diff --git a/serde2/src/json/mod.rs b/serde2/src/json/mod.rs
index 11f4190f..88ab1c5e 100644
--- a/serde2/src/json/mod.rs
+++ b/serde2/src/json/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub use self::ser::Serializer;
 pub use self::ser::{to_vec, to_string};
+pub use self::ser::escape_str;
 
 pub mod ser;
diff --git a/serde2/src/json/ser.rs b/serde2/src/json/ser.rs
index f4bf2754..3c26c077 100644
--- a/serde2/src/json/ser.rs
+++ b/serde2/src/json/ser.rs
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ impl<W: Writer> ser::VisitorState<io::IoResult<()>> for Serializer<W> {
     }
 }
 
-fn escape_bytes<W: Writer>(wr: &mut W, bytes: &[u8]) -> io::IoResult<()> {
+#[inline]
+pub fn escape_bytes<W: Writer>(wr: &mut W, bytes: &[u8]) -> io::IoResult<()> {
     try!(wr.write_str("\""));
 
     let mut start = 0;
@@ -199,10 +200,12 @@ fn escape_bytes<W: Writer>(wr: &mut W, bytes: &[u8]) -> io::IoResult<()> {
     wr.write_str("\"")
 }
 
-fn escape_str<W: Writer>(wr: &mut W, value: &str) -> io::IoResult<()> {
+#[inline]
+pub fn escape_str<W: Writer>(wr: &mut W, value: &str) -> io::IoResult<()> {
     escape_bytes(wr, value.as_bytes())
 }
 
+#[inline]
 pub fn escape_char<W: Writer>(wr: &mut W, value: char) -> io::IoResult<()> {
     let mut buf = [0, .. 4];
     value.encode_utf8(buf);