diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cli/net/LinksListCommand.java b/cli/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cli/net/LinksListCommand.java
index f5226b1..59d2be7 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cli/net/LinksListCommand.java
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cli/net/LinksListCommand.java
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 package org.onlab.onos.cli.net;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
 import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
 import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
 import org.onlab.onos.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.ConnectPoint;
 import org.onlab.onos.net.Link;
 import org.onlab.onos.net.link.LinkService;
 
@@ -27,12 +32,58 @@
         LinkService service = get(LinkService.class);
         Iterable<Link> links = uri != null ?
                 service.getDeviceLinks(deviceId(uri)) : service.getLinks();
-        for (Link link : links) {
-            print(linkString(link));
+        if (outputJson()) {
+            print("%s", json(links));
+        } else {
+            for (Link link : links) {
+                print(linkString(link));
+            }
         }
     }
 
     /**
+     * Produces a JSON array containing the specified links.
+     *
+     * @param links collection of links
+     * @return JSON array
+     */
+    public static JsonNode json(Iterable<Link> links) {
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        ArrayNode result = mapper.createArrayNode();
+        for (Link link : links) {
+            result.add(json(mapper, link));
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produces a JSON object for the specified link.
+     *
+     * @param mapper object mapper
+     * @param link   link to encode
+     * @return JSON object
+     */
+    public static ObjectNode json(ObjectMapper mapper, Link link) {
+        ObjectNode result = mapper.createObjectNode();
+        result.set("src", json(mapper, link.src()));
+        result.set("dst", json(mapper, link.src()));
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Produces a JSON object for the specified connect point.
+     *
+     * @param mapper       object mapper
+     * @param connectPoint connection point to encode
+     * @return JSON object
+     */
+    public static ObjectNode json(ObjectMapper mapper, ConnectPoint connectPoint) {
+        return mapper.createObjectNode()
+                .put("device", connectPoint.deviceId().toString())
+                .put("port", connectPoint.port().toString());
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Returns a formatted string representing the given link.
      *
      * @param link infrastructure link