diff --git a/lib/puppet/module_tool/dependency.rb b/lib/puppet/module_tool/dependency.rb
index 7535a17d9..c213e55ce 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/module_tool/dependency.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/module_tool/dependency.rb
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
 require 'puppet/module_tool'
 require 'puppet/network/format_support'
 
 module Puppet::ModuleTool
 
   class Dependency
     include Puppet::Network::FormatSupport
+    alias :to_json :to_pson
 
     attr_reader :full_module_name, :username, :name, :version_requirement, :repository
 
     # Instantiates a new module dependency with a +full_module_name+ (e.g.
     # "myuser-mymodule"), and optional +version_requirement+ (e.g. "0.0.1") and
     # optional repository (a URL string).
     def initialize(full_module_name, version_requirement = nil, repository = nil)
       @full_module_name = full_module_name
       # TODO: add error checking, the next line raises ArgumentError when +full_module_name+ is invalid
       @username, @name = Puppet::ModuleTool.username_and_modname_from(full_module_name)
       @version_requirement = version_requirement
       @repository = repository ? Puppet::Forge::Repository.new(repository) : nil
     end
 
     def to_data_hash
       result = { :name => @full_module_name }
       result[:version_requirement] = @version_requirement if @version_requirement && ! @version_requirement.nil?
       result[:repository] = @repository.to_s if @repository && ! @repository.nil?
       result
     end
   end
 end