diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb
index d7181035d3..07b6a940c6 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/json/encoding.rb
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ module Enumerable
   end
 end
 
+class Range
+  def as_json(options = nil) to_s end #:nodoc:
+end
+
 class Array
   def as_json(options = nil) #:nodoc:
     # use encoder as a proxy to call as_json on all elements, to protect from circular references
diff --git a/activesupport/test/json/encoding_test.rb b/activesupport/test/json/encoding_test.rb
index a6435a763a..bebad18e99 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/json/encoding_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/json/encoding_test.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ class TestJSONEncoding < Test::Unit::TestCase
   ArrayTests    = [[ ['a', 'b', 'c'],          %([\"a\",\"b\",\"c\"])          ],
                    [ [1, 'a', :b, nil, false], %([1,\"a\",\"b\",null,false]) ]]
 
+  RangeTests    = [[ 1..2,     %("1..2")],
+                   [ 1...2,    %("1...2")],
+                   [ 1.5..2.5, %("1.5..2.5")]]
+
   SymbolTests   = [[ :a,     %("a")    ],
                    [ :this,  %("this") ],
                    [ :"a b", %("a b")  ]]