diff --git a/neomodel/properties.py b/neomodel/properties.py
index 0cd716bd..e28e2df3 100644
--- a/neomodel/properties.py
+++ b/neomodel/properties.py
@@ -534,8 +534,9 @@ class JSONProperty(Property):
     The structure will be inflated when a node is retrieved.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+    def __init__(self, ensure_ascii=True, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.ensure_ascii = ensure_ascii
+        super(JSONProperty, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     @validator
     def inflate(self, value):
@@ -543,7 +544,7 @@ def inflate(self, value):
 
     @validator
     def deflate(self, value):
-        return json.dumps(value)
+        return json.dumps(value, ensure_ascii=self.ensure_ascii)
 
 
 class AliasProperty(property, Property):
diff --git a/test/async_/test_properties.py b/test/async_/test_properties.py
index 1e8f0c44..646f2cd5 100644
--- a/test/async_/test_properties.py
+++ b/test/async_/test_properties.py
@@ -309,6 +309,21 @@ def test_json():
     assert prop.deflate(value) == '{"test": [1, 2, 3]}'
     assert prop.inflate('{"test": [1, 2, 3]}') == value
 
+    value_with_unicode = {"test": [1, 2, 3, "©"]}
+    assert prop.deflate(value_with_unicode) == '{"test": [1, 2, 3, "\\u00a9"]}'
+    assert prop.inflate('{"test": [1, 2, 3, "\\u00a9"]}') == value_with_unicode
+
+
+def test_json_unicode():
+    prop = JSONProperty(ensure_ascii=False)
+    prop.name = "json"
+    prop.owner = FooBar
+
+    value = {"test": [1, 2, 3, "©"]}
+
+    assert prop.deflate(value) == '{"test": [1, 2, 3, "©"]}'
+    assert prop.inflate('{"test": [1, 2, 3, "©"]}') == value
+
 
 def test_indexed():
     indexed = StringProperty(index=True)
diff --git a/test/sync_/test_properties.py b/test/sync_/test_properties.py
index 53ae0002..0b0b576b 100644
--- a/test/sync_/test_properties.py
+++ b/test/sync_/test_properties.py
@@ -303,6 +303,21 @@ def test_json():
     assert prop.deflate(value) == '{"test": [1, 2, 3]}'
     assert prop.inflate('{"test": [1, 2, 3]}') == value
 
+    value_with_unicode = {"test": [1, 2, 3, "©"]}
+    assert prop.deflate(value_with_unicode) == '{"test": [1, 2, 3, "\\u00a9"]}'
+    assert prop.inflate('{"test": [1, 2, 3, "\\u00a9"]}') == value_with_unicode
+
+
+def test_json_unicode():
+    prop = JSONProperty(ensure_ascii=False)
+    prop.name = "json"
+    prop.owner = FooBar
+
+    value = {"test": [1, 2, 3, "©"]}
+
+    assert prop.deflate(value) == '{"test": [1, 2, 3, "©"]}'
+    assert prop.inflate('{"test": [1, 2, 3, "©"]}') == value
+
 
 def test_indexed():
     indexed = StringProperty(index=True)