diff --git a/samples/MvcSample/Home2Controller.cs b/samples/MvcSample/Home2Controller.cs
index 489f4a5aaf..cd2abb49ad 100644
--- a/samples/MvcSample/Home2Controller.cs
+++ b/samples/MvcSample/Home2Controller.cs
@@ -42,15 +42,7 @@ namespace MvcSample
 
         public IActionResult UserJson()
         {
-            return new JsonResult(_user)
-            {
-                Encoding = Encoding.UTF8
-            };
-        }
-
-        public IActionResult HelperUserJson()
-        {
-            JsonResult jsonResult = (JsonResult)Result.Json(_user);
+            var jsonResult = Result.Json(_user);
             jsonResult.Indent = false;
 
             return jsonResult;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ActionResultFactory.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ActionResultFactory.cs
index b54482d6e9..2f42af5bd9 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ActionResultFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ActionResultFactory.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 {
     public class ActionResultFactory : IActionResultFactory
     {
+        private readonly IActionResultHelper _result;
+
+        public ActionResultFactory(IActionResultHelper result)
+        {
+            _result = result;
+        }
+
         public IActionResult CreateActionResult(Type declaredReturnType, object actionReturnValue, RequestContext requestContext)
         {
             // optimize common path
@@ -45,7 +52,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
                 };
             }
 
-            return new JsonResult(actionReturnValue);
+            return _result.Json(actionReturnValue);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ActionResultHelper.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ActionResultHelper.cs
index 6d395ec330..d23c6b99df 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ActionResultHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ActionResultHelper.cs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
             };
         }
 
-        public IActionResult Json(object value)
+        public IJsonResult Json(object value)
         {
             return new JsonResult(value);
         }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ActionResults/IJsonResult.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ActionResults/IJsonResult.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a76a05a13d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ActionResults/IJsonResult.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
+{
+    public interface IJsonResult : IActionResult
+    {
+        Encoding Encoding { get; set; }
+        bool Indent { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ActionResults/JsonResult.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ActionResults/JsonResult.cs
index 7b64b5da80..414ebeb408 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ActionResults/JsonResult.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/ActionResults/JsonResult.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
 {
-    public class JsonResult : IActionResult
+    public class JsonResult : IJsonResult
     {
         private readonly object _returnValue;
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/IActionResultHelper.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/IActionResultHelper.cs
index 19c64cb90e..29d3835328 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/IActionResultHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc/IActionResultHelper.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc
     {
         IActionResult Content(string value);
         IActionResult Content(string value, string contentType);
-        IActionResult Json(object value);
+        IJsonResult Json(object value);
         IActionResult View(string view, ViewData viewData);
     }
 }