diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/geometries.py b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/geometries.py
index b6d45304da..a880a75d13 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/geometries.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/geometries.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ from django.contrib.gis.gdal.prototypes.srs import clone_srs
 # Regular expressions for recognizing HEXEWKB and WKT.
 hex_regex = re.compile(r'^[0-9A-F]+$', re.I)
 wkt_regex = re.compile(r'^(?P<type>POINT|LINESTRING|LINEARRING|POLYGON|MULTIPOINT|MULTILINESTRING|MULTIPOLYGON|GEOMETRYCOLLECTION)[ACEGIMLONPSRUTY\d,\.\-\(\) ]+$', re.I)
-json_regex = re.compile(r'^\{[\s\w,\-\.\"\'\:\[\]]+\}$')
+json_regex = re.compile(r'^(\s+)?\{[\s\w,\[\]\{\}\-\."\':]+\}(\s+)?$')
 
 #### OGRGeometry Class ####
 class OGRGeometry(object):
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/geos/base.py b/django/contrib/gis/geos/base.py
index 8200d59eec..a56b19364e 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/geos/base.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/geos/base.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from django.contrib.gis.geos.prototypes import *
 # try/except since this package may be used outside GeoDjango.
 try:
     from django.contrib.gis.gdal import OGRGeometry, SpatialReference, GEOJSON
+    from django.contrib.gis.gdal.geometries import json_regex
     HAS_GDAL = True
 except:
     HAS_GDAL, GEOJSON = False, False
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ except:
 # library.  Not a substitute for good web security programming practices.
 hex_regex = re.compile(r'^[0-9A-F]+$', re.I)
 wkt_regex = re.compile(r'^(SRID=(?P<srid>\d+);)?(?P<wkt>(POINT|LINESTRING|LINEARRING|POLYGON|MULTIPOINT|MULTILINESTRING|MULTIPOLYGON|GEOMETRYCOLLECTION)[ACEGIMLONPSRUTY\d,\.\-\(\) ]+)$', re.I)
-json_regex = re.compile(r'^\{.+\}$')
 
 class GEOSGeometry(object):
     "A class that, generally, encapsulates a GEOS geometry."
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geometries.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geometries.py
index e9bc6f618b..950ffdb0e5 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/geometries.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/geometries.py
@@ -154,4 +154,20 @@ buffer_geoms = ( (TestGeom('POINT(0 0)'),
 json_geoms = (TestGeom('POINT(100 0)', json='{ "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 100.000000, 0.000000 ] }'),
               TestGeom('POLYGON((0 0, -10 0, -10 -10, 0 -10, 0 0))', json='{ "type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [ [ [ 0.000000, 0.000000 ], [ -10.000000, 0.000000 ], [ -10.000000, -10.000000 ], [ 0.000000, -10.000000 ], [ 0.000000, 0.000000 ] ] ] }'),
               TestGeom('MULTIPOLYGON(((102 2, 103 2, 103 3, 102 3, 102 2)), ((100.0 0.0, 101.0 0.0, 101.0 1.0, 100.0 1.0, 100.0 0.0), (100.2 0.2, 100.8 0.2, 100.8 0.8, 100.2 0.8, 100.2 0.2)))', json='{ "type": "MultiPolygon", "coordinates": [ [ [ [ 102.000000, 2.000000 ], [ 103.000000, 2.000000 ], [ 103.000000, 3.000000 ], [ 102.000000, 3.000000 ], [ 102.000000, 2.000000 ] ] ], [ [ [ 100.000000, 0.000000 ], [ 101.000000, 0.000000 ], [ 101.000000, 1.000000 ], [ 100.000000, 1.000000 ], [ 100.000000, 0.000000 ] ], [ [ 100.200000, 0.200000 ], [ 100.800000, 0.200000 ], [ 100.800000, 0.800000 ], [ 100.200000, 0.800000 ], [ 100.200000, 0.200000 ] ] ] ] }'),
+              TestGeom('GEOMETRYCOLLECTION(POINT(100 0),LINESTRING(101.0 0.0, 102.0 1.0))',
+                       json='{ "type": "GeometryCollection", "geometries": [ { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 100.000000, 0.000000 ] }, { "type": "LineString", "coordinates": [ [ 101.000000, 0.000000 ], [ 102.000000, 1.000000 ] ] } ] }',
+                       ),
+              TestGeom('MULTILINESTRING((100.0 0.0, 101.0 1.0),(102.0 2.0, 103.0 3.0))',
+                       json="""
+
+{ "type": "MultiLineString",
+  "coordinates": [
+      [ [100.0, 0.0], [101.0, 1.0] ],
+      [ [102.0, 2.0], [103.0, 3.0] ]
+    ]
+  }
+
+""",
+                       not_equal=True,
+                       ),
               )
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_gdal_geom.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_gdal_geom.py
index b0dab0e9e8..8f5caa9615 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_gdal_geom.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_gdal_geom.py
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ class OGRGeomTest(unittest.TestCase):
         if not GEOJSON: return
         for g in json_geoms:
             geom = OGRGeometry(g.wkt)
-            self.assertEqual(g.json, geom.json)
-            self.assertEqual(g.json, geom.geojson)
+            if not hasattr(g, 'not_equal'):
+                self.assertEqual(g.json, geom.json)
+                self.assertEqual(g.json, geom.geojson)
             self.assertEqual(OGRGeometry(g.wkt), OGRGeometry(geom.json))
 
     def test02_points(self):
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_geos.py b/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_geos.py
index 8ea450700c..6786ad04b4 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_geos.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/tests/test_geos.py
@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ class GEOSTest(unittest.TestCase):
         if not HAS_GDAL or not GEOJSON: return
         for g in json_geoms:
             geom = GEOSGeometry(g.wkt)
-            self.assertEqual(g.json, geom.json)
-            self.assertEqual(g.json, geom.geojson)
+            if not hasattr(g, 'not_equal'):
+                self.assertEqual(g.json, geom.json)
+                self.assertEqual(g.json, geom.geojson)
             self.assertEqual(GEOSGeometry(g.wkt), GEOSGeometry(geom.json))
 
     def test01j_eq(self):