diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aed1637..a81af23 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Usage of vegeta:
   -ordering="random": Attack ordering [sequential, random]
   -output="stdout": Reporter output file
   -rate=50: Requests per second
-  -reporter="text": Reporter to use [text, plot:timings]
+  -reporter="text": Reporter to use [text, json, plot:timings]
   -targets="targets.txt": Targets file
 ```
 
@@ -75,6 +75,24 @@ Error Set:
 Server Timeout
 Page Not Found
 ```
+##### -reporter=json
+```json
+{
+  "total_requests": 50,
+  "total_timing": 34779791,
+  "mean_timing": 695595,
+  "total_bytes_in": 272850,
+  "mean_bytes_in": 5457,
+  "total_bytes_out": 0,
+  "mean_bytes_out": 0,
+  "total_success": 50,
+  "mean_success": 1,
+  "status_codes": {
+    "200": 50
+  },
+  "errors": []
+}
+```
 ##### -reporter=plot:timings
 Plots the request timings in SVG format.
 ![plot](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/83217940/plot.svg)
diff --git a/lib/metrics.go b/lib/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1588b1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package vegeta
+
+import (
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Metrics holds the stats computed out of a slice of Results
+// that is used for some of the Reporters
+type Metrics struct {
+	TotalRequests uint64         `json:"total_requests"`
+	TotalTiming   time.Duration  `json:"total_timing"`
+	MeanTiming    time.Duration  `json:"mean_timing"`
+	TotalBytesIn  uint64         `json:"total_bytes_in"`
+	MeanBytesIn   float64        `json:"mean_bytes_in"`
+	TotalBytesOut uint64         `json:"total_bytes_out"`
+	MeanBytesOut  float64        `json:"mean_bytes_out"`
+	TotalSuccess  uint64         `json:"total_success"`
+	MeanSuccess   float64        `json:"mean_success"`
+	StatusCodes   map[string]int `json:"status_codes"`
+	Errors        []string       `json:"errors"`
+}
+
+// NewMetrics computes and returns a Metrics struct out of a slice of Results
+func NewMetrics(results []Result) *Metrics {
+	m := &Metrics{
+		TotalRequests: uint64(len(results)),
+		StatusCodes:   map[string]int{},
+	}
+	errorSet := map[string]struct{}{}
+
+	for _, result := range results {
+		m.StatusCodes[strconv.Itoa(int(result.Code))]++
+		m.TotalTiming += result.Timing
+		m.TotalBytesOut += result.BytesOut
+		m.TotalBytesIn += result.BytesIn
+		if result.Code >= 200 && result.Code < 300 {
+			m.TotalSuccess++
+		}
+		if result.Error != nil {
+			errorSet[result.Error.Error()] = struct{}{}
+		}
+	}
+
+	m.MeanTiming = time.Duration(float64(m.TotalTiming) / float64(m.TotalRequests))
+	m.MeanBytesOut = float64(m.TotalBytesOut) / float64(m.TotalRequests)
+	m.MeanBytesIn = float64(m.TotalBytesIn) / float64(m.TotalRequests)
+	m.MeanSuccess = float64(m.TotalSuccess) / float64(m.TotalRequests)
+
+	m.Errors = make([]string, 0, len(errorSet))
+	for err := range errorSet {
+		m.Errors = append(m.Errors, err)
+	}
+
+	return m
+}
diff --git a/lib/metrics_test.go b/lib/metrics_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d17ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/metrics_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package vegeta
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestNewMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+	m := NewMetrics([]Result{
+		Result{500, time.Now(), 100 * time.Millisecond, 10, 30, errors.New("Internal server error")},
+		Result{200, time.Now(), 20 * time.Millisecond, 20, 20, nil},
+		Result{200, time.Now(), 30 * time.Millisecond, 30, 10, nil},
+	})
+
+	for field, values := range map[string][]float64{
+		"MeanBytesIn":  []float64{m.MeanBytesIn, 20.0},
+		"MeanBytesOut": []float64{m.MeanBytesOut, 20.0},
+		"MeanSuccess":  []float64{m.MeanSuccess, 0.6666666666666666},
+	} {
+		if values[0] != values[1] {
+			t.Errorf("%s: want: %f, got: %f", field, values[1], values[0])
+		}
+	}
+
+	for field, values := range map[string][]time.Duration{
+		"TotalTiming": []time.Duration{m.TotalTiming, 150 * time.Millisecond},
+		"MeanTiming":  []time.Duration{m.MeanTiming, 50 * time.Millisecond},
+	} {
+		if values[0] != values[1] {
+			t.Errorf("%s: want: %s, got: %s", field, values[1], values[0])
+		}
+	}
+
+	for field, values := range map[string][]uint64{
+		"TotalSuccess":  []uint64{m.TotalSuccess, 2},
+		"TotalBytesOut": []uint64{m.TotalBytesOut, 60},
+		"TotalRequests": []uint64{m.TotalRequests, 3},
+		"TotalBytesIn":  []uint64{m.TotalBytesIn, 60},
+	} {
+		if values[0] != values[1] {
+			t.Errorf("%s: want: %d, got: %d", field, values[1], values[0])
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(m.StatusCodes) != 2 || m.StatusCodes["200"] != 2 || m.StatusCodes["500"] != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("StatusCodes: want: %v, got: %v", map[int]int{200: 2, 500: 1}, m.StatusCodes)
+	}
+
+	err := "Internal server error"
+	if len(m.Errors) != 1 || m.Errors[0] != err {
+		t.Errorf("Errors: want: %v, got: %v", []string{err}, m.Errors)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/lib/reporters.go b/lib/reporters.go
index 73b7890..a7cd30d 100644
--- a/lib/reporters.go
+++ b/lib/reporters.go
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ import (
 	"code.google.com/p/plotinum/plotutil"
 	"code.google.com/p/plotinum/vg"
 	"code.google.com/p/plotinum/vg/vgsvg"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"text/tabwriter"
-	"time"
 )
 
 // Reporter represents any function which takes a slice of Results and
@@ -17,57 +17,36 @@ import (
 // in case of failure
 type Reporter func([]Result, io.Writer) error
 
-// ReportText computes and prints some metrics out of results
-// as formatted text. Metrics include avg time per request, success ratio,
-// total number of request, avg bytes in and avg bytes out.
+// ReportText writes a computed Metrics struct to out as aligned, formatted text
 func ReportText(results []Result, out io.Writer) error {
-	totalRequests := float64(len(results))
-	totalTime := time.Duration(0)
-	totalBytesOut := uint64(0)
-	totalBytesIn := uint64(0)
-	totalSuccess := uint64(0)
-	histogram := map[uint16]uint64{}
-	errors := map[string]struct{}{}
-
-	for _, res := range results {
-		histogram[res.Code]++
-		totalTime += res.Timing
-		totalBytesOut += res.BytesOut
-		totalBytesIn += res.BytesIn
-		if res.Code >= 200 && res.Code < 300 {
-			totalSuccess++
-		}
-		if res.Error != nil {
-			errors[res.Error.Error()] = struct{}{}
-		}
-	}
-
-	avgTime := time.Duration(float64(totalTime) / totalRequests)
-	avgBytesOut := float64(totalBytesOut) / totalRequests
-	avgBytesIn := float64(totalBytesIn) / totalRequests
-	avgSuccess := float64(totalSuccess) / totalRequests
+	m := NewMetrics(results)
 
 	w := tabwriter.NewWriter(out, 0, 8, 2, '\t', tabwriter.StripEscape)
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Time(avg)\tRequests\tSuccess\tBytes(rx/tx)\n")
-	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%d\t%.2f%%\t%.2f/%.2f\n", avgTime, int(totalRequests), avgSuccess*100, avgBytesIn, avgBytesOut)
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%d\t%.2f%%\t%.2f/%.2f\n", m.MeanTiming, m.TotalRequests, m.MeanSuccess*100, m.MeanBytesIn, m.MeanBytesOut)
 
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\nCount:\t")
-	for _, count := range histogram {
+	for _, count := range m.StatusCodes {
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%d\t", count)
 	}
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "\nStatus:\t")
-	for code := range histogram {
+	for code := range m.StatusCodes {
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%d\t", code)
 	}
 
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "\n\nError Set:")
-	for err := range errors {
+	for err := range m.Errors {
 		fmt.Fprintln(w, err)
 	}
 
 	return w.Flush()
 }
 
+// ReportJSON writes a computed Metrics struct to out as JSON
+func ReportJSON(results []Result, out io.Writer) error {
+	return json.NewEncoder(out).Encode(NewMetrics(results))
+}
+
 // ReportTimingsPlot builds up a plot of the response times of the requests
 // in SVG format and writes it to out
 func ReportTimingsPlot(results []Result, out io.Writer) error {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index eccd08e..63363f6 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func main() {
 		targetsf = flag.String("targets", "targets.txt", "Targets file")
 		ordering = flag.String("ordering", "random", "Attack ordering [sequential, random]")
 		duration = flag.Duration("duration", 10*time.Second, "Duration of the test")
-		reporter = flag.String("reporter", "text", "Reporter to use [text, plot:timings]")
+		reporter = flag.String("reporter", "text", "Reporter to use [text, json, plot:timings]")
 		output   = flag.String("output", "stdout", "Reporter output file")
 		cpus     = flag.Int("cpus", runtime.NumCPU(), "Number of CPUs to use")
 	)
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ func run(rate uint64, duration time.Duration, targetsf, ordering, reporter, outp
 	switch reporter {
 	case "text":
 		rep = vegeta.ReportText
+	case "json":
+		rep = vegeta.ReportJSON
 	case "plot:timings":
 		rep = vegeta.ReportTimingsPlot
 	default: