diff --git a/core/types/request.go b/core/types/request.go
index 7b1cade26e..d8749c4f0d 100644
--- a/core/types/request.go
+++ b/core/types/request.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package types
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -94,6 +95,11 @@ func (r *Request) encode(w *bytes.Buffer) error {
 	return r.inner.encode(w)
 }
 
+// MarshalJSON marshals as JSON.
+func (r *Request) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(r.inner)
+}
+
 // MarshalBinary returns the canonical encoding of the request.
 func (r *Request) MarshalBinary() ([]byte, error) {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer