diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 89c33953..586ef1e2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     "react": "^0.14.0 || ^15.0.0-rc.1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "jsan": "^3.1.2",
     "lodash": "^4.2.0",
     "react-redux": "^4.0.0",
     "redux": "^3.2.1"
diff --git a/src/persistState.js b/src/persistState.js
index af7f6ac4..0cd20204 100644
--- a/src/persistState.js
+++ b/src/persistState.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import mapValues from 'lodash/mapValues';
 import identity from 'lodash/identity';
+import jsan from 'jsan';
 
 export default function persistState(sessionId, deserializeState = identity, deserializeAction = identity) {
   if (!sessionId) {
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export default function persistState(sessionId, deserializeState = identity, des
     try {
       const json = localStorage.getItem(key);
       if (json) {
-        finalInitialState = deserialize(JSON.parse(json)) || initialState;
+        finalInitialState = deserialize(jsan.parse(json)) || initialState;
         next(reducer, initialState);
       }
     } catch (e) {
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ export default function persistState(sessionId, deserializeState = identity, des
         store.dispatch(action);
 
         try {
-          localStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(store.getState()));
+          localStorage.setItem(key, jsan.stringify(store.getState()));
         } catch (e) {
           console.warn('Could not write debug session to localStorage:', e);
         }
diff --git a/test/persistState.spec.js b/test/persistState.spec.js
index 763b6da7..18140682 100644
--- a/test/persistState.spec.js
+++ b/test/persistState.spec.js
@@ -88,6 +88,27 @@ describe('persistState', () => {
     expect(store2.getState()).toBe(-2);
   });
 
+  it('should work with objects with circular references', () => {
+    const circularReducer = (state = { count: 0 }, action) => {
+      if (action.type === 'INCREMENT') {
+        const obj = { count: state.count + 1 };
+        obj.self = obj;
+        return obj;
+      }
+      return state;
+    };
+
+    const store = createStore(circularReducer, compose(instrument(), persistState('id')));
+    expect(store.getState().count).toBe(0);
+
+    store.dispatch({ type: 'INCREMENT' });
+    store.dispatch({ type: 'INCREMENT' });
+    expect(store.getState().count).toBe(2);
+
+    const store2 = createStore(circularReducer, compose(instrument(), persistState('id')));
+    expect(store2.getState().count).toBe(2);
+  });
+
   it('should warn if read from localStorage fails', () => {
     const spy = expect.spyOn(console, 'warn');
     delete global.localStorage.getItem;