diff --git a/initializr-service/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/service/extension/JacksonKotlinRequestPostProcessor.java b/initializr-service/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/service/extension/JacksonKotlinRequestPostProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6ff72b98d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/initializr-service/src/main/java/io/spring/initializr/service/extension/JacksonKotlinRequestPostProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2018 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.spring.initializr.service.extension;
+
+import io.spring.initializr.generator.ProjectRequest;
+import io.spring.initializr.generator.ProjectRequestPostProcessor;
+import io.spring.initializr.metadata.Dependency;
+import io.spring.initializr.metadata.InitializrMetadata;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link ProjectRequestPostProcessor} that automatically adds "jackson-module-kotlin"
+ * when Kotlin is used and a dependency has the "json" facet.
+ *
+ * @author Sebastien Deleuze
+ */
+@Component
+class JacksonKotlinRequestPostProcessor implements ProjectRequestPostProcessor {
+
+	private final Dependency jacksonModuleKotlin;
+
+	public JacksonKotlinRequestPostProcessor() {
+		this.jacksonModuleKotlin = Dependency.withId("jackson-module-kotlin",
+				"com.fasterxml.jackson.module", "jackson-module-kotlin");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void postProcessAfterResolution(ProjectRequest request,
+			InitializrMetadata metadata) {
+		if (request.getFacets().contains("json")
+				&& "kotlin".equals(request.getLanguage())) {
+			request.getResolvedDependencies().add(this.jacksonModuleKotlin);
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/initializr-service/src/main/resources/application.yml b/initializr-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 5870ca99be..8360f3d12f 100644
--- a/initializr-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/initializr-service/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ initializr:
           weight: 100
           facets:
             - web
+            - json
           links:
             - rel: guide
               href: https://spring.io/guides/gs/rest-service/
@@ -301,9 +302,13 @@ initializr:
           versionRange: 2.0.0.M1
           description: Reactive web development with Netty and Spring WebFlux
           weight: 90
+          facets:
+            - json
         - name: Rest Repositories
           id: data-rest
           weight: 10
+          facets:
+            - json
           description: Exposing Spring Data repositories over REST via spring-data-rest-webmvc
           links:
             - rel: guide
@@ -353,6 +358,8 @@ initializr:
         - name: Jersey (JAX-RS)
           id: jersey
           description: RESTful Web Services framework with support of JAX-RS
+          facets:
+            - json
           versionRange: 1.2.0.RELEASE
           links:
             - rel: reference
diff --git a/initializr-service/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/service/extension/JacksonKotlinRequestPostProcessorTests.java b/initializr-service/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/service/extension/JacksonKotlinRequestPostProcessorTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..042c996907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/initializr-service/src/test/java/io/spring/initializr/service/extension/JacksonKotlinRequestPostProcessorTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2017 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package io.spring.initializr.service.extension;
+
+import io.spring.initializr.generator.ProjectRequest;
+import io.spring.initializr.metadata.Dependency;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link JacksonKotlinRequestPostProcessor}.
+ *
+ * @author Sebastien Deleuze
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ */
+public class JacksonKotlinRequestPostProcessorTests
+		extends AbstractRequestPostProcessorTests {
+
+	static final Dependency JACKSON_KOTLIN = Dependency.withId("jackson-module-kotlin",
+			"com.fasterxml.jackson.module", "jackson-module-kotlin");
+
+	static final Dependency REACTOR_TEST = Dependency.create(
+			"io.projectreactor", "reactor-test", null, Dependency.SCOPE_TEST);
+
+	@Test
+	public void jacksonModuleKotlinIsAdded() {
+		ProjectRequest request = createProjectRequest("webflux");
+		request.setBootVersion("2.0.0.M2");
+		request.setLanguage("kotlin");
+		generateMavenPom(request)
+				.hasSpringBootStarterDependency("webflux")
+				.hasDependency(JACKSON_KOTLIN)
+				.hasSpringBootStarterTest()
+				.hasDependency(REACTOR_TEST)
+				.hasDependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-reflect")
+				.hasDependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-stdlib-jdk8")
+				.hasDependenciesCount(6);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void jacksonModuleKotlinIsNotAddedWithoutKotlin() {
+		ProjectRequest request = createProjectRequest("webflux");
+		request.setBootVersion("2.0.0.M2");
+		generateMavenPom(request)
+				.hasSpringBootStarterDependency("webflux")
+				.hasSpringBootStarterTest()
+				.hasDependency(REACTOR_TEST)
+				.hasDependenciesCount(3);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void jacksonModuleKotlinIsNotAddedWithoutJsonFacet() {
+		ProjectRequest request = createProjectRequest("actuator");
+		request.setBootVersion("2.0.0.M2");
+		request.setLanguage("kotlin");
+		generateMavenPom(request)
+				.hasSpringBootStarterDependency("actuator")
+				.hasSpringBootStarterTest()
+				.hasDependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-reflect")
+				.hasDependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-stdlib-jdk8")
+				.hasDependenciesCount(4);
+	}
+
+}