diff --git a/provisioner/template.go b/provisioner/template.go
index fd7540bc..7561f106 100644
--- a/provisioner/template.go
+++ b/provisioner/template.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/binary"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"encoding/pem"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ func renderTemplate(context *templateContext, file string) (string, error) {
 		"azID":                 azID,
 		"azCount":              azCount,
 		"split":                split,
+		"json":                 parseJSON,
 		"mountUnitName":        mountUnitName,
 		"accountID":            accountID,
 		"portRanges":           portRanges,
@@ -294,6 +296,11 @@ func accountID(account string) (string, error) {
 	return items[1], nil
 }
 
+func parseJSON(input string) (result interface{}, err error) {
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(input), &result)
+	return
+}
+
 type HostPort struct {
 	Host string
 	Port string
diff --git a/provisioner/template_test.go b/provisioner/template_test.go
index ddefd7fb..4ea51ce5 100644
--- a/provisioner/template_test.go
+++ b/provisioner/template_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package provisioner
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -1164,3 +1165,51 @@ func TestNodePoolGroupsProfile(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestJson(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("object", func(t *testing.T) {
+		result, err := renderSingle(
+			t,
+			`{{ with json .Values.data }}name={{ .name }} value={{ .value }}{{end}}`,
+			`{"name": "foo", "value": "bar"}`)
+
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, "name=foo value=bar", result)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("range over array", func(t *testing.T) {
+		result, err := renderSingle(
+			t,
+			`{{ range json .Values.data }}{{ .name }}={{ .value }} {{end}}`,
+			`[{"name": "foo", "value": "bar"}, {"name": "baz", "value": "qux"}]`)
+
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, "foo=bar baz=qux ", result)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("range over object", func(t *testing.T) {
+		result, err := renderSingle(
+			t,
+			`{{ range $key, $value := json .Values.data }}{{ $key }}={{ $value }} {{end}}`,
+			`{"name": "foo", "value": "bar"}`)
+
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, "name=foo value=bar ", result)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("example manifest", func(t *testing.T) {
+		template, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/json.template.yaml")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		expected, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/json.expected.yaml")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		result, err := renderSingle(
+			t,
+			string(template),
+			"")
+
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, string(expected), result)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/provisioner/testdata/json.expected.yaml b/provisioner/testdata/json.expected.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2d2a666
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provisioner/testdata/json.expected.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: "stable"
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    application: app
+    version: "v1"
+spec:
+
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      deployment: "stable"
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: app
+          args:
+            - -log-level=info
+
+
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: "alpha"
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    application: app
+    version: "v2"
+spec:
+
+  replicas: 1
+
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      deployment: "alpha"
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: app
+          args:
+            - -log-level=info
+
+
+            - -foo=bar
+
+            - -baz=qux
+
+
+
diff --git a/provisioner/testdata/json.template.yaml b/provisioner/testdata/json.template.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e00befb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provisioner/testdata/json.template.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{{ range json `[
+  {"name": "stable", "version": "v1"},
+  {"name": "alpha", "version": "v2", "replicas": 1, "args": ["-foo=bar", "-baz=qux"]}
+]` }}
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: "{{ .name }}"
+  namespace: kube-system
+  labels:
+    application: app
+    version: "{{ .version }}"
+spec:
+{{ if index . "replicas" }}
+  replicas: {{ .replicas }}
+{{ end }}
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      deployment: "{{ .name }}"
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: app
+          args:
+            - -log-level=info
+{{ if index . "args" }}
+{{ range .args }}
+            - {{ . }}
+{{ end }}
+{{ end }}
+{{ end }}