError::ContentType));
+
+        let mut req = TestResponse::default()
+            .header(
+                header::CONTENT_TYPE,
+                header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/text"),
+            )
+            .finish();
+        let json = block_on(JsonBody::<_, MyObject>::new(&mut req));
+        assert!(json_eq(json.err().unwrap(), JsonPayloadError::ContentType));
+
+        let mut req = TestResponse::default()
+            .header(
+                header::CONTENT_TYPE,
+                header::HeaderValue::from_static("application/json"),
+            )
+            .header(
+                header::CONTENT_LENGTH,
+                header::HeaderValue::from_static("10000"),
+            )
+            .finish();
+
+        let json = block_on(JsonBody::<_, MyObject>::new(&mut req).limit(100));
+        assert!(json_eq(json.err().unwrap(), JsonPayloadError::Overflow));
+
+        let mut req = TestResponse::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\"}"))
+            .finish();
+
+        let json = block_on(JsonBody::<_, MyObject>::new(&mut req));
+        assert_eq!(
+            json.ok().unwrap(),
+            MyObject {
+                name: "test".to_owned()
+            }
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/awc/src/test.rs b/awc/src/test.rs
index 5e595d15..1c772905 100644
--- a/awc/src/test.rs
+++ b/awc/src/test.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use actix_http::http::header::{self, Header, HeaderValue, IntoHeaderValue};
 use actix_http::http::{HeaderName, HttpTryFrom, Version};
 use actix_http::{h1, Payload, ResponseHead};
 use bytes::Bytes;
+#[cfg(test)]
+use futures::Future;
 use percent_encoding::{percent_encode, USERINFO_ENCODE_SET};
 
 use crate::ClientResponse;
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ thread_local! {
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
-pub fn run_on<F, R>(f: F) -> R
+pub(crate) fn run_on<F, R>(f: F) -> R
 where
     F: Fn() -> R,
 {
@@ -29,6 +31,14 @@ where
     .unwrap()
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub(crate) fn block_on<F>(f: F) -> Result<F::Item, F::Error>
+where
+    F: Future,
+{
+    RT.with(move |rt| rt.borrow_mut().block_on(f))
+}
+
 /// Test `ClientResponse` builder
 pub struct TestResponse {
     head: ResponseHead,
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 02e17241..78dc2fb6 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ pub enum JsonPayloadError {
     Payload(PayloadError),
 }
 
-/// Return `BadRequest` for `UrlencodedError`
+/// Return `BadRequest` for `JsonPayloadError`
 impl ResponseError for JsonPayloadError {
     fn error_response(&self) -> HttpResponse {
         match *self {