diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index cfc0cf7..f9a94aa 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
         "satooshi/php-coveralls": "dev-master"
     },
     "autoload": {
-        "psr-0": { "GeoIp2": "src/" }
+        "psr-0": {
+            "GeoIp2": "src/",
+            "" : "compat/"
+         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/GeoIp2/Model/Country.php b/src/GeoIp2/Model/Country.php
index 90f05be..2a9f341 100644
--- a/src/GeoIp2/Model/Country.php
+++ b/src/GeoIp2/Model/Country.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace GeoIp2\Model;
  * @property \GeoIp2\Record\Traits $traits Data for the traits of the
  * requested IP address.
  */
-class Country
+class Country implements \JsonSerializable
 {
     private $continent;
     private $country;
@@ -92,4 +92,9 @@ class Country
 
         throw new \RuntimeException("Unknown attribute: $attr");
     }
+
+    public function jsonSerialize()
+    {
+        return $this->raw;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/GeoIp2/Record/AbstractRecord.php b/src/GeoIp2/Record/AbstractRecord.php
index e85a623..301d0b0 100644
--- a/src/GeoIp2/Record/AbstractRecord.php
+++ b/src/GeoIp2/Record/AbstractRecord.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace GeoIp2\Record;
 
-abstract class AbstractRecord
+abstract class AbstractRecord implements \JsonSerializable
 {
     private $record;
 
@@ -31,4 +31,9 @@ abstract class AbstractRecord
             throw new \RuntimeException("Unknown attribute: $attr");
         }
     }
+
+    public function jsonSerialize()
+    {
+        return $this->record;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/GeoIp2/Test/Model/CountryTest.php b/tests/GeoIp2/Test/Model/CountryTest.php
index 73ed334..f4c2a3b 100644
--- a/tests/GeoIp2/Test/Model/CountryTest.php
+++ b/tests/GeoIp2/Test/Model/CountryTest.php
@@ -159,4 +159,35 @@ class CountryTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             'raw method returns raw input'
         );
     }
+
+    public function testJsonSerialize()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            $this->raw,
+            $this->model->jsonSerialize(),
+            'jsonSerialize returns initial array'
+        );
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            $this->raw['country'],
+            $this->model->country->jsonSerialize(),
+            'jsonSerialize returns initial array for the record'
+        );
+
+        if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.0', '<')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Requires PHP 5.4+.');
+        }
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            json_encode($this->raw),
+            json_encode($this->model),
+            'json_encode can be called on the model object directly'
+        );
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            json_encode($this->raw['country']),
+            json_encode($this->model->country),
+            'json_encode can be called on the record object directly'
+        );
+    }
 }