diff --git a/src/coverlet.core/CoverageResult.cs b/src/coverlet.core/CoverageResult.cs
index 74a0f51..9e35027 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.core/CoverageResult.cs
+++ b/src/coverlet.core/CoverageResult.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+
+using Jil;
 
 namespace Coverlet.Core
 {
@@ -10,5 +13,14 @@ namespace Coverlet.Core
     {
         public string Identifier;
         public Data Data;
+
+        public string ToJson()
+        {
+            using (var writer = new StringWriter())
+            {
+                JSON.Serialize(this.Data, writer, Options.PrettyPrint);
+                return writer.ToString();
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/coverlet.core/coverlet.core.csproj b/src/coverlet.core/coverlet.core.csproj
index 8cd7244..b869432 100644
--- a/src/coverlet.core/coverlet.core.csproj
+++ b/src/coverlet.core/coverlet.core.csproj
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Jil" Version="2.15.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="Mono.Cecil" Version="0.10.0-beta7" />
     <PackageReference Include="System.Reflection.Metadata" Version="1.5.0" />
   </ItemGroup>