diff --git a/django_filters/filters.py b/django_filters/filters.py
index 7331bfd1d..d352af9eb 100644
--- a/django_filters/filters.py
+++ b/django_filters/filters.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from django.utils.itercompat import is_iterable
 from django.utils.timezone import now
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
+from django.contrib.postgres.forms import JSONField
 
 from .conf import settings
 from .constants import EMPTY_VALUES
@@ -788,3 +789,7 @@ def method(self):
             (parent.__class__.__module__, parent.__class__.__name__, instance.method)
 
         return method
+
+
+class JSONFilter(Filter):
+    field_class = JSONField()
diff --git a/django_filters/filterset.py b/django_filters/filterset.py
index a594a1229..21c7c86dd 100644
--- a/django_filters/filterset.py
+++ b/django_filters/filterset.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     ManyToOneRel,
     OneToOneRel
 )
+from django.contrib.postgres.fields import JSONField
 
 from .conf import settings
 from .constants import ALL_FIELDS
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@
     ModelMultipleChoiceFilter,
     NumberFilter,
     TimeFilter,
-    UUIDFilter
+    UUIDFilter,
+    JSONFilter,
 )
 from .utils import (
     get_all_model_fields,
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ def get_declared_filters(cls, bases, attrs):
     models.GenericIPAddressField:       {'filter_class': CharFilter},
     models.CommaSeparatedIntegerField:  {'filter_class': CharFilter},
     models.UUIDField:                   {'filter_class': UUIDFilter},
+    JSONField:                          {'filter_class': JSONFilter},
 
     # Forward relationships
     models.OneToOneField: {
diff --git a/docs/ref/filters.txt b/docs/ref/filters.txt
index 54d2ce8f0..0c51341b0 100644
--- a/docs/ref/filters.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/filters.txt
@@ -828,3 +828,9 @@ If you wish to sort by non-model fields, you'll need to add custom handling to a
                 return ...
 
             return super(CustomOrderingFilter, self).filter(qs, value)
+            
+
+``JSONFilter``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+This filter matches JSON values, used with ``models.JSONField`` by default.
diff --git a/tests/models.py b/tests/models.py
index 9a6f1040a..fdab2c657 100644
--- a/tests/models.py
+++ b/tests/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django import forms
 from django.db import models
+from django.contrib.postgres.fields import JSONField
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 REGULAR = 0
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ class Book(models.Model):
     title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
     price = models.DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=2)
     average_rating = models.FloatField()
+    meta = JSONField()
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.title
diff --git a/tests/test_filtering.py b/tests/test_filtering.py
index 18f2b4821..1430b27a6 100644
--- a/tests/test_filtering.py
+++ b/tests/test_filtering.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     OrderingFilter,
     RangeFilter,
     TimeRangeFilter,
-    TypedMultipleChoiceFilter
+    TypedMultipleChoiceFilter,
 )
 from django_filters.filterset import FilterSet
 
@@ -1990,3 +1990,26 @@ class Meta:
         f = F({'status': '2'}, queryset=qs)
         self.assertEqual(len(f.qs), 2)
         self.assertEqual(f.qs.count(), 2)
+
+
+class JSONFilterTests(TestCase):
+
+    def test_filtering(self):
+        b1 = Book.objects.create(
+            title="Ender's Game", price='1.00', average_rating=3.0, meta={"tag": 1})
+        b2 = Book.objects.create(
+            title="Rainbow Six", price='1.00', average_rating=3.0, meta={"tag": 2})
+        b3 = Book.objects.create(
+            title="Snowcrash", price='1.00', average_rating=3.0, meta={"tag2": 2})
+
+        class F(FilterSet):
+            class Meta:
+                model = Book
+                fields = ['meta']
+
+        qs = Book.objects.all()
+        f = F(queryset=qs)
+        self.assertQuerysetEqual(f.qs, [b1.pk, b2.pk, b3.pk],
+                                 lambda o: o.pk, ordered=False)
+        f = F({'meta__tag': 2}, queryset=qs)
+        self.assertQuerysetEqual(f.qs, [b2.pk], lambda o: o.pk)
diff --git a/tests/test_filters.py b/tests/test_filters.py
index 396f47274..9b7ff3069 100644
--- a/tests/test_filters.py
+++ b/tests/test_filters.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from django.test import TestCase, override_settings
 from django.utils import translation
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
+from django.contrib.postgres.forms import JSONField
 
 from django_filters import filters, widgets
 from django_filters.fields import (
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@
     TimeFilter,
     TimeRangeFilter,
     TypedMultipleChoiceFilter,
-    UUIDFilter
+    UUIDFilter,
+    JSONFilter,
 )
 from tests.models import Book, User
 
@@ -1588,3 +1590,11 @@ def test_help_text(self):
         # regression test for #756 - the ususal CSV help_text is not relevant to ordering filters.
         self.assertEqual(OrderingFilter().field.help_text, '')
         self.assertEqual(OrderingFilter(help_text='a').field.help_text, 'a')
+
+
+class JSONFilterTests(TestCase):
+
+    def test_default_field(self):
+        f = JSONFilter()
+        field = f.field
+        self.assertIsInstance(field, JSONField)