diff --git a/common/include/villas/compat.h b/common/include/villas/compat.h
index 51cee94d7..bd907be9a 100644
--- a/common/include/villas/compat.h
+++ b/common/include/villas/compat.h
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #if JANSSON_VERSION_HEX < 0x020A00
 size_t json_dumpb(const json_t *json, char *buffer, size_t size, size_t flags);
+
+int json_dumpfd(const json_t *json, int output, size_t flags);
+json_t *json_loadfd(int input, size_t flags, json_error_t *error);
 #endif
 
 #if defined(LIBCONFIG_FOUND) && (LIBCONFIG_VER_MAJOR <= 1) && (LIBCONFIG_VER_MINOR < 5)
diff --git a/common/lib/compat.c b/common/lib/compat.c
index 6121020b0..b72747cd7 100644
--- a/common/lib/compat.c
+++ b/common/lib/compat.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 #include <jansson.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <villas/compat.h>
 
@@ -43,4 +44,34 @@ size_t json_dumpb(const json_t *json, char *buffer, size_t size, size_t flags)
 
 	return len;
 }
+
+static size_t json_loadfd_callback(void *buffer, size_t buflen, void *data)
+{
+	int *fd = (int *) data;
+
+	return (size_t) read(*fd, buffer, buflen);
+}
+
+json_t *json_loadfd(int input, size_t flags, json_error_t *error)
+{
+	return json_load_callback(json_loadfd_callback, (void *) &input, flags, error);
+}
+
+
+static int json_dumpfd_callback(const char *buffer, size_t size, void *data)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
+	int *dest = (int *)data;
+
+	if (write(*dest, buffer, size) == (ssize_t)size)
+		return 0;
+#endif
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+int json_dumpfd(const json_t *json, int output, size_t flags)
+{
+    return json_dump_callback(json, json_dumpfd_callback, (void *) &output, flags);
+}
 #endif