diff --git a/pkg/jsoncolor/jsoncolor.go b/pkg/jsoncolor/jsoncolor.go
index d7c808a14..dbe3d9a4b 100644
--- a/pkg/jsoncolor/jsoncolor.go
+++ b/pkg/jsoncolor/jsoncolor.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package jsoncolor
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func Write(w io.Writer, r io.Reader, indent string) error {
 				fmt.Fprintf(w, "\x1b[%sm%s\x1b[m", colorDelim, tt)
 			}
 		default:
-			b, err := json.Marshal(tt)
+			b, err := marshalJSON(tt)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -94,3 +95,19 @@ func Write(w io.Writer, r io.Reader, indent string) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// marshalJSON works like json.Marshal but with HTML-escaping disabled
+func marshalJSON(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	buf := bytes.Buffer{}
+	enc := json.NewEncoder(&buf)
+	enc.SetEscapeHTML(false)
+	if err := enc.Encode(v); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	bb := buf.Bytes()
+	// omit trailing newline added by json.Encoder
+	if len(bb) > 0 && bb[len(bb)-1] == '\n' {
+		return bb[:len(bb)-1], nil
+	}
+	return bb, nil
+}