diff --git a/src/cmd/jsondebug/common/helpers.go b/src/cmd/jsondebug/common/helpers.go
index f780540e0..8c27ffc2a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/jsondebug/common/helpers.go
+++ b/src/cmd/jsondebug/common/helpers.go
@@ -100,10 +100,19 @@ type DirectorySummary struct {
 	IgnoredErrorCount int    `json:"numIgnoredErrors,omitempty"`
 }
 
+type Decoder interface {
+	ManifestDecoder
+	ByteManifestDecoder
+}
+
 type ManifestDecoder interface {
 	Decode(r io.Reader, gcStats bool) error
 }
 
+type ByteManifestDecoder interface {
+	DecodeBytes(data []byte, gcStats bool) error
+}
+
 func PrintMemUsage() {
 	var m runtime.MemStats
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/jsondebug/decoder/jsonparser_decode.go b/src/cmd/jsondebug/decoder/jsonparser_decode.go
index 7971f1e86..954dcee39 100644
--- a/src/cmd/jsondebug/decoder/jsonparser_decode.go
+++ b/src/cmd/jsondebug/decoder/jsonparser_decode.go
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ func (d JsonParser) Decode(r io.Reader, gcStats bool) error {
 	return parseManifestData(data, gcStats)
 }
 
+func (d JsonParser) DecodeBytes(data []byte, gcStats bool) error {
+	if gcStats {
+		common.PrintMemUsage()
+	}
+
+	return parseManifestData(data, gcStats)
+}
+
 func parseManifestData(data []byte, gcStats bool) error {
 	if gcStats {
 		common.PrintMemUsage()
diff --git a/src/cmd/jsondebug/decoder/manifst_decoder.go b/src/cmd/jsondebug/decoder/manifst_decoder.go
index 7dc4f4dc0..8ca33c462 100644
--- a/src/cmd/jsondebug/decoder/manifst_decoder.go
+++ b/src/cmd/jsondebug/decoder/manifst_decoder.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package decoder
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 
@@ -10,9 +11,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	_ common.ManifestDecoder = Array{}
-	_ common.ManifestDecoder = ArrayFull{}
-	_ common.ManifestDecoder = Map{}
+	_ common.ManifestDecoder     = Array{}
+	_ common.ByteManifestDecoder = Array{}
+	_ common.ManifestDecoder     = ArrayFull{}
+	_ common.ByteManifestDecoder = ArrayFull{}
+	_ common.ManifestDecoder     = Map{}
+	_ common.ByteManifestDecoder = Map{}
 )
 
 type Array struct{}
@@ -22,6 +26,13 @@ func (d Array) Decode(r io.Reader, gcStats bool) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+func (d Array) DecodeBytes(data []byte, gcStats bool) error {
+	r := bytes.NewReader(data)
+	_, err := DecodeManifestArray(r)
+
+	return err
+}
+
 func DecodeManifestArray(r io.Reader) (common.Manifest, error) {
 	var (
 		dec = json.NewDecoder(r)
@@ -78,6 +89,13 @@ func (d ArrayFull) Decode(r io.Reader, gcStats bool) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+func (d ArrayFull) DecodeBytes(data []byte, gcStats bool) error {
+	r := bytes.NewReader(data)
+	_, err := d.decodeManifestArray(r)
+
+	return err
+}
+
 func (d ArrayFull) decodeManifestArray(r io.Reader) (common.Manifest, error) {
 	var (
 		dec = json.NewDecoder(r)
@@ -205,6 +223,13 @@ func (d Map) Decode(r io.Reader, gcStats bool) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+func (d Map) DecodeBytes(data []byte, gcStats bool) error {
+	r := bytes.NewReader(data)
+	_, err := d.decodeManifestArray(r)
+
+	return err
+}
+
 func (d Map) decodeManifestArray(r io.Reader) (common.Manifest, error) {
 	var (
 		dec = json.NewDecoder(r)
diff --git a/src/cmd/jsondebug/decoder/stdlib_decode.go b/src/cmd/jsondebug/decoder/stdlib_decode.go
index 01bef812f..ecf4b0690 100644
--- a/src/cmd/jsondebug/decoder/stdlib_decode.go
+++ b/src/cmd/jsondebug/decoder/stdlib_decode.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package decoder
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 
@@ -23,3 +24,15 @@ func (d Stdlib) Decode(r io.Reader, gcStats bool) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (d Stdlib) DecodeBytes(data []byte, gcStats bool) error {
+	r := bytes.NewReader(data)
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(r)
+	output := common.Manifest{}
+
+	if err := dec.Decode(&output); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "decoding input")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}