diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
index 089f93db4512a..dbb1e482fc32a 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+*   Add support for Postgresql JSONB.
+
+    Example:
+
+        create_table :posts do |t|
+          t.jsonb :meta_data
+        end
+
+    *Philippe Creux*, *Chris Teague*
+
 *   `db:purge` with MySQL respects `Rails.env`.
 
     *Yves Senn*
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid.rb
index d05ce613301b2..d28a2b4fa030b 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 require 'active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid/inet'
 require 'active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid/integer'
 require 'active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid/json'
+require 'active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid/jsonb'
 require 'active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid/money'
 require 'active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid/point'
 require 'active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid/range'
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid/jsonb.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid/jsonb.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..34ed32ad35a14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/oid/jsonb.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+module ActiveRecord
+  module ConnectionAdapters
+    module PostgreSQL
+      module OID # :nodoc:
+        class Jsonb < Json # :nodoc:
+          def type
+            :jsonb
+          end
+
+          def changed_in_place?(raw_old_value, new_value)
+            # Postgres does not preserve insignificant whitespaces when
+            # roundtripping jsonb columns. This causes some false positives for
+            # the comparison here. Therefore, we need to parse and re-dump the
+            # raw value here to ensure the insignificant whitespaces are
+            # consitent with our encoder's output.
+            raw_old_value = type_cast_for_database(type_cast_from_database(raw_old_value))
+            super(raw_old_value, new_value)
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/schema_definitions.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/schema_definitions.rb
index 0867e5ef54ec7..83554bbf74e8f 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/schema_definitions.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql/schema_definitions.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ def json(name, options = {})
           column(name, :json, options)
         end
 
+        def jsonb(name, options = {})
+          column(name, :jsonb, options)
+        end
+
         def citext(name, options = {})
           column(name, :citext, options)
         end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
index f660fc41cf5ff..eede37467812a 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ def initialize_type_map(m) # :nodoc:
           m.register_type 'point', OID::Point.new
           m.register_type 'hstore', OID::Hstore.new
           m.register_type 'json', OID::Json.new
+          m.register_type 'jsonb', OID::Jsonb.new
           m.register_type 'cidr', OID::Cidr.new
           m.register_type 'inet', OID::Inet.new
           m.register_type 'uuid', OID::Uuid.new
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/postgresql/json_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/postgresql/json_test.rb
index cb3c02fa3add5..86ba849445c96 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/postgresql/json_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/postgresql/json_test.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 require 'active_record/base'
 require 'active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter'
 
-class PostgresqlJSONTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+module PostgresqlJSONSharedTestCases
   class JsonDataType < ActiveRecord::Base
     self.table_name = 'json_data_type'
 
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ def setup
     begin
       @connection.transaction do
         @connection.create_table('json_data_type') do |t|
-          t.json 'payload', :default => {}
-          t.json 'settings'
+          t.public_send column_type, 'payload', default: {} # t.json 'payload', default: {}
+          t.public_send column_type, 'settings'             # t.json 'settings'
         end
       end
     rescue ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid
@@ -26,21 +26,21 @@ def setup
     @column = JsonDataType.columns_hash['payload']
   end
 
-  teardown do
+  def teardown
     @connection.execute 'drop table if exists json_data_type'
   end
 
   def test_column
     column = JsonDataType.columns_hash["payload"]
-    assert_equal :json, column.type
-    assert_equal "json", column.sql_type
+    assert_equal column_type, column.type
+    assert_equal column_type.to_s, column.sql_type
     assert_not column.number?
     assert_not column.binary?
     assert_not column.array
   end
 
   def test_default
-    @connection.add_column 'json_data_type', 'permissions', :json, default: '{"users": "read", "posts": ["read", "write"]}'
+    @connection.add_column 'json_data_type', 'permissions', column_type, default: '{"users": "read", "posts": ["read", "write"]}'
     JsonDataType.reset_column_information
 
     assert_equal({"users"=>"read", "posts"=>["read", "write"]}, JsonDataType.column_defaults['permissions'])
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ def test_default
   def test_change_table_supports_json
     @connection.transaction do
       @connection.change_table('json_data_type') do |t|
-        t.json 'users', default: '{}'
+        t.public_send column_type, 'users', default: '{}' # t.json 'users', default: '{}'
       end
       JsonDataType.reset_column_information
       column = JsonDataType.columns_hash['users']
-      assert_equal :json, column.type
+      assert_equal column_type, column.type
 
       raise ActiveRecord::Rollback # reset the schema change
     end
@@ -175,3 +175,19 @@ def test_changes_in_place
     assert_not json.changed?
   end
 end
+
+class PostgresqlJSONTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+  include PostgresqlJSONSharedTestCases
+
+  def column_type
+    :json
+  end
+end
+
+class PostgresqlJSONBTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+  include PostgresqlJSONSharedTestCases
+
+  def column_type
+    :jsonb
+  end
+end