diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJackson2JsonView.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJackson2JsonView.java
index 29c670a1389..8488aabe6dc 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJackson2JsonView.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJackson2JsonView.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class MappingJackson2JsonView extends AbstractView {
 
 	private JsonEncoding encoding = JsonEncoding.UTF8;
 
-	private boolean prefixJson = false;
+	private String jsonPrefix;
 
 	private Boolean prettyPrint;
 
@@ -123,6 +123,15 @@ public class MappingJackson2JsonView extends AbstractView {
 		return this.encoding;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Specify a custom prefix to use for this view's JSON output.
+	 * Default is none.
+	 * @see #setPrefixJson
+	 */
+	public void setJsonPrefix(String jsonPrefix) {
+		this.jsonPrefix = jsonPrefix;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Indicates whether the JSON output by this view should be prefixed with <tt>"{} && "</tt>.
 	 * Default is {@code false}.
@@ -130,15 +139,16 @@ public class MappingJackson2JsonView extends AbstractView {
 	 * The prefix renders the string syntactically invalid as a script so that it cannot be hijacked.
 	 * This prefix does not affect the evaluation of JSON, but if JSON validation is performed
 	 * on the string, the prefix would need to be ignored.
+	 * @see #setJsonPrefix
 	 */
 	public void setPrefixJson(boolean prefixJson) {
-		this.prefixJson = prefixJson;
+		this.jsonPrefix = "{} && ";
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Whether to use the default pretty printer when writing JSON.
 	 * This is a shortcut for setting up an {@code ObjectMapper} as follows:
-	 * <pre>
+	 * <pre class="code">
 	 * ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
 	 * mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT, true);
 	 * </pre>
@@ -244,7 +254,7 @@ public class MappingJackson2JsonView extends AbstractView {
 
 		OutputStream stream = (this.updateContentLength ? createTemporaryOutputStream() : response.getOutputStream());
 		Object value = filterModel(model);
-		writeContent(stream, value, this.prefixJson);
+		writeContent(stream, value, this.jsonPrefix);
 		if (this.updateContentLength) {
 			writeToResponse(response, (ByteArrayOutputStream) stream);
 		}
@@ -273,11 +283,11 @@ public class MappingJackson2JsonView extends AbstractView {
 	 * Write the actual JSON content to the stream.
 	 * @param stream the output stream to use
 	 * @param value the value to be rendered, as returned from {@link #filterModel}
-	 * @param prefixJson whether the JSON output by this view should be prefixed
-	 * with <tt>"{} && "</tt> (as indicated through {@link #setPrefixJson})
+	 * @param jsonPrefix the prefix for this view's JSON output
+	 * (as indicated through {@link #setJsonPrefix}/{@link #setPrefixJson})
 	 * @throws IOException if writing failed
 	 */
-	protected void writeContent(OutputStream stream, Object value, boolean prefixJson) throws IOException {
+	protected void writeContent(OutputStream stream, Object value, String jsonPrefix) throws IOException {
 		JsonGenerator generator = this.objectMapper.getJsonFactory().createJsonGenerator(stream, this.encoding);
 
 		// A workaround for JsonGenerators not applying serialization features
@@ -286,8 +296,8 @@ public class MappingJackson2JsonView extends AbstractView {
 			generator.useDefaultPrettyPrinter();
 		}
 
-		if (prefixJson) {
-			generator.writeRaw("{} && ");
+		if (jsonPrefix != null) {
+			generator.writeRaw(jsonPrefix);
 		}
 		this.objectMapper.writeValue(generator, value);
 	}
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJacksonJsonView.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJacksonJsonView.java
index ef0ad59d995..8bef94e9258 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJacksonJsonView.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/view/json/MappingJacksonJsonView.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class MappingJacksonJsonView extends AbstractView {
 
 	private JsonEncoding encoding = JsonEncoding.UTF8;
 
-	private boolean prefixJson = false;
+	private String jsonPrefix;
 
 	private Boolean prettyPrint;
 
@@ -123,6 +123,15 @@ public class MappingJacksonJsonView extends AbstractView {
 		return this.encoding;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Specify a custom prefix to use for this view's JSON output.
+	 * Default is none.
+	 * @see #setPrefixJson
+	 */
+	public void setJsonPrefix(String jsonPrefix) {
+		this.jsonPrefix = jsonPrefix;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Indicates whether the JSON output by this view should be prefixed with <tt>"{} && "</tt>.
 	 * Default is {@code false}.
@@ -130,9 +139,10 @@ public class MappingJacksonJsonView extends AbstractView {
 	 * The prefix renders the string syntactically invalid as a script so that it cannot be hijacked.
 	 * This prefix does not affect the evaluation of JSON, but if JSON validation is performed
 	 * on the string, the prefix would need to be ignored.
+	 * @see #setJsonPrefix
 	 */
 	public void setPrefixJson(boolean prefixJson) {
-		this.prefixJson = prefixJson;
+		this.jsonPrefix = "{} && ";
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -244,7 +254,7 @@ public class MappingJacksonJsonView extends AbstractView {
 
 		OutputStream stream = (this.updateContentLength ? createTemporaryOutputStream() : response.getOutputStream());
 		Object value = filterModel(model);
-		writeContent(stream, value, this.prefixJson);
+		writeContent(stream, value, this.jsonPrefix);
 		if (this.updateContentLength) {
 			writeToResponse(response, (ByteArrayOutputStream) stream);
 		}
@@ -273,11 +283,11 @@ public class MappingJacksonJsonView extends AbstractView {
 	 * Write the actual JSON content to the stream.
 	 * @param stream the output stream to use
 	 * @param value the value to be rendered, as returned from {@link #filterModel}
-	 * @param prefixJson whether the JSON output by this view should be prefixed
-	 * with <tt>"{} && "</tt> (as indicated through {@link #setPrefixJson})
+	 * @param jsonPrefix the prefix for this view's JSON output
+	 * (as indicated through {@link #setJsonPrefix}/{@link #setPrefixJson})
 	 * @throws IOException if writing failed
 	 */
-	protected void writeContent(OutputStream stream, Object value, boolean prefixJson) throws IOException {
+	protected void writeContent(OutputStream stream, Object value, String jsonPrefix) throws IOException {
 		JsonGenerator generator = this.objectMapper.getJsonFactory().createJsonGenerator(stream, this.encoding);
 
 		// A workaround for JsonGenerators not applying serialization features
@@ -286,8 +296,8 @@ public class MappingJacksonJsonView extends AbstractView {
 			generator.useDefaultPrettyPrinter();
 		}
 
-		if (prefixJson) {
-			generator.writeRaw("{} && ");
+		if (jsonPrefix != null) {
+			generator.writeRaw(jsonPrefix);
 		}
 		this.objectMapper.writeValue(generator, value);
 	}