diff --git a/src/JSON.jl b/src/JSON.jl
index 48f1c6a..35c5430 100644
--- a/src/JSON.jl
+++ b/src/JSON.jl
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ module JSON
 
 using Compat
 
+import Base.colon
+
 export json # returns a compact (or indented) JSON representation as a String
 
 include("Parser.jl")