diff --git a/jsonapi-resources.gemspec b/jsonapi-resources.gemspec
index a5d8f7af0..16bdb5c16 100644
--- a/jsonapi-resources.gemspec
+++ b/jsonapi-resources.gemspec
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency 'pry'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'concurrent-ruby-ext'
   spec.add_dependency 'rails', '>= 4.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'multi_json', '>= 1.0.0'
   spec.add_dependency 'concurrent-ruby'
 end
diff --git a/lib/jsonapi/mime_types.rb b/lib/jsonapi/mime_types.rb
index f8bde565e..2a251023e 100644
--- a/lib/jsonapi/mime_types.rb
+++ b/lib/jsonapi/mime_types.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require "multi_json"
+
 module JSONAPI
   MEDIA_TYPE = 'application/vnd.api+json'
 
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ def self.install
 
     def self.parser
       lambda do |body|
-        data = JSON.parse(body)
+        data = MultiJson.load(body)
         data = {:_json => data} unless data.is_a?(Hash)
         data.with_indifferent_access
       end