diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c871e56d..ab07c577 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 
 ## master (unreleased)
 
+- feat: allow dumping with JSON ([#485](https://github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/pull/485) by @mrexox
+
 ## 1.4.0 (2023-05-18)
 
-- feat: add adaptive colors ([#482](https://github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/pull/482))
-- fix: skip output for interactive commands if configured ([#483](https://github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/pull/483))
-- feat: add dump command ([#481](https://github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/pull/481))
+- feat: add adaptive colors ([#482](https://github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/pull/482)) by @mrexox
+- fix: skip output for interactive commands if configured ([#483](https://github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/pull/483)) by @mrexox
+- feat: add dump command ([#481](https://github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/pull/481)) by @mrexox
 
 ## 1.3.13 (2023-05-11)
 
diff --git a/cmd/dump.go b/cmd/dump.go
index 2bf28af6..e4ada4e4 100644
--- a/cmd/dump.go
+++ b/cmd/dump.go
@@ -7,14 +7,20 @@ import (
 )
 
 func newDumpCmd(opts *lefthook.Options) *cobra.Command {
+	dumpArgs := lefthook.DumpArgs{}
 	dumpCmd := cobra.Command{
 		Use:     "dump",
-		Short:   "Prints config merged from all extensions",
+		Short:   "Prints config merged from all extensions (in YAML format by default)",
 		Example: "lefthook dump",
-		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, hooks []string) {
-			lefthook.Dump(opts)
+		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			lefthook.Dump(opts, dumpArgs)
 		},
 	}
 
+	dumpCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(
+		&dumpArgs.JSON, "json", "j", false,
+		"dump in JSON format",
+	)
+
 	return &dumpCmd
 }
diff --git a/internal/config/command.go b/internal/config/command.go
index e578a81b..1ab87750 100644
--- a/internal/config/command.go
+++ b/internal/config/command.go
@@ -12,21 +12,21 @@ import (
 var errFilesIncompatible = errors.New("One of your runners contains incompatible file types")
 
 type Command struct {
-	Run string `mapstructure:"run" yaml:",omitempty"`
+	Run string `mapstructure:"run" yaml:",omitempty" json:"run,omitempty"`
 
-	Skip  interface{}       `mapstructure:"skip" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Only  interface{}       `mapstructure:"only" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Tags  []string          `mapstructure:"tags" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Glob  string            `mapstructure:"glob" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Files string            `mapstructure:"files" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Env   map[string]string `mapstructure:"env" yaml:",omitempty"`
+	Skip  interface{}       `mapstructure:"skip"  yaml:",omitempty"  json:"skip,omitempty"`
+	Only  interface{}       `mapstructure:"only"  yaml:",omitempty"  json:"only,omitempty"`
+	Tags  []string          `mapstructure:"tags"  yaml:",omitempty"  json:"tags,omitempty"`
+	Glob  string            `mapstructure:"glob"  yaml:",omitempty"  json:"glob,omitempty"`
+	Files string            `mapstructure:"files" yaml:",omitempty"  json:"files,omitempty"`
+	Env   map[string]string `mapstructure:"env"   yaml:",omitempty"  json:"env,omitempty"`
 
-	Root    string `mapstructure:"root" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Exclude string `mapstructure:"exclude" yaml:",omitempty"`
+	Root    string `mapstructure:"root"    yaml:",omitempty" json:"root,omitempty"`
+	Exclude string `mapstructure:"exclude" yaml:",omitempty" json:"exclude,omitempty"`
 
-	FailText    string `mapstructure:"fail_text" yaml:"fail_text,omitempty"`
-	Interactive bool   `mapstructure:"interactive" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	StageFixed  bool   `mapstructure:"stage_fixed" yaml:"stage_fixed,omitempty"`
+	FailText    string `mapstructure:"fail_text"   yaml:"fail_text,omitempty"   json:"fail_text,omitempty"`
+	Interactive bool   `mapstructure:"interactive" yaml:",omitempty"            json:"interactive,omitempty"`
+	StageFixed  bool   `mapstructure:"stage_fixed" yaml:"stage_fixed,omitempty" json:"stage_fixed,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (c Command) Validate() error {
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 122060f1..b039900c 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -1,34 +1,44 @@
 package config
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
 
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 
+	"github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/internal/log"
 	"github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/internal/version"
 )
 
 const dumpIndent = 2
 
 type Config struct {
-	Colors         interface{} `mapstructure:"colors" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Extends        []string    `mapstructure:"extends" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Remote         Remote      `mapstructure:"remote" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	MinVersion     string      `mapstructure:"min_version" yaml:"min_version,omitempty"`
-	SkipOutput     []string    `mapstructure:"skip_output" yaml:"skip_output,omitempty"`
-	SourceDir      string      `mapstructure:"source_dir" yaml:"source_dir,omitempty"`
-	SourceDirLocal string      `mapstructure:"source_dir_local" yaml:"source_dir_local,omitempty"`
-	Rc             string      `mapstructure:"rc" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	NoTTY          bool        `mapstructure:"no_tty" yaml:"no_tty,omitempty"`
-
-	Hooks map[string]*Hook
+	Colors         interface{} `mapstructure:"colors"           yaml:"colors,omitempty"           json:"colors,omitempty"`
+	Extends        []string    `mapstructure:"extends"          yaml:"extends,omitempty"          json:"extends,omitempty"`
+	Remote         Remote      `mapstructure:"remote"           yaml:"remote,omitempty"           json:"remote,omitempty"`
+	MinVersion     string      `mapstructure:"min_version"      yaml:"min_version,omitempty"      json:"min_version,omitempty"`
+	SkipOutput     []string    `mapstructure:"skip_output"      yaml:"skip_output,omitempty"      json:"skip_output,omitempty"`
+	SourceDir      string      `mapstructure:"source_dir"       yaml:"source_dir,omitempty"       json:"source_dir,omitempty"`
+	SourceDirLocal string      `mapstructure:"source_dir_local" yaml:"source_dir_local,omitempty" json:"source_dir_local,omitempty"`
+	Rc             string      `mapstructure:"rc"               yaml:"rc,omitempty"               json:"rc,omitempty"`
+	NoTTY          bool        `mapstructure:"no_tty"           yaml:"no_tty,omitempty"           json:"no_tty,omitempty"`
+
+	Hooks map[string]*Hook `yaml:",inline" json:"-"`
 }
 
 func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 	return version.CheckCovered(c.MinVersion)
 }
 
-func (c *Config) Dump() error {
+func (c *Config) Dump(asJSON bool) error {
+	if asJSON {
+		return c.dumpJSON()
+	}
+
+	return c.dumpYAML()
+}
+
+func (c *Config) dumpYAML() error {
 	encoder := yaml.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
 	encoder.SetIndent(dumpIndent)
 	defer encoder.Close()
@@ -40,3 +50,35 @@ func (c *Config) Dump() error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (c *Config) dumpJSON() error {
+	// This hack allows to inline Hooks
+	type ConfigForMarshalling *Config
+	res, err := json.Marshal(ConfigForMarshalling(c))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var rawMarshalled map[string]json.RawMessage
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(res, &rawMarshalled); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for hook, contents := range c.Hooks {
+		var hookMarshalled json.RawMessage
+		hookMarshalled, err = json.Marshal(contents)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		rawMarshalled[hook] = hookMarshalled
+	}
+
+	res, err = json.MarshalIndent(rawMarshalled, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Info(string(res))
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/config/hook.go b/internal/config/hook.go
index 4c1dd296..449cc1b9 100644
--- a/internal/config/hook.go
+++ b/internal/config/hook.go
@@ -18,20 +18,20 @@ type Hook struct {
 	// Should be unmarshalled with `mapstructure:"commands"`
 	// But replacing '{cmd}' is still an issue
 	// Unmarshaling it manually, so omit auto unmarshaling
-	Commands map[string]*Command `mapstructure:"?" yaml:",omitempty"`
+	Commands map[string]*Command `mapstructure:"?" yaml:",omitempty" json:"commands,omitempty"`
 
 	// Should be unmarshalled with `mapstructure:"scripts"`
 	// But parsing keys with dots in it is still an issue: https://github.com/spf13/viper/issues/324
 	// Unmarshaling it manually, so omit auto unmarshaling
-	Scripts map[string]*Script `mapstructure:"?" yaml:",omitempty"`
-
-	Files       string      `mapstructure:"files" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Parallel    bool        `mapstructure:"parallel" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Piped       bool        `mapstructure:"piped" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	ExcludeTags []string    `mapstructure:"exclude_tags" yaml:"exclude_tags,omitempty"`
-	Skip        interface{} `mapstructure:"skip" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Only        interface{} `mapstructure:"only" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Follow      bool        `mapstructure:"follow" yaml:",omitempty"`
+	Scripts map[string]*Script `mapstructure:"?" yaml:",omitempty" json:"scripts,omitempty"`
+
+	Files       string      `mapstructure:"files"        yaml:",omitempty"             json:"files,omitempty"`
+	Parallel    bool        `mapstructure:"parallel"     yaml:",omitempty"             json:"parallel,omitempty"`
+	Piped       bool        `mapstructure:"piped"        yaml:",omitempty"             json:"piped,omitempty"`
+	ExcludeTags []string    `mapstructure:"exclude_tags" yaml:"exclude_tags,omitempty" json:"exclude_tags,omitempty"`
+	Skip        interface{} `mapstructure:"skip"         yaml:",omitempty"             json:"skip,omitempty"`
+	Only        interface{} `mapstructure:"only"         yaml:",omitempty"             json:"only,omitempty"`
+	Follow      bool        `mapstructure:"follow"       yaml:",omitempty"             json:"follow,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (h *Hook) Validate() error {
diff --git a/internal/config/remote.go b/internal/config/remote.go
index 525c59e3..b7c4acb8 100644
--- a/internal/config/remote.go
+++ b/internal/config/remote.go
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package config
 
 type Remote struct {
-	GitURL string `mapstructure:"git_url"`
-	Ref    string `mapstructure:"ref"`
-	Config string `mapstructure:"config"`
+	GitURL string `mapstructure:"git_url" yaml:"git_url,omitempty" json:"git_url,omitempty"`
+	Ref    string `mapstructure:"ref"     yaml:",omitempty"        json:"ref,omitempty"`
+	Config string `mapstructure:"config"  yaml:",omitempty"        json:"config,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (r Remote) Configured() bool {
diff --git a/internal/config/script.go b/internal/config/script.go
index 10a0218d..71f9d998 100644
--- a/internal/config/script.go
+++ b/internal/config/script.go
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Script struct {
-	Runner string `mapstructure:"runner" yaml:",omitempty"`
+	Runner string `mapstructure:"runner" yaml:",omitempty" json:"runner,omitempty"`
 
-	Skip interface{}       `mapstructure:"skip" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Only interface{}       `mapstructure:"only" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Tags []string          `mapstructure:"tags" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	Env  map[string]string `mapstructure:"env" yaml:",omitempty"`
+	Skip interface{}       `mapstructure:"skip" yaml:",omitempty" json:"skip,omitempty"`
+	Only interface{}       `mapstructure:"only" yaml:",omitempty" json:"only,omitempty"`
+	Tags []string          `mapstructure:"tags" yaml:",omitempty" json:"tags,omitempty"`
+	Env  map[string]string `mapstructure:"env"  yaml:",omitempty" json:"env,omitempty"`
 
-	FailText    string `mapstructure:"fail_text" yaml:"fail_text,omitempty"`
-	Interactive bool   `mapstructure:"interactive" yaml:",omitempty"`
-	StageFixed  bool   `mapstructure:"stage_fixed" yaml:"stage_fixed,omitempty"`
+	FailText    string `mapstructure:"fail_text"  yaml:"fail_text,omitempty"    json:"fail_text,omitempty"`
+	Interactive bool   `mapstructure:"interactive" yaml:",omitempty"            json:"interactive,omitempty"`
+	StageFixed  bool   `mapstructure:"stage_fixed" yaml:"stage_fixed,omitempty" json:"stage_fixed,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (s Script) DoSkip(gitState git.State) bool {
diff --git a/internal/lefthook/dump.go b/internal/lefthook/dump.go
index e6f4927c..260b1f7e 100644
--- a/internal/lefthook/dump.go
+++ b/internal/lefthook/dump.go
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/evilmartians/lefthook/internal/log"
 )
 
-func Dump(opts *Options) {
+type DumpArgs struct {
+	JSON bool
+}
+
+func Dump(opts *Options, args DumpArgs) {
 	lefthook, err := initialize(opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("couldn't initialize lefthook: %s\n", err)
@@ -18,7 +22,7 @@ func Dump(opts *Options) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if err := cfg.Dump(); err != nil {
+	if err := cfg.Dump(args.JSON); err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("couldn't dump config: %s\n", err)
 		return
 	}