diff --git a/lib/_json.py b/lib/_json.py
index 047551e5..eef1436e 100644
--- a/lib/_json.py
+++ b/lib/_json.py
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ else:
 JSON_OID = 114
 JSONARRAY_OID = 199
 
+# oids from PostgreSQL 9.4
+JSONB_OID = 3802
+JSONBARRAY_OID = 3807
+
 class Json(object):
     """
     An `~psycopg2.extensions.ISQLQuote` wrapper to adapt a Python object to
@@ -151,6 +155,18 @@ def register_default_json(conn_or_curs=None, globally=False, loads=None):
     return register_json(conn_or_curs=conn_or_curs, globally=globally,
         loads=loads, oid=JSON_OID, array_oid=JSONARRAY_OID)
 
+def register_default_jsonb(conn_or_curs=None, globally=False, loads=None):
+    """
+    Create and register :sql:`jsonb` typecasters for PostgreSQL 9.4 and following.
+
+    As in `register_default_json()`, the function allows to register a
+    customized *loads* function for the :sql:`jsonb` type at its known oid for
+    PostgreSQL 9.4 and following versions.  All the parameters have the same
+    meaning of `register_json()`.
+    """
+    return register_json(conn_or_curs=conn_or_curs, globally=globally,
+        loads=loads, oid=JSONB_OID, array_oid=JSONBARRAY_OID, name='jsonb')
+
 def _create_json_typecasters(oid, array_oid, loads=None, name='JSON'):
     """Create typecasters for json data type."""
     if loads is None:
diff --git a/lib/extensions.py b/lib/extensions.py
index f210da4f..71a92b93 100644
--- a/lib/extensions.py
+++ b/lib/extensions.py
@@ -152,20 +152,22 @@ class NoneAdapter(object):
 
 
 # Create default json typecasters for PostgreSQL 9.2 oids
-from psycopg2._json import register_default_json
+from psycopg2._json import register_default_json, register_default_jsonb
 
 try:
     JSON, JSONARRAY = register_default_json()
+    JSONB, JSONBARRAY = register_default_jsonb()
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-del register_default_json
+del register_default_json, register_default_jsonb
 
 
 # Create default Range typecasters
 from psycopg2. _range import Range
 del Range
 
+
 # Add the "cleaned" version of the encodings to the key.
 # When the encoding is set its name is cleaned up from - and _ and turned
 # uppercase, so an encoding not respecting these rules wouldn't be found in the
diff --git a/lib/extras.py b/lib/extras.py
index b21e223d..a873c4ef 100644
--- a/lib/extras.py
+++ b/lib/extras.py
@@ -965,7 +965,8 @@ def register_composite(name, conn_or_curs, globally=False, factory=None):
 
 
 # expose the json adaptation stuff into the module
-from psycopg2._json import json, Json, register_json, register_default_json
+from psycopg2._json import json, Json, register_json
+from psycopg2._json import register_default_json, register_default_jsonb
 
 
 # Expose range-related objects