diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6bb30074c..ab89513aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## unreleased
+
+- Allow nested objects and arrays  in JSON post for jsonb columns
+
 ## [0.2.8.0] - 2015-04-17
 ### Added
 - Option to specify nulls first or last, eg `/people?order=age.desc.nullsfirst`
diff --git a/src/PgQuery.hs b/src/PgQuery.hs
index 9e97decfe..ec58c08a6 100644
--- a/src/PgQuery.hs
+++ b/src/PgQuery.hs
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ unquoted (JSON.String t) = t
 unquoted (JSON.Number n) =
   cs $ formatScientific Fixed (if isInteger n then Just 0 else Nothing) n
 unquoted (JSON.Bool b) = cs . show $ b
-unquoted _ = ""
+unquoted v = cs $ JSON.encode v
 
 insertableText :: T.Text -> T.Text
 insertableText = (<> "::unknown") . pgFmtLit
diff --git a/test/Feature/InsertSpec.hs b/test/Feature/InsertSpec.hs
index b8ffa831c..3581a1869 100644
--- a/test/Feature/InsertSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Feature/InsertSpec.hs
@@ -94,6 +94,22 @@ spec = afterAll_ resetDb $ around withApp $ do
           , matchHeaders = []
           }
 
+    context "jsonb" . after_ (clearTable "json") $ do
+      it "serializes nested object" $ do
+        let inserted = [json| { "data": { "foo":"bar" } } |]
+        p <- request methodPost "json" [("Prefer", "return=representation")] inserted
+        liftIO $ do
+          simpleBody p `shouldBe` inserted
+          simpleHeaders p `shouldSatisfy` matchHeader hLocation "/json\\?data=eq\\.%7B%22foo%22%3A%22bar%22%7D"
+          simpleStatus p `shouldBe` created201
+      it "serializes nested array" $ do
+        let inserted = [json| { "data": [1,2,3] } |]
+        p <- request methodPost "json" [("Prefer", "return=representation")] inserted
+        liftIO $ do
+          simpleBody p `shouldBe` inserted
+          simpleHeaders p `shouldSatisfy` matchHeader hLocation "/json\\?data=eq\\.%5B1%2C2%2C3%5D"
+          simpleStatus p `shouldBe` created201
+
   describe "CSV insert" $ do
 
     after_ (clearTable "menagerie") . context "disparate csv types" $