diff --git a/formats/json/commonMain/src/kotlinx/serialization/json/Json.kt b/formats/json/commonMain/src/kotlinx/serialization/json/Json.kt
index ed63e2ca7..9f6931e6d 100644
--- a/formats/json/commonMain/src/kotlinx/serialization/json/Json.kt
+++ b/formats/json/commonMain/src/kotlinx/serialization/json/Json.kt
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ public sealed class Json(
         return decodeFromString(JsonElementSerializer, string)
     }
 
+    public fun parseToJsonObject(@FormatLanguage("json", "", "") string: String): JsonObject = parseToJsonElement(string).jsonObject
+    public fun parseToJsonArray(@FormatLanguage("json", "", "") string: String): JsonArray = parseToJsonElement(string).jsonArray
+
     /**
      * Following functions are copied from extensions on StringFormat
      * to streamline experience for newcomers, since IDE does not star-import kotlinx.serialization.* automatically
diff --git a/formats/json/commonMain/src/kotlinx/serialization/json/JsonElement.kt b/formats/json/commonMain/src/kotlinx/serialization/json/JsonElement.kt
index 202567b77..20ec0daf0 100644
--- a/formats/json/commonMain/src/kotlinx/serialization/json/JsonElement.kt
+++ b/formats/json/commonMain/src/kotlinx/serialization/json/JsonElement.kt
@@ -347,3 +347,24 @@ internal fun unexpectedJson(key: String, expected: String): Nothing =
 
 // Use this function to avoid re-wrapping exception into NumberFormatException
 internal fun JsonPrimitive.parseLongImpl(): Long = StringJsonLexer(content).consumeNumericLiteralFully()
+
+/**
+ * Convenience methods to get typed elements from [JsonObject]
+ */
+public inline fun <reified T> JsonObject.getBeanOrNull(key: String): T? = this[key]?.takeIf { it is JsonObject || it is JsonArray }?.let { Json.decodeFromString<T>(it.toString()) }
+public fun JsonObject.getJsonObject(key: String): JsonObject? = this[key]?.jsonObject
+public fun JsonObject.getJsonArray(key: String): JsonArray? = this[key]?.jsonArray
+public fun JsonObject.getJsonPrimitive(key: String): JsonPrimitive? = this[key]?.jsonPrimitive
+public fun JsonObject.isJsonNull(key: String): Boolean = this[key] is JsonNull
+public fun JsonObject.getIntOrNull(key: String): Int? = this[key]?.jsonPrimitive?.takeIf { !it.isString }?.intOrNull
+public fun JsonObject.getLongOrNull(key: String): Long? = this[key]?.jsonPrimitive?.takeIf { !it.isString }?.longOrNull
+public fun JsonObject.getBooleanOrNull(key: String): Boolean? = this[key]?.jsonPrimitive?.takeIf { !it.isString }?.booleanOrNull
+public fun JsonObject.getDoubleOrNull(key: String): Double? = this[key]?.jsonPrimitive?.takeIf { !it.isString }?.doubleOrNull
+public fun JsonObject.getFloatOrNull(key: String): Float? = this[key]?.jsonPrimitive?.takeIf { !it.isString }?.floatOrNull
+public fun JsonObject.getStringOrNull(key: String): String? = this[key]?.jsonPrimitive?.takeIf { it.isString }?.contentOrNull
+public fun JsonObject.getIntOrElse(key: String, default: Int): Int = getIntOrNull(key) ?: default
+public fun JsonObject.getLongOrElse(key: String, default: Long): Long = getLongOrNull(key) ?: default
+public fun JsonObject.getBooleanOrElse(key: String, default: Boolean): Boolean = getBooleanOrNull(key) ?: default
+public fun JsonObject.getDoubleOrElse(key: String, default: Double): Double = getDoubleOrNull(key) ?: default
+public fun JsonObject.getFloatOrElse(key: String, default: Float): Float = getFloatOrNull(key) ?: default
+public fun JsonObject.getStringOrElse(key: String, default: String): String = getStringOrNull(key) ?: default