diff --git a/flask_security/views.py b/flask_security/views.py
index 33e6ab9..0deb68c 100644
--- a/flask_security/views.py
+++ b/flask_security/views.py
@@ -96,22 +96,33 @@ def logout():
 def register():
     """View function which handles a registration request."""
 
-    if _security.confirmable:
-        form = ConfirmRegisterForm()
+    if _security.confirmable or request.json:
+        form_class = ConfirmRegisterForm
     else:
-        form = RegisterForm()
+        form_class = RegisterForm
+
+    if request.json:
+        form_data = MultiDict(request.json)
+    else:
+        form_data = None
+
+    form = form_class(form_data)
 
     if form.validate_on_submit():
         user = register_user(**form.to_dict())
+        form.user = user
 
         if not _security.confirmable or _security.login_without_confirmation:
             after_this_request(_commit)
             login_user(user)
 
-        post_register_url = get_url(_security.post_register_view)
-        post_login_url = get_url(_security.post_login_view)
+        if not request.json:
+            post_register_url = get_url(_security.post_register_view)
+            post_login_url = get_url(_security.post_login_view)
+            return redirect(post_register_url or post_login_url)
 
-        return redirect(post_register_url or post_login_url)
+    if request.json:
+        return _render_json(form)
 
     return render_template('security/register_user.html',
                            register_user_form=form,
@@ -174,7 +185,7 @@ def confirm_email(token):
     """View function which handles a email confirmation request."""
 
     expired, invalid, user = confirm_email_token_status(token)
-    print expired, invalid, user
+
     if invalid:
         do_flash(*get_message('INVALID_CONFIRMATION_TOKEN'))
     if expired:
diff --git a/tests/functional_tests.py b/tests/functional_tests.py
index eb0c5c4..1595825 100644
--- a/tests/functional_tests.py
+++ b/tests/functional_tests.py
@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ class DefaultSecurityTests(SecurityTest):
 
     def test_ok_json_auth(self):
         r = self.json_authenticate()
-        self.assertIn('"code": 200', r.data)
+        data = json.loads(r.data)
+        self.assertEquals(data['meta']['code'], 200)
+        self.assertIn('authentication_token', data['response']['user'])
 
     def test_invalid_json_auth(self):
         r = self.json_authenticate(password='junk')
@@ -250,6 +252,15 @@ class ConfiguredSecurityTests(SecurityTest):
         r = self._post('/register', data=data, follow_redirects=True)
         self.assertIn('Post Register', r.data)
 
+    def test_register_json(self):
+        r = self._post('/register',
+                       data='{ "email": "dude@lp.com", "password": "password" }',
+                       content_type='application/json')
+        data = json.loads(r.data)
+        print data
+        self.assertEquals(data['meta']['code'], 200)
+        self.assertIn('authentication_token', data['response']['user'])
+
     def test_register_existing_email(self):
         data = dict(email='matt@lp.com',
                     password='password',