diff --git a/share/pot/common.sh b/share/pot/common.sh
index a3e8fcb..c82501e 100644
--- a/share/pot/common.sh
+++ b/share/pot/common.sh
@@ -1008,6 +1008,17 @@ _print_pot_fscomp()
 		printf "\\t\\t%s => %s\\n" "${_mnt_p##"${POT_FS_ROOT}"/jails/}" "${_dset##"${POT_ZFS_ROOT}"/}"
 	done < "$1"
 }
+# $1 fscomp.conf absolute pathname
+_print_pot_fscomp_json()
+{
+	local _dset _mnt_p _out
+	while read -r line ; do
+		_dset=$( echo "$line" | awk '{print $1}' )
+		_mnt_p=$( echo "$line" | awk '{print $2}' )
+    	_out=$(printf %s"{\"d\": \"%s\", \"m\":\"%s\"}," "$_out" "${_mnt_p##"${POT_FS_ROOT}"/jails/}" "${_dset##"${POT_ZFS_ROOT}"/}")
+	done < "$1"
+	printf "[%s]" "${_out%?}"
+}
 
 # $1 pot name
 _print_pot_snaps()
@@ -1021,6 +1032,20 @@ _print_pot_snaps()
 	fi
 }
 
+# $1 pot name
+_print_pot_snaps_json()
+{
+	local _out
+	if [ -z "$( zfs list -t snapshot -o name -Hr "${POT_ZFS_ROOT}/jails/$1")" ]; then
+		printf "[]"
+	else
+		for _s in $( zfs list -t snapshot -o name -Hr "${POT_ZFS_ROOT}/jails/$1" | tr '\n' ' ' ) ; do
+			_out=$(printf "%s\"%s\"," "$_out" "$_s")
+		done
+		printf "[%s]" "${_out%?}"
+	fi
+}
+
 #1 pot name
 _get_pot_snaps()
 {
diff --git a/share/pot/list.sh b/share/pot/list.sh
index 0e8e9b9..f886d56 100644
--- a/share/pot/list.sh
+++ b/share/pot/list.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 list-help()
 {
 	cat <<-"EOH"
-	pot list [-hpbfFa] [-qv]
+	pot list [-hpbfFa] [-qvo]
 	  -h print this help
 	  -v verbose
 	  -q quiet
@@ -15,58 +15,118 @@ list-help()
 	  -F list available flavours
 	  -B list available bridges (network type)
 	  -a list everything (incompatible with -q)
+	  -o format: output format, one of
+		    text - textual (the default)
+		    json - JSON format
 	EOH
 }
 
 # $1 pot name
 _ls_info_pot()
 {
-	local _pname _cdir _lvl
+	local _pname _format _cdir _lvl _active
 	_pname=$1
+	_format=$2
 	_cdir="${POT_FS_ROOT}/jails/$_pname/conf"
 	_lvl=$( _get_conf_var "$_pname" pot.level)
-	printf "pot name : %s\\n" "$_pname"
-	printf "\\tnetwork : %s\\n" "$( _get_conf_var "$_pname" network_type)"
+	if [ "$_format" = "json" ]; then
+		printf "{"
+	fi
+	if [ "$_format" = "json" ]; then
+		printf "\"name\":\"%s\"," "$_pname"
+		printf "\"network\":\"%s\"," "$( _get_conf_var "$_pname" network_type)"
+	else
+		printf "pot name : %s\\n" "$_pname"
+		printf "\\tnetwork : %s\\n" "$( _get_conf_var "$_pname" network_type)"
+	fi
+	
 	if [ "$( _get_conf_var "$_pname" network_type)" != "inherit" ]; then
-		printf "\\tip : %s\\n" "$( _get_ip_var "$_pname" )"
+		if [ "$_format" = "json" ]; then
+			printf "\"ip\":\"%s\"," "$( _get_ip_var "$_pname" )"
+		else
+			printf "\\tip : %s\\n" "$( _get_ip_var "$_pname" )"
+		fi
 	fi
 	if _is_pot_running "$_pname" ; then
-		printf "\\tactive : true\\n"
+		_active=true
 	else
-		printf "\\tactive : false\\n"
+		_active=false
 	fi
-	if _is_verbose ; then
-		printf "\\tbase : %s\\n" "$( _get_conf_var "$_pname" pot.base)"
-		printf "\\tlevel : %s\\n" "$_lvl"
+	if [ "$_format" = "json" ]; then
+		printf "\"active\":\"%s\"" "$_active"
+	else
+		printf "\\tactive : %s\\n" "$_active"
+	fi
+ 	if _is_verbose ; then
+		if [ "$_format" = "json" ]; then
+			printf ",\"base\":\"%s\"," "$( _get_conf_var "$_pname" pot.base)"
+			printf "\"level\":\"%s\"," "$_lvl"
+		else
+			printf "\\tbase : %s\\n" "$( _get_conf_var "$_pname" pot.base)"
+			printf "\\tlevel : %s\\n" "$_lvl"
+		fi
 		if [ "$_lvl" -eq 2 ]; then
 			printf "\\tbase pot : %s\\n" "$( _get_conf_var "$_pname" pot.potbase)"
 		fi
-		printf "\\tdatasets:\\n"
-		_print_pot_fscomp "$_cdir/fscomp.conf"
-		printf "\\tsnapshot:\\n"
-		_print_pot_snaps "$_pname"
+		if [ "$_format" = "json" ]; then
+			printf "\"datasets\":"
+			_print_pot_fscomp_json "$_cdir/fscomp.conf"
+			printf ",\"snapshot\":"
+			_print_pot_snaps_json "$_pname"
+		else
+			printf "\\tdatasets:\\n"
+			_print_pot_fscomp "$_cdir/fscomp.conf"
+			printf "\\tsnapshot:\\n"
+			_print_pot_snaps "$_pname"
+		fi
+ 	fi
+	if [ "$_format" = "json" ]; then
+		printf "}"
+	else
+		echo
 	fi
-	echo
 }
 
 _ls_pots()
 {
-	local _pots _q
+	local _pots _q _format _i
 	_q=$1
+	_format=$2
 	_pots=$( _get_pot_list )
 	if [ -z "$_pots" ]; then
 		if [ "$_q" != "quiet" ]; then
-			echo "No pot created yet..."
+			if [ "$_format" = "json" ]; then
+				echo "[]"
+			else
+				echo "No pot created yet..."
+			fi
 		fi
 		return
 	fi
-	for _p in $_pots; do
+	if [ "$_format" = "json" ]; then
+		printf "["
+	fi
+	_i=0
+	set -- "$_pots"
+	for _p do	
 		if [ "$_q" = "quiet" ]; then
-			echo "$_p"
+        	if [ "$_format" = "json" ]; then
+				printf "{\"name\": \"%s\"}" "$_p"
+			else
+				echo "$_p"
+			fi
 		else
-			_ls_info_pot "$_p"
+			_ls_info_pot "$_p" "$_format"
+		fi
+		_i=$(( _i + 1 ))
+		# if not the last item add ,
+		if [ "$_i" != "$#" ] && [ "$_format" = "json" ]; then
+			printf ","
 		fi
 	done
+	if [ "$_format" = "json" ]; then
+		printf "]\\n"
+	fi
 }
 
 _ls_bases()
@@ -142,11 +202,12 @@ _ls_bridges()
 
 pot-list()
 {
-	local _obj _q
+	local _obj _q _format
 	_obj="pots"
+	_format="text"
 	_q=
 	OPTIND=1
-	while getopts "hvbfFapqB" _o ; do
+	while getopts "hvbfFapqBo:" _o ; do
 		case "$_o" in
 		h)
 			list-help
@@ -158,6 +219,15 @@ pot-list()
 		q)
 			_q="quiet"
 			;;
+		o)
+			if [ "$OPTARG" = "text" ] || [ "$OPTARG" = "json" ]; then
+				_format="$OPTARG"
+			else
+				_error "Format $OPTARG not supported"
+				list-help
+				${EXIT} 1
+			fi
+			;;
 		p)
 			if [ "$_obj" != "pots" ]; then
 				_error "Options -b -p -f -F -B -a are mutually exclusive"
@@ -220,7 +290,7 @@ pot-list()
 	fi
 	case $_obj in
 		"pots"|"ppots")
-			_ls_pots "$_q"
+			_ls_pots "$_q" "$_format"
 			;;
 		"bases")
 			_ls_bases "$_q"