diff --git a/pipenv/cli.py b/pipenv/cli.py
index 40cd55aaee..8a12f3b01a 100644
--- a/pipenv/cli.py
+++ b/pipenv/cli.py
@@ -841,13 +841,14 @@ def update(
 )
 @option('--bare', is_flag=True, default=False, help="Minimal output.")
 @option('--json', is_flag=True, default=False, help="Output JSON.")
+@option('--json-tree', is_flag=True, default=False, help="Output JSON in nested tree.")
 @option(
     '--reverse', is_flag=True, default=False, help="Reversed dependency graph."
 )
-def graph(bare=False, json=False, reverse=False):
+def graph(bare=False, json=False, json_tree=False, reverse=False):
     from .core import do_graph
 
-    do_graph(bare=bare, json=json, reverse=reverse)
+    do_graph(bare=bare, json=json, json_tree=json_tree, reverse=reverse)
 
 
 @command(short_help="View a given module in your editor.", name="open")
diff --git a/pipenv/core.py b/pipenv/core.py
index 92ae32931f..9ed3dabad0 100644
--- a/pipenv/core.py
+++ b/pipenv/core.py
@@ -2409,7 +2409,7 @@ def do_check(three=None, python=False, system=False, unused=False, args=None):
         sys.exit(1)
 
 
-def do_graph(bare=False, json=False, reverse=False):
+def do_graph(bare=False, json=False, json_tree=False, reverse=False):
     import pipdeptree
     try:
         python_path = which('python')
@@ -2433,9 +2433,31 @@ def do_graph(bare=False, json=False, reverse=False):
             err=True,
         )
         sys.exit(1)
+    if reverse and json_tree:
+        click.echo(
+            u'{0}: {1}'.format(
+                crayons.red('Warning', bold=True),
+                u'Using both --reverse and --json-tree together is not supported. '
+                u'Please select one of the two options.',
+            ),
+            err=True,
+        )
+        sys.exit(1)
+    if json and json_tree:
+        click.echo(
+            u'{0}: {1}'.format(
+                crayons.red('Warning', bold=True),
+                u'Using both --json and --json-tree together is not supported. '
+                u'Please select one of the two options.',
+            ),
+            err=True,
+        )
+        sys.exit(1)
     flag = ''
     if json:
         flag = '--json'
+    if json_tree:
+        flag = '--json-tree'
     if reverse:
         flag = '--reverse'
     if not project.virtualenv_exists:
@@ -2465,6 +2487,16 @@ def do_graph(bare=False, json=False, reverse=False):
                     data.append(d)
             click.echo(simplejson.dumps(data, indent=4))
             sys.exit(0)
+        elif json_tree:
+            def traverse(obj):
+                if isinstance(obj, list):
+                    return [traverse(package) for package in obj if package['key'] not in BAD_PACKAGES]
+                else:
+                    obj['dependencies'] = traverse(obj['dependencies'])
+                    return obj
+            data = traverse(simplejson.loads(c.out))
+            click.echo(simplejson.dumps(data, indent=4))
+            sys.exit(0)
         else:
             for line in c.out.split('\n'):
                 # Ignore bad packages as top level.
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_cli.py b/tests/integration/test_cli.py
index ad84912b3b..caccc57bc5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_cli.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def test_pipenv_graph(PipenvInstance, pypi):
         p.pipenv('install requests')
         assert 'requests' in p.pipenv('graph').out
         assert 'requests' in p.pipenv('graph --json').out
+        assert 'requests' in p.pipenv('graph --json-tree').out
 
 
 @pytest.mark.cli