diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7215aba..893f8de 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ setup(name='pyTelegramBotAPI',
       license='GPL2',
       keywords='telegram bot api tools',
       install_requires=['requests', 'six'],
+      extras_require={
+          'json': 'ujson',
+      },
       classifiers=[
           'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
           'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
diff --git a/telebot/types.py b/telebot/types.py
index f8f4434..bf724bf 100644
--- a/telebot/types.py
+++ b/telebot/types.py
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-import json
+try:
+    import ujson as json
+except ImportError:
+    import json
+
 import six
 
 from telebot import util