diff --git a/v2/container/json.go b/v2/container/json.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edd7d48e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/container/json.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package container
+
+import (
+	"github.com/golang/protobuf/jsonpb"
+	container "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/v2/container/grpc"
+)
+
+func ContainerToJSON(c *Container) []byte {
+	if c == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	msg := ContainerToGRPCMessage(c)
+	m := jsonpb.Marshaler{}
+
+	s, err := m.MarshalToString(msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return []byte(s)
+}
+
+func ContainerFromJSON(data []byte) *Container {
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	msg := new(container.Container)
+
+	if err := jsonpb.UnmarshalString(string(data), msg); err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return ContainerFromGRPCMessage(msg)
+}
diff --git a/v2/container/json_test.go b/v2/container/json_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a3f5510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/container/json_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package container_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/v2/container"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestContainerJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	exp := generateContainer("container")
+
+	t.Run("non empty", func(t *testing.T) {
+		data := container.ContainerToJSON(exp)
+		require.NotNil(t, data)
+
+		got := container.ContainerFromJSON(data)
+		require.NotNil(t, got)
+
+		require.Equal(t, exp, got)
+	})
+}