diff --git a/lib/winston/common.js b/lib/winston/common.js
index 6dd6b7d43..7b57fca10 100644
--- a/lib/winston/common.js
+++ b/lib/winston/common.js
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ exports.log = function (options) {
       output.timestamp = timestamp;
     }
     
-    return JSON.stringify(output);
+    return typeof options.stringify === 'function' 
+      ? options.stringify(output)
+      : JSON.stringify(output);
   }
 
   output = timestamp ? timestamp + ' - ' : '';
diff --git a/lib/winston/transports/console.js b/lib/winston/transports/console.js
index 5e31fb2e8..b38ef04e5 100644
--- a/lib/winston/transports/console.js
+++ b/lib/winston/transports/console.js
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ var Console = exports.Console = function (options) {
   this.json      = options.json     || false;
   this.colorize  = options.colorize || false;
   this.timestamp = typeof options.timestamp !== 'undefined' ? options.timestamp : false;
+  
+  if (this.json) {
+    this.stringify = options.stringify || function (obj) {
+      return JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2);
+    };
+  }
 };
 
 //
@@ -52,10 +58,12 @@ Console.prototype.log = function (level, msg, meta, callback) {
   }
     
   var self = this, output = common.log({
+    colorize:  this.colorize, 
+    json:      this.json,
     level:     level,
     message:   msg,
     meta:      meta,
-    colorize:  this.colorize, 
+    stringify: this.stringify,
     timestamp: this.timestamp
   });