diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java
index a0b0a2a5b5..be45e83dcd 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java
@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonEncoding;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.util.DefaultPrettyPrinter;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
-
 import org.springframework.http.HttpInputMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpOutputMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
@@ -38,6 +30,14 @@ import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotWritableException;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonEncoding;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.util.DefaultPrettyPrinter;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+
 /**
  * Implementation of {@link org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter HttpMessageConverter}
  * that can read and write JSON using <a href="http://jackson.codehaus.org/">Jackson 2's</a> {@link ObjectMapper}.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter extends AbstractHttpMessageConv
 
 	private ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
 
-	private boolean prefixJson = false;
+	private String jsonPrefix;
 
 	private Boolean prettyPrint;
 
@@ -101,15 +101,25 @@ public class MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter extends AbstractHttpMessageConv
 		return this.objectMapper;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Specify a custom prefix to use for this view's JSON output.
+	 * Default is none.
+	 * @see #setPrefixJson
+	 */
+	public void setJsonPrefix(String jsonPrefix) {
+		this.jsonPrefix = jsonPrefix;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Indicate whether the JSON output by this view should be prefixed with "{} &&". Default is false.
 	 * <p>Prefixing the JSON string in this manner is used to help prevent JSON Hijacking.
 	 * The prefix renders the string syntactically invalid as a script so that it cannot be hijacked.
 	 * This prefix does not affect the evaluation of JSON, but if JSON validation is performed on the
 	 * string, the prefix would need to be ignored.
+	 * @see #setJsonPrefix
 	 */
 	public void setPrefixJson(boolean prefixJson) {
-		this.prefixJson = prefixJson;
+		this.jsonPrefix = prefixJson ? "{} && " : null;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -188,7 +198,7 @@ public class MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter extends AbstractHttpMessageConv
 		}
 
 		try {
-			if (this.prefixJson) {
+			if (this.jsonPrefix != null) {
 				jsonGenerator.writeRaw("{} && ");
 			}
 			this.objectMapper.writeValue(jsonGenerator, object);
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter.java
index 448b3be8e8..fca78c38ad 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializationConfig;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.type.TypeFactory;
 import org.codehaus.jackson.type.JavaType;
-
 import org.springframework.http.HttpInputMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpOutputMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ public class MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter extends AbstractHttpMessageConve
 
 	private ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
 
-	private boolean prefixJson = false;
+	private String jsonPrefix;
 
 	private Boolean prettyPrint;
 
@@ -99,15 +98,25 @@ public class MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter extends AbstractHttpMessageConve
 		return this.objectMapper;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Specify a custom prefix to use for this view's JSON output.
+	 * Default is none.
+	 * @see #setPrefixJson
+	 */
+	public void setJsonPrefix(String jsonPrefix) {
+		this.jsonPrefix = jsonPrefix;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Indicate whether the JSON output by this view should be prefixed with "{} &&". Default is false.
 	 * <p>Prefixing the JSON string in this manner is used to help prevent JSON Hijacking.
 	 * The prefix renders the string syntactically invalid as a script so that it cannot be hijacked.
 	 * This prefix does not affect the evaluation of JSON, but if JSON validation is performed on the
 	 * string, the prefix would need to be ignored.
+	 * @see #setJsonPrefix
 	 */
 	public void setPrefixJson(boolean prefixJson) {
-		this.prefixJson = prefixJson;
+		this.jsonPrefix = prefixJson ? "{} && " : null;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -185,7 +194,7 @@ public class MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter extends AbstractHttpMessageConve
 		}
 
 		try {
-			if (this.prefixJson) {
+			if (this.jsonPrefix != null) {
 				jsonGenerator.writeRaw("{} && ");
 			}
 			this.objectMapper.writeValue(jsonGenerator, object);