1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Bugzilla/Template.pm b/Bugzilla/Template.pm
index 2887f0138..1f0892a32 100644
--- a/Bugzilla/Template.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/Template.pm
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ use File::Spec;
 use IO::Dir;
 use List::MoreUtils qw(firstidx);
 use Scalar::Util qw(blessed);
+use JSON::XS qw(encode_json);
 
 use base qw(Template);
 
@@ -976,6 +977,10 @@ sub create {
             # Function for retrieving global parameters.
             'Param' => sub { return Bugzilla->params->{$_[0]}; },
 
+            json_encode => sub {
+                return encode_json($_[0]);
+            },
+
             # Function to create date strings
             'time2str' => \&Date::Format::time2str,