diff --git a/libraries.gradle b/libraries.gradle
index 1d603aaafa..993d947c89 100644
--- a/libraries.gradle
+++ b/libraries.gradle
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ ext {
     jgroupsVersion = '3.6.3.Final'
     jaxrsVersion = '2.0.1'
     jsonSchemaVersion = '2.2.6'
+    jacksonVersion = '2.4.5'
 
     libraries = [
             //jUnit (Tests)
diff --git a/modules/dbsupport/build.gradle b/modules/dbsupport/build.gradle
index 8d5558bc5c..bed9b8146f 100644
--- a/modules/dbsupport/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/dbsupport/build.gradle
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ dependencies {
     compile libraries.hibernate_envers
     compile libraries.hibernate_c3p0
     compile libraries.hibernate_ehcache
+    compile "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${jacksonVersion}"
 }
diff --git a/modules/dbsupport/src/main/java/org/jpos/ee/converter/ObjectNodeConverter.java b/modules/dbsupport/src/main/java/org/jpos/ee/converter/ObjectNodeConverter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..880a03dcde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/dbsupport/src/main/java/org/jpos/ee/converter/ObjectNodeConverter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package org.jpos.ee.converter;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import javax.persistence.AttributeConverter;
+import javax.persistence.Converter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+@Converter(autoApply = true)
+public class ObjectNodeConverter implements AttributeConverter<ObjectNode,String> {
+
+    @Override
+    public String convertToDatabaseColumn(ObjectNode attribute) {
+        return attribute.toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ObjectNode convertToEntityAttribute(String dbData) {
+        try {
+            return (ObjectNode) new ObjectMapper().readTree(dbData);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/modules/dbsupport/src/main/java/org/jpos/ee/usertype/JsonType.java b/modules/dbsupport/src/main/java/org/jpos/ee/usertype/JsonType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d19e9cd28f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/dbsupport/src/main/java/org/jpos/ee/usertype/JsonType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package org.jpos.ee.usertype;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
+import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.usertype.UserType;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Types;
+
+public class JsonType implements UserType {
+
+    private static int[] TYPES = { Types.VARCHAR };
+    private static ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+
+    @Override
+    public int[] sqlTypes() {
+        return TYPES;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Class returnedClass() {
+        return ObjectNode.class;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object x, Object y) throws HibernateException {
+        return (x == y) || ((x != null) && (y != null) && (x.equals(y)));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode(Object x) throws HibernateException {
+        return x.hashCode();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object nullSafeGet(ResultSet rs, String[] names, SessionImplementor session, Object owner) throws HibernateException, SQLException {
+        String json = rs.getString(names[0]);
+        if (rs.wasNull())
+            return null;
+        try {
+            return mapper.readTree(json);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            return new HibernateException("unable to read object",e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void nullSafeSet(PreparedStatement st, Object value, int index, SessionImplementor session) throws HibernateException, SQLException {
+        if (value==null) {
+            st.setNull(index, Types.VARCHAR);
+        } else {
+            st.setString (index, value.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object deepCopy(Object value) throws HibernateException {
+        if (value == null)
+            return null;
+        return mapper.createObjectNode().putAll((ObjectNode) value);
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isMutable() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Serializable disassemble(Object value) throws HibernateException {
+        return (Serializable) value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object assemble(Serializable cached, Object owner) throws HibernateException {
+        return cached;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object replace(Object original, Object target, Object owner) throws HibernateException {
+        return this.deepCopy(original);
+    }
+}