1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Options.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Options.hs
index 0bd66d54d..7046e984a 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Options.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Options.hs
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ data ReaderOptions = ReaderOptions{
        , readerTrackChanges          :: TrackChanges
 } deriving (Show, Read, Data, Typeable, Generic)
 
+instance ToJSON ReaderOptions where
+  toEncoding = genericToEncoding defaultOptions
+instance FromJSON ReaderOptions
+
 instance Default ReaderOptions
   where def = ReaderOptions{
                  readerExtensions            = emptyExtensions
@@ -221,6 +225,10 @@ data WriterOptions = WriterOptions
   , writerSyntaxMap         :: SyntaxMap
   } deriving (Show, Data, Typeable, Generic)
 
+instance ToJSON WriterOptions where
+  toEncoding = genericToEncoding defaultOptions
+instance FromJSON WriterOptions
+
 instance Default WriterOptions where
   def = WriterOptions { writerTemplate         = Nothing
                       , writerVariables        = []