diff --git a/pkg/vm/output.go b/pkg/vm/output.go
index 4cad005d8..14e83103b 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/output.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/output.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ type stackItem struct {
 	Type  string      `json:"type"`
 }
 
-func buildStackOutput(s *Stack) string {
+func stackToArray(s *Stack) []stackItem {
 	items := make([]stackItem, 0, s.Len())
 	s.Iter(func(e *Element) {
 		items = append(items, stackItem{
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ func buildStackOutput(s *Stack) string {
 			Type:  e.value.String(),
 		})
 	})
+	return items
+}
 
-	b, _ := json.MarshalIndent(items, "", "    ")
+func buildStackOutput(s *Stack) string {
+	b, _ := json.MarshalIndent(stackToArray(s), "", "    ")
 	return string(b)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/vm/stack.go b/pkg/vm/stack.go
index f295d1e59..13a6c0f75 100644
--- a/pkg/vm/stack.go
+++ b/pkg/vm/stack.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package vm
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 
@@ -334,3 +335,8 @@ func (s *Stack) popSigElements() ([][]byte, error) {
 	}
 	return elems, nil
 }
+
+// MarshalJSON implements JSON marshalling interface.
+func (s *Stack) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(stackToArray(s))
+}