diff --git a/codec/json/json.go b/codec/json/json.go
index 42de4a4d..5af47a07 100644
--- a/codec/json/json.go
+++ b/codec/json/json.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/jsonpb"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/micro/go-micro/codec"
 )
 
@@ -22,6 +24,9 @@ func (c *Codec) ReadBody(b interface{}) error {
 	if b == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
+	if pb, ok := b.(proto.Message); ok {
+		return jsonpb.UnmarshalNext(c.Decoder, pb)
+	}
 	return c.Decoder.Decode(b)
 }
 
diff --git a/codec/json/marshaler.go b/codec/json/marshaler.go
index b9d0be28..a13e5f39 100644
--- a/codec/json/marshaler.go
+++ b/codec/json/marshaler.go
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package json
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/jsonpb"
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
 type Marshaler struct{}
@@ -11,6 +14,9 @@ func (j Marshaler) Marshal(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func (j Marshaler) Unmarshal(d []byte, v interface{}) error {
+	if pb, ok := v.(proto.Message); ok {
+		return jsonpb.UnmarshalString(string(d), pb)
+	}
 	return json.Unmarshal(d, v)
 }