diff --git a/mobile/android/base/Makefile.in b/mobile/android/base/Makefile.in
index 4ddbc430d0e..70816d829ec 100644
--- a/mobile/android/base/Makefile.in
+++ b/mobile/android/base/Makefile.in
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ UTIL_JAVA_FILES := \
   util/HardwareUtils.java \
   util/INIParser.java \
   util/INISection.java \
+  util/JSONUtils.java \
   util/StringUtils.java \
   util/ThreadUtils.java \
   util/UiAsyncTask.java \
diff --git a/mobile/android/base/util/JSONUtils.java b/mobile/android/base/util/JSONUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b883d7f979c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/android/base/util/JSONUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+package org.mozilla.gecko.util;
+
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+import android.util.Log;
+
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+public final class JSONUtils {
+    private static final String LOGTAG = "JSONUtils";
+
+    private JSONUtils() {}
+
+    public static URL getURL(String name, JSONObject json) {
+        String url = json.optString(name, null);
+        if (url == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            return new URL(url);
+        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+            Log.e(LOGTAG, "", new IllegalStateException(name + "=" + url, e));
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void putURL(String name, URL url, JSONObject json) {
+        String urlString = url.toString();
+        try {
+            json.put(name, urlString);
+        } catch (JSONException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(name + "=" + urlString, e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static UUID getUUID(String name, JSONObject json) {
+        String uuid = json.optString(name, null);
+        return (uuid != null) ? UUID.fromString(uuid) : null;
+    }
+
+    public static void putUUID(String name, UUID uuid, JSONObject json) {
+        String uuidString = uuid.toString();
+        try {
+            json.put(name, uuidString);
+        } catch (JSONException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(name + "=" + uuidString, e);
+        }
+    }
+}