diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonDecode.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonDecode.php
index 789e166b50df0..0b6480462b9c4 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonDecode.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonDecode.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder;
 
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccess;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\NotEncodableValueException;
 
 /**
@@ -38,7 +39,9 @@ class JsonDecode implements DecoderInterface
         self::ASSOCIATIVE => false,
         self::OPTIONS => 0,
         self::RECURSION_DEPTH => 512,
+        JsonEncoder::JSON_PROPERTY_PATH => null,
     ];
+    private $propertyAccessor;
 
     /**
      * Constructs a new JsonDecode instance.
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ public function __construct($defaultContext = [], int $depth = 512)
         }
 
         $this->defaultContext = array_merge($this->defaultContext, $defaultContext);
+        $this->propertyAccessor = PropertyAccess::createPropertyAccessor();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ public function __construct($defaultContext = [], int $depth = 512)
      *
      * @param string $data    The encoded JSON string to decode
      * @param string $format  Must be set to JsonEncoder::FORMAT
-     * @param array  $context An optional set of options for the JSON decoder; see below
+     * @param array  $context an optional set of options for the JSON decoder; see below
      *
      * The $context array is a simple key=>value array, with the following supported keys:
      *
@@ -80,6 +84,9 @@ public function __construct($defaultContext = [], int $depth = 512)
      * json_decode_options: integer
      *      Specifies additional options as per documentation for json_decode
      *
+     * JSON_PROPERTY_PATH: string
+     *      Specifies property path and allow to unwrap data
+     *
      * @return mixed
      *
      * @throws NotEncodableValueException
@@ -91,13 +98,21 @@ public function decode($data, $format, array $context = [])
         $associative = $context[self::ASSOCIATIVE] ?? $this->defaultContext[self::ASSOCIATIVE];
         $recursionDepth = $context[self::RECURSION_DEPTH] ?? $this->defaultContext[self::RECURSION_DEPTH];
         $options = $context[self::OPTIONS] ?? $this->defaultContext[self::OPTIONS];
-
+        $propertyPath = $context[JsonEncoder::JSON_PROPERTY_PATH] ?? $this->defaultContext[JsonEncoder::JSON_PROPERTY_PATH];
         $decodedData = json_decode($data, $associative, $recursionDepth, $options);
 
         if (JSON_ERROR_NONE !== json_last_error()) {
             throw new NotEncodableValueException(json_last_error_msg());
         }
 
+        if ($propertyPath) {
+            if ($this->propertyAccessor->isReadable($decodedData, $propertyPath)) {
+                $decodedData = $this->propertyAccessor->getValue($decodedData, $propertyPath);
+            } else {
+                $decodedData = null;
+            }
+        }
+
         return $decodedData;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonEncode.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonEncode.php
index ca9fc9e5d7790..e8240e5c2c8cc 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonEncode.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonEncode.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder;
 
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccess;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\NotEncodableValueException;
 
 /**
@@ -24,13 +25,16 @@ class JsonEncode implements EncoderInterface
 
     private $defaultContext = [
         self::OPTIONS => 0,
+        JsonEncoder::JSON_PROPERTY_PATH => null,
     ];
+    private $propertyAccessor;
 
     /**
      * @param array $defaultContext
      */
     public function __construct($defaultContext = [])
     {
+        $this->propertyAccessor = PropertyAccess::createPropertyAccessor();
         if (!\is_array($defaultContext)) {
             @trigger_error(sprintf('Passing an integer as first parameter of the "%s()" method is deprecated since Symfony 4.2, use the "json_encode_options" key of the context instead.', __METHOD__), E_USER_DEPRECATED);
 
@@ -48,8 +52,12 @@ public function __construct($defaultContext = [])
     public function encode($data, $format, array $context = [])
     {
         $jsonEncodeOptions = $context[self::OPTIONS] ?? $this->defaultContext[self::OPTIONS];
-        $encodedJson = json_encode($data, $jsonEncodeOptions);
+        $propertyPath = $context[JsonEncoder::JSON_PROPERTY_PATH] ?? $this->defaultContext[JsonEncoder::JSON_PROPERTY_PATH];
 
+        if ($propertyPath) {
+            $data = $this->wrapEncodableData($propertyPath, $data);
+        }
+        $encodedJson = json_encode($data, $jsonEncodeOptions);
         if (JSON_ERROR_NONE !== json_last_error() && (false === $encodedJson || !($jsonEncodeOptions & JSON_PARTIAL_OUTPUT_ON_ERROR))) {
             throw new NotEncodableValueException(json_last_error_msg());
         }
@@ -64,4 +72,21 @@ public function supportsEncoding($format)
     {
         return JsonEncoder::FORMAT === $format;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Wrap data before encoding.
+     *
+     * @param string $propertyPath
+     * @param mixed  $data
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private function wrapEncodableData($propertyPath, $data)
+    {
+        $wrappedData = array();
+
+        $this->propertyAccessor->setValue($wrappedData, $propertyPath, $data);
+
+        return $wrappedData;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonEncoder.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonEncoder.php
index 8cb98accdf775..8e0b46d88c4f4 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonEncoder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/JsonEncoder.php
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
  */
 class JsonEncoder implements EncoderInterface, DecoderInterface
 {
-    const FORMAT = 'json';
+    public const FORMAT = 'json';
+    public const JSON_PROPERTY_PATH = 'json_property_path';
 
     protected $encodingImpl;
     protected $decodingImpl;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Encoder/JsonDecodeTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Encoder/JsonDecodeTest.php
index c5a5551f765b2..a3c03b64a578e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Encoder/JsonDecodeTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Encoder/JsonDecodeTest.php
@@ -49,10 +49,15 @@ public function decodeProvider()
 
         $assoc = ['foo' => 'bar'];
 
-        return [
-            ['{"foo": "bar"}', $stdClass, []],
-            ['{"foo": "bar"}', $assoc, ['json_decode_associative' => true]],
-        ];
+        return array(
+            array('{"foo": "bar"}', $stdClass, array()),
+            array('{"foo": "bar"}', $assoc, array('json_decode_associative' => true)),
+            array('{"baz": {"foo": "bar"}}', $stdClass, array(JsonEncoder::JSON_PROPERTY_PATH => 'baz')),
+            array('{"baz": {"foo": "bar"}}', null, array(JsonEncoder::JSON_PROPERTY_PATH => 'baz.inner')),
+            array('{"baz": {"foo": "bar"}}', $assoc, array(JsonEncoder::JSON_PROPERTY_PATH => '[baz]', 'json_decode_associative' => true)),
+            array('{"baz": {"foo": "bar"}}', $assoc, array(JsonEncoder::JSON_PROPERTY_PATH => '[baz]', 'json_decode_associative' => true)),
+            array('{"baz": {"foo": "bar", "inner": {"key": "value"}}}', array('key' => 'value'), array(JsonEncoder::JSON_PROPERTY_PATH => '[baz][inner]', 'json_decode_associative' => true)),
+        );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Encoder/JsonEncodeTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Encoder/JsonEncodeTest.php
index 1a1a135ce0ba2..3cd579ebb08f3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Encoder/JsonEncodeTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Encoder/JsonEncodeTest.php
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public function encodeProvider()
         return [
             [[], '[]', []],
             [[], '{}', ['json_encode_options' => JSON_FORCE_OBJECT]],
+            [['bar' => 'foo'], '{"baz":{"bar":"foo"}}', [JsonEncoder::JSON_PROPERTY_PATH => '[baz]']],
         ];
     }