diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08bae63..ea3c078 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ Options:
   -d, --dir [DIR]        Directory path you would like to extract strings from  (Default is current directory)
   -o, --output [DIR]     Directory path you would like to save extracted
                          strings  (Default is current directory/template.json)
-  -f, --format [VALUE]   Output format. VALUE must be either [json|pot]  (Default is json)
+  -f, --format [VALUE]   Output format. VALUE must be either
+                         [json|namespaced-json|pot]  (Default is json)
   -r, --replace BOOLEAN  Replace the contents of output file if it exists
                          (Merges by default)
   -s, --sort BOOLEAN     Sort translations in the output file in alphabetical
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 82e82af..0f74428 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@biesbjerg/ng2-translate-extract",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.5.0",
   "description": "Extract strings from projects using ng2-translate",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "typings": "dist/index.d.ts",
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
     "fs": "0.0.1-security",
     "gettext-parser": "1.2.1",
     "glob": "7.1.1",
-    "path": "0.12.7"
+    "path": "0.12.7",
+    "flat": "2.0.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/cli/extract.ts b/src/cli/extract.ts
index 603e118..761675f 100755
--- a/src/cli/extract.ts
+++ b/src/cli/extract.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import { ParserInterface } from '../parsers/parser.interface';
 import { PipeParser } from '../parsers/pipe.parser';
 import { DirectiveParser } from '../parsers/directive.parser';
 import { ServiceParser } from '../parsers/service.parser';
+import { CompilerInterface } from '../compilers/compiler.interface';
 import { JsonCompiler } from '../compilers/json.compiler';
+import { NamespacedJsonCompiler } from '../compilers/namespaced-json.compiler';
 import { PoCompiler } from '../compilers/po.compiler';
 
 import * as fs from 'fs';
@@ -14,17 +16,45 @@ import * as cli from 'cli';
 const options = cli.parse({
 	dir: ['d', 'Path you would like to extract strings from', 'dir', process.env.PWD],
 	output: ['o', 'Path you would like to save extracted strings to', 'dir', process.env.PWD],
-	format: ['f', 'Output format', ['json', 'pot'], 'json'],
+	format: ['f', 'Output format', ['json', 'namespaced-json', 'pot'], 'json'],
 	replace: ['r', 'Replace the contents of output file if it exists (Merges by default)', 'boolean', false],
 	sort: ['s', 'Sort translations in the output file in alphabetical order', 'boolean', false],
 	clean: ['c', 'Remove obsolete strings when merging', 'boolean', false]
 });
 
+const patterns: string[] = [
+	'/**/*.html',
+	'/**/*.ts',
+	'/**/*.js'
+];
+const parsers: ParserInterface[] = [
+	new PipeParser(),
+	new DirectiveParser(),
+	new ServiceParser()
+];
+
+let compiler: CompilerInterface;
+let ext: string;
+switch (options.format) {
+	case 'pot':
+		compiler = new PoCompiler();
+		ext = 'pot';
+		break;
+	case 'json':
+		compiler = new JsonCompiler();
+		ext = 'json';
+		break;
+	case 'namespaced-json':
+		compiler = new NamespacedJsonCompiler();
+		ext = 'json';
+		break;
+}
+
 const normalizedDir: string = path.resolve(options.dir);
 const normalizedOutput: string = path.resolve(options.output);
 
 let outputDir: string = normalizedOutput;
-let outputFilename: string = `template.${options.format}`;
+let outputFilename: string = `template.${ext}`;
 if (!fs.existsSync(normalizedOutput) || !fs.statSync(normalizedOutput).isDirectory()) {
 	outputDir = path.dirname(normalizedOutput);
 	outputFilename = path.basename(normalizedOutput);
@@ -37,21 +67,6 @@ const outputPath: string = path.join(outputDir, outputFilename);
 	}
 });
 
-let compiler = new JsonCompiler();
-if (options.format === 'pot') {
-	compiler = new PoCompiler();
-}
-const parsers: ParserInterface[] = [
-	new PipeParser(),
-	new DirectiveParser(),
-	new ServiceParser()
-];
-const patterns: string[] = [
-	'/**/*.html',
-	'/**/*.ts',
-	'/**/*.js'
-];
-
 try {
 	const extractor: Extractor = new Extractor(parsers, patterns);
 	cli.info(`Extracting strings from '${normalizedDir}'`);
diff --git a/src/compilers/namespaced-json.compiler.ts b/src/compilers/namespaced-json.compiler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45d1076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compilers/namespaced-json.compiler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { CompilerInterface } from './compiler.interface';
+import { TranslationCollection } from '../utils/translation.collection';
+
+import * as flat from 'flat';
+
+export class NamespacedJsonCompiler implements CompilerInterface {
+
+	public compile(collection: TranslationCollection): string {
+		const values = flat.unflatten(collection.values);
+		return JSON.stringify(values, null, '\t');
+	}
+
+	public parse(contents: string): TranslationCollection {
+		const values = flat.flatten(JSON.parse(contents));
+		return new TranslationCollection(values);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/declarations.d.ts b/src/declarations.d.ts
index efd483a..4eaeade 100644
--- a/src/declarations.d.ts
+++ b/src/declarations.d.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 declare module 'cli';
+declare module 'flat';
 declare module 'gettext-parser';
diff --git a/tests/compilers/namespaced-compiler.spec.ts b/tests/compilers/namespaced-compiler.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6801215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compilers/namespaced-compiler.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+
+import { TranslationCollection } from '../../src/utils/translation.collection';
+import { NamespacedJsonCompiler } from '../../src/compilers/namespaced-json.compiler';
+
+describe('NamespacedJsonCompiler', () => {
+
+	let compiler: NamespacedJsonCompiler;
+
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		compiler = new NamespacedJsonCompiler();
+	});
+
+	it('should flatten keys on parse', () => {
+		const contents = `
+			{
+				"NAMESPACE": {
+					"KEY": {
+						"FIRST_KEY": "",
+						"SECOND_KEY": "VALUE"
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		`;
+		const collection: TranslationCollection = compiler.parse(contents);
+		expect(collection.values).to.deep.equal({'NAMESPACE.KEY.FIRST_KEY': '', 'NAMESPACE.KEY.SECOND_KEY': 'VALUE' });
+	});
+
+	it('should unflatten keys on compile', () => {
+		const collection = new TranslationCollection({
+			'NAMESPACE.KEY.FIRST_KEY': '',
+			'NAMESPACE.KEY.SECOND_KEY': 'VALUE'
+		});
+		const result: string = compiler.compile(collection);
+		expect(result).to.equal('{\n\t"NAMESPACE": {\n\t\t"KEY": {\n\t\t\t"FIRST_KEY": "",\n\t\t\t"SECOND_KEY": "VALUE"\n\t\t}\n\t}\n}');
+	});
+
+});