diff --git a/src/Utils/Json.php b/src/Utils/Json.php
index 2b4f12570..84d72f666 100644
--- a/src/Utils/Json.php
+++ b/src/Utils/Json.php
@@ -23,15 +23,17 @@ final class Json
 
 	const PRETTY = 0b0010;
 
+	const FORCE_OBJECT = 0b10000;
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns the JSON representation of a value. Accepts flag Json::PRETTY.
+	 * Returns the JSON representation of a value. Accepts flag Json::PRETTY and JSON::FORCE_OBJECT.
 	 */
 	public static function encode($value, int $flags = 0): string
 	{
 		$flags = JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES
 			| ($flags & self::PRETTY ? JSON_PRETTY_PRINT : 0)
-			| (defined('JSON_PRESERVE_ZERO_FRACTION') ? JSON_PRESERVE_ZERO_FRACTION : 0); // since PHP 5.6.6 & PECL JSON-C 1.3.7
+            | ($flags & self::FORCE_OBJECT ? JSON_FORCE_OBJECT : 0)
+            | (defined('JSON_PRESERVE_ZERO_FRACTION') ? JSON_PRESERVE_ZERO_FRACTION : 0); // since PHP 5.6.6 & PECL JSON-C 1.3.7
 
 		$json = json_encode($value, $flags);
 		if ($error = json_last_error()) {
diff --git a/tests/Utils/Json.encode().phpt b/tests/Utils/Json.encode().phpt
index ba84bbfd1..2192d2092 100644
--- a/tests/Utils/Json.encode().phpt
+++ b/tests/Utils/Json.encode().phpt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Assert::same('"\u2028\u2029"', Json::encode("\u{2028}\u{2029}"));
 // JSON_PRETTY_PRINT
 Assert::same("[\n    1,\n    2,\n    3\n]", Json::encode([1, 2, 3], Json::PRETTY));
 
+Assert::same("{}", JSON::encode([], Json::FORCE_OBJECT));
 
 Assert::exception(function () {
 	Json::encode(NAN);