diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b4153b..bec6c69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ by adding `ex_microsoft_azure_storage` to your list of dependencies in `mix.exs`
 def deps do
   [
     {:ex_microsoft_azure_storage, app: false, github: "chgeuer/ex_microsoft_azure_storage", ref: "master"}
+
+    # Optional dependency, you can also add your own json_library dependency
+    # and config with `config :ex_microsoft_azure_storage, json_library, YOUR_JSON_LIBRARY`
+    {:jason, "~> 1.1"}
   ]
 end
 ```
diff --git a/lib/microsoft/azure/storage/request_builder.ex b/lib/microsoft/azure/storage/request_builder.ex
index b2f9419..f3d45cf 100644
--- a/lib/microsoft/azure/storage/request_builder.ex
+++ b/lib/microsoft/azure/storage/request_builder.ex
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ defmodule Microsoft.Azure.Storage.RequestBuilder do
   alias Microsoft.Azure.Storage.ApiVersion
   alias Microsoft.Azure.Storage.DateTimeUtils
 
+  @json_library Application.get_env(:ex_microsoft_azure_storage, :json_library, Jason)
+
   def new_azure_storage_request, do: %{}
 
   def method(request, m), do: request |> Map.put_new(:method, m)
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ defmodule Microsoft.Azure.Storage.RequestBuilder do
       &Tesla.Multipart.add_field(
         &1,
         key,
-        Poison.encode!(value),
+        @json_library.encode!(value),
         headers: [{:"Content-Type", "application/json"}]
       )
     )
@@ -269,10 +271,10 @@ defmodule Microsoft.Azure.Storage.RequestBuilder do
     end
   end
 
-  def decode(%Tesla.Env{status: 200, body: body}), do: Poison.decode(body)
+  def decode(%Tesla.Env{status: 200, body: body}), do: @json_library.decode(body)
   def decode(response), do: {:error, response}
   def decode(%Tesla.Env{status: 200} = env, false), do: {:ok, env}
-  def decode(%Tesla.Env{status: 200, body: body}, struct), do: Poison.decode(body, as: struct)
+  def decode(%Tesla.Env{status: 200, body: body}, struct), do: @json_library.decode(body, as: struct)
   def decode(response, _struct), do: {:error, response}
 
   def create_error_response(response = %{}) do
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 0ec2978..f47c904 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ defmodule ExMicrosoftAzureStorage.MixProject do
     [
       {:ibrowse, "~> 4.4"},
       {:tesla, "~> 0.8"},
-      {:poison, ">= 1.0.0"},
+      {:poison, ">= 1.0.0", optional: true},
+      {:jason, "~> 1.1", optional: true},
       {:sweet_xml, "~> 0.6.5"},
       {:xml_builder, "~> 2.1"},
       {:named_args, "~> 0.1.1"},
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index 41a1cdc..d225f5a 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 %{
-  "certifi": {:hex, :certifi, "2.3.1", "d0f424232390bf47d82da8478022301c561cf6445b5b5fb6a84d49a9e76d2639", [:rebar3], [{:parse_trans, "3.2.0", [hex: :parse_trans, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
+  "certifi": {:hex, :certifi, "2.4.2", "75424ff0f3baaccfd34b1214184b6ef616d89e420b258bb0a5ea7d7bc628f7f0", [:rebar3], [{:parse_trans, "~>3.3", [hex: :parse_trans, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "combine": {:hex, :combine, "0.10.0", "eff8224eeb56498a2af13011d142c5e7997a80c8f5b97c499f84c841032e429f", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
-  "gettext": {:hex, :gettext, "0.15.0", "40a2b8ce33a80ced7727e36768499fc9286881c43ebafccae6bab731e2b2b8ce", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
-  "hackney": {:hex, :hackney, "1.12.1", "8bf2d0e11e722e533903fe126e14d6e7e94d9b7983ced595b75f532e04b7fdc7", [:rebar3], [{:certifi, "2.3.1", [hex: :certifi, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:idna, "5.1.1", [hex: :idna, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:metrics, "1.0.1", [hex: :metrics, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:mimerl, "1.0.2", [hex: :mimerl, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:ssl_verify_fun, "1.1.1", [hex: :ssl_verify_fun, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
-  "ibrowse": {:hex, :ibrowse, "4.4.0", "2d923325efe0d2cb09b9c6a047b2835a5eda69d8a47ed6ff8bc03628b764e991", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm"},
-  "idna": {:hex, :idna, "5.1.1", "cbc3b2fa1645113267cc59c760bafa64b2ea0334635ef06dbac8801e42f7279c", [:rebar3], [{:unicode_util_compat, "0.3.1", [hex: :unicode_util_compat, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
+  "gettext": {:hex, :gettext, "0.16.1", "e2130b25eebcbe02bb343b119a07ae2c7e28bd4b146c4a154da2ffb2b3507af2", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
+  "hackney": {:hex, :hackney, "1.15.0", "287a5d2304d516f63e56c469511c42b016423bcb167e61b611f6bad47e3ca60e", [:rebar3], [{:certifi, "2.4.2", [hex: :certifi, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:idna, "6.0.0", [hex: :idna, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:metrics, "1.0.1", [hex: :metrics, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:mimerl, "1.0.2", [hex: :mimerl, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:ssl_verify_fun, "1.1.4", [hex: :ssl_verify_fun, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
+  "ibrowse": {:hex, :ibrowse, "4.4.1", "2b7d0637b0f8b9b4182de4bd0f2e826a4da2c9b04898b6e15659ba921a8d6ec2", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm"},
+  "idna": {:hex, :idna, "6.0.0", "689c46cbcdf3524c44d5f3dde8001f364cd7608a99556d8fbd8239a5798d4c10", [:rebar3], [{:unicode_util_compat, "0.4.1", [hex: :unicode_util_compat, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
+  "jason": {:hex, :jason, "1.1.2", "b03dedea67a99223a2eaf9f1264ce37154564de899fd3d8b9a21b1a6fd64afe7", [:mix], [{:decimal, "~> 1.0", [hex: :decimal, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm"},
   "metrics": {:hex, :metrics, "1.0.1", "25f094dea2cda98213cecc3aeff09e940299d950904393b2a29d191c346a8486", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm"},
-  "mime": {:hex, :mime, "1.2.0", "78adaa84832b3680de06f88f0997e3ead3b451a440d183d688085be2d709b534", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
+  "mime": {:hex, :mime, "1.3.1", "30ce04ab3175b6ad0bdce0035cba77bba68b813d523d1aac73d9781b4d193cf8", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
   "mimerl": {:hex, :mimerl, "1.0.2", "993f9b0e084083405ed8252b99460c4f0563e41729ab42d9074fd5e52439be88", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm"},
   "named_args": {:hex, :named_args, "0.1.1", "aef3e050b83ee298e7b3247c6a90e6a8431a716761a46ce11064a0496f9adf9e", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
-  "parse_trans": {:hex, :parse_trans, "3.2.0", "2adfa4daf80c14dc36f522cf190eb5c4ee3e28008fc6394397c16f62a26258c2", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm"},
-  "poison": {:hex, :poison, "3.1.0", "d9eb636610e096f86f25d9a46f35a9facac35609a7591b3be3326e99a0484665", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
-  "ssl_verify_fun": {:hex, :ssl_verify_fun, "1.1.1", "28a4d65b7f59893bc2c7de786dec1e1555bd742d336043fe644ae956c3497fbe", [:make, :rebar], [], "hexpm"},
+  "parse_trans": {:hex, :parse_trans, "3.3.0", "09765507a3c7590a784615cfd421d101aec25098d50b89d7aa1d66646bc571c1", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm"},
+  "poison": {:hex, :poison, "4.0.1", "bcb755a16fac91cad79bfe9fc3585bb07b9331e50cfe3420a24bcc2d735709ae", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
+  "ssl_verify_fun": {:hex, :ssl_verify_fun, "1.1.4", "f0eafff810d2041e93f915ef59899c923f4568f4585904d010387ed74988e77b", [:make, :mix, :rebar3], [], "hexpm"},
   "sweet_xml": {:hex, :sweet_xml, "0.6.5", "dd9cde443212b505d1b5f9758feb2000e66a14d3c449f04c572f3048c66e6697", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
   "tesla": {:hex, :tesla, "0.10.0", "e588c7e7f1c0866c81eeed5c38f02a4a94d6309eede336c1e6ca08b0a95abd3f", [:mix], [{:exjsx, ">= 0.1.0", [hex: :exjsx, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:fuse, "~> 2.4", [hex: :fuse, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:hackney, "~> 1.6", [hex: :hackney, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:ibrowse, "~> 4.2", [hex: :ibrowse, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:mime, "~> 1.0", [hex: :mime, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:poison, ">= 1.0.0", [hex: :poison, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm"},
-  "timex": {:hex, :timex, "3.3.0", "e0695aa0ddb37d460d93a2db34d332c2c95a40c27edf22fbfea22eb8910a9c8d", [:mix], [{:combine, "~> 0.10", [hex: :combine, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:gettext, "~> 0.10", [hex: :gettext, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:tzdata, "~> 0.1.8 or ~> 0.5", [hex: :tzdata, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
-  "tzdata": {:hex, :tzdata, "0.5.16", "13424d3afc76c68ff607f2df966c0ab4f3258859bbe3c979c9ed1606135e7352", [:mix], [{:hackney, "~> 1.0", [hex: :hackney, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
-  "unicode_util_compat": {:hex, :unicode_util_compat, "0.3.1", "a1f612a7b512638634a603c8f401892afbf99b8ce93a45041f8aaca99cadb85e", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm"},
+  "timex": {:hex, :timex, "3.5.0", "b0a23167da02d0fe4f1a4e104d1f929a00d348502b52432c05de875d0b9cffa5", [:mix], [{:combine, "~> 0.10", [hex: :combine, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:gettext, "~> 0.10", [hex: :gettext, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:tzdata, "~> 0.1.8 or ~> 0.5", [hex: :tzdata, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
+  "tzdata": {:hex, :tzdata, "0.5.19", "7962a3997bf06303b7d1772988ede22260f3dae1bf897408ebdac2b4435f4e6a", [:mix], [{:hackney, "~> 1.0", [hex: :hackney, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
+  "unicode_util_compat": {:hex, :unicode_util_compat, "0.4.1", "d869e4c68901dd9531385bb0c8c40444ebf624e60b6962d95952775cac5e90cd", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm"},
   "xml_builder": {:hex, :xml_builder, "2.1.0", "c249d5339427c13cae11e9d9d0e8b40d25d228b9ecc54029f24017385e60280b", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
 }