diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 55c4b264..0cb35a45 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@ version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b141fdc7836c525d4d594027d318c84161ca17aaf8113ab1f81ab93ae897485"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itoa"
+version = "0.4.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dc6f3ad7b9d11a0c00842ff8de1b60ee58661048eb8049ed33c73594f359d7e6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "jemalloc-sys"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -430,6 +436,12 @@ version = "0.6.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3b181ba2dcf07aaccad5448e8ead58db5b742cf85dfe035e2227f137a539a189"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ryu"
+version = "1.0.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "71d301d4193d031abdd79ff7e3dd721168a9572ef3fe51a1517aba235bd8f86e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -456,6 +468,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_json"
+version = "1.0.59"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dcac07dbffa1c65e7f816ab9eba78eb142c6d44410f4eeba1e26e4f5dfa56b95"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -537,6 +560,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "devtimer",
  "libtdb",
  "rand",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/tdb-bench/Cargo.toml b/tdb-bench/Cargo.toml
index 522d336e..309ce1a5 100644
--- a/tdb-bench/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tdb-bench/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ rand = "0.7.3"
 devtimer = "4.0.0"
 libtdb = {path="../libtdb"}
 clap = {version = "2.33.3", features=["yaml"]}
+serde = {version="1.0.117", features=["derive"]}
+serde_json = "1.0.59"
diff --git a/tdb-bench/src/cli.yml b/tdb-bench/src/cli.yml
index deba6e28..fe1a6779 100644
--- a/tdb-bench/src/cli.yml
+++ b/tdb-bench/src/cli.yml
@@ -23,27 +23,32 @@ name: TerrabaseDB Benchmark Tool
 version: 0.4.5
 author: Sayan N. <ohsayan@outlook.com>
 about: |
-      The TerrabaseDB benchmark tool can be used to benchmark TerrabaseDB installations. 
-      If you find any issues, then report one here: https://github.com/terrabasedb/terrabasedb
+        The TerrabaseDB benchmark tool can be used to benchmark TerrabaseDB installations. 
+        If you find any issues, then report one here: https://github.com/terrabasedb/terrabasedb
 args:
-      - connections:
-              short: c
-              required: true
-              long: connections
-              value_name: count
-              help: Sets the number of simultaneous clients
-              takes_value: true
-      - queries:
-              short: q
-              required: true
-              long: queries
-              value_name: number
-              help: Sets the number of queries to run
-              takes_value: true
-      - size:
-              short: s
-              required: true
-              long: kvsize
-              value_name: bytes
-              help: Sets the size of the key/value pairs
-              takes_value: true
+        - connections:
+                  short: c
+                  required: true
+                  long: connections
+                  value_name: count
+                  help: Sets the number of simultaneous clients
+                  takes_value: true
+        - queries:
+                  short: q
+                  required: true
+                  long: queries
+                  value_name: number
+                  help: Sets the number of queries to run
+                  takes_value: true
+        - size:
+                  short: s
+                  required: true
+                  long: kvsize
+                  value_name: bytes
+                  help: Sets the size of the key/value pairs
+                  takes_value: true
+        - json:
+                  required: false
+                  long: json
+                  help: Sets output type to JSON
+                  takes_value: false
diff --git a/tdb-bench/src/main.rs b/tdb-bench/src/main.rs
index 9f733550..bedba847 100644
--- a/tdb-bench/src/main.rs
+++ b/tdb-bench/src/main.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ mod benchtool {
     use libtdb::terrapipe;
     use rand::distributions::Alphanumeric;
     use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
+    use serde::Serialize;
     use std::io::prelude::*;
     use std::net::{self, TcpStream};
     use std::sync::mpsc;
@@ -117,10 +118,26 @@ mod benchtool {
         }
     }
 
+    #[derive(Serialize)]
+    pub struct JSONReportBlock {
+        report: String,
+        stat: f64,
+    }
+
+    impl JSONReportBlock {
+        pub fn new(report: &'static str, stat: f64) -> Self {
+            JSONReportBlock {
+                report: report.to_owned(),
+                stat,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Run the benchmark tool
     pub fn runner() {
         let cfg_layout = load_yaml!("./cli.yml");
         let matches = App::from_yaml(cfg_layout).get_matches();
+        let json_out = matches.is_present("json");
         let (max_connections, max_queries, packet_size) = match (
             matches.value_of("connections").unwrap().parse::<usize>(),
             matches.value_of("queries").unwrap().parse::<usize>(),
@@ -201,16 +218,21 @@ mod benchtool {
             delpool.execute(packet);
         }
         drop(delpool);
-        println!("==========RESULTS==========");
-        println!(
-            "{} GETs/sec",
-            calc(max_queries, dt.time_in_nanos("GET").unwrap())
-        );
-        println!(
-            "{} SETs/sec",
-            calc(max_queries, dt.time_in_nanos("SET").unwrap())
-        );
-        println!("===========================");
+        let gets_per_sec = calc(max_queries, dt.time_in_nanos("GET").unwrap());
+        let sets_per_sec = calc(max_queries, dt.time_in_nanos("SET").unwrap());
+        if json_out {
+            let dat = vec![
+                JSONReportBlock::new("GET", gets_per_sec),
+                JSONReportBlock::new("SET", sets_per_sec),
+            ];
+            let serialized = serde_json::to_string(&dat).unwrap();
+            println!("{}", serialized);
+        } else {
+            println!("==========RESULTS==========");
+            println!("{} GETs/sec", gets_per_sec);
+            println!("{} SETs/sec", sets_per_sec);
+            println!("===========================");
+        }
     }
 
     /// Returns the number of queries/sec