diff --git a/spring-boot/pom.xml b/spring-boot/pom.xml
index bf47c8d141..1f7ecd787f 100644
--- a/spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
 			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+			<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.jms</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jms-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/GsonJsonParser.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/GsonJsonParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f19c0d44a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/GsonJsonParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2014 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.json;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * @author dsyer
+ */
+public class GsonJsonParser implements JsonParser {
+
+	private Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().create();
+
+	@Override
+	public Map<String, Object> parseMap(String json) {
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+		Map<String, Object> value = this.gson.fromJson(json, Map.class);
+		return value;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<Object> parseList(String json) {
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+		List<Object> value = this.gson.fromJson(json, List.class);
+		return value;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/JsonParser.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/JsonParser.java
index 86c0aab406..bf71ed8c35 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/JsonParser.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/JsonParser.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
  * @see JsonParserFactory
  * @see SimpleJsonParser
  * @see JacksonJsonParser
+ * @see GsonJsonParser
  * @see YamlJsonParser
  */
 public interface JsonParser {
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/JsonParserFactory.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/JsonParserFactory.java
index 77291cb1e6..8b47bf7f43 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/JsonParserFactory.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/json/JsonParserFactory.java
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ public abstract class JsonParserFactory {
 		if (ClassUtils.isPresent("com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper", null)) {
 			return new JacksonJsonParser();
 		}
+		if (ClassUtils.isPresent("com.google.gson.Gson", null)) {
+			return new GsonJsonParser();
+		}
 		if (ClassUtils.isPresent("org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml", null)) {
 			return new YamlJsonParser();
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/json/GsonJsonParserTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/json/GsonJsonParserTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae0a108da1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/json/GsonJsonParserTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2013 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.boot.json;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link YamlJsonParser}.
+ *
+ * @author Dave Syer
+ */
+public class GsonJsonParserTests extends SimpleJsonParserTests {
+
+	@Override
+	protected JsonParser getParser() {
+		return new GsonJsonParser();
+	}
+}