diff --git a/osprey-method-handler.js b/osprey-method-handler.js
index cf5a0df..c574203 100644
--- a/osprey-method-handler.js
+++ b/osprey-method-handler.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ standardHeaders.request.forEach(function (header) {
  */
 var BODY_HANDLERS = [
   ['application/json', jsonBodyHandler],
+  ['application/vnd.api+json', jsonBodyHandler],
   ['text/xml', xmlBodyHandler],
   ['application/x-www-form-urlencoded', urlencodedBodyHandler],
   ['multipart/form-data', formDataBodyHandler]
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c4eaa71..484429f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "osprey-method-handler",
-  "version": "0.12.3",
+  "version": "0.12.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8b40b86..c823e59 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "osprey-method-handler",
-  "version": "0.12.3",
+  "version": "0.12.4",
   "description": "Middleware for validating requests and responses based on a RAML method object",
   "main": "osprey-method-handler.js",
   "files": [
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 9c17230..09112c9 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -800,6 +800,60 @@ describe('osprey method handler', function () {
       })
     })
 
+    describe('json api', function () {
+      var JSON_SCHEMA = '{"properties":{"x":{"type":"string"}},"required":["x"]}'
+      it('should reject invalid request bodies', function () {
+        var app = router()
+
+        app.post('/', handler({
+          body: {
+            'application/vnd.api+json': {
+              schema: JSON_SCHEMA
+            }
+          }
+        }))
+
+        return makeFetcher(app).fetch('/', {
+          method: 'POST',
+          body: 'foobar',
+          headers: {
+            'Content-Type': 'application/vnd.api+json'
+          }
+        })
+          .then(function (res) {
+            expect(res.status).to.equal(400)
+          })
+      })
+
+      it('should parse valid json', function () {
+        var app = router()
+
+        app.post('/', handler({
+          body: {
+            'application/vnd.api+json': {
+              type: JSON_SCHEMA
+            }
+          }
+        }, '/', 'POST', { RAMLVersion: 'RAML10' }), function (req, res) {
+          expect(req.body).to.deep.equal([true, false])
+
+          res.end('success')
+        })
+
+        return makeFetcher(app).fetch('/', {
+          method: 'POST',
+          body: JSON.stringify([true, false]),
+          headers: {
+            'Content-Type': 'application/vnd.api+json'
+          }
+        })
+          .then(function (res) {
+            expect(res.body).to.equal('success')
+            expect(res.status).to.equal(200)
+          })
+      })
+    })
+
     describe('json', function () {
       var JSON_SCHEMA = '{"properties":{"x":{"type":"string"}},"required":["x"]}'