diff --git a/django/test/testcases.py b/django/test/testcases.py
index a7986dd028..46237aecd2 100644
--- a/django/test/testcases.py
+++ b/django/test/testcases.py
@@ -676,6 +676,11 @@ class SimpleTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
                 msg_prefix + "Couldn't find '%s' in response" % needle)
 
     def assertJSONEqual(self, raw, expected_data, msg=None):
+        """
+        Asserts that the JSON fragments raw and expected_data are equal.
+        Usual JSON non-significant whitespace rules apply as the heavyweight
+        is delegated to the json library.
+        """
         try:
             data = json.loads(raw)
         except ValueError:
@@ -687,6 +692,23 @@ class SimpleTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.fail("Second argument is not valid JSON: %r" % expected_data)
         self.assertEqual(data, expected_data, msg=msg)
 
+    def assertJSONNotEqual(self, raw, expected_data, msg=None):
+        """
+        Asserts that the JSON fragments raw and expected_data are not equal.
+        Usual JSON non-significant whitespace rules apply as the heavyweight
+        is delegated to the json library.
+        """
+        try:
+            data = json.loads(raw)
+        except ValueError:
+            self.fail("First argument is not valid JSON: %r" % raw)
+        if isinstance(expected_data, six.string_types):
+            try:
+                expected_data = json.loads(expected_data)
+            except ValueError:
+                self.fail("Second argument is not valid JSON: %r" % expected_data)
+        self.assertNotEqual(data, expected_data, msg=msg)
+
     def assertXMLEqual(self, xml1, xml2, msg=None):
         """
         Asserts that two XML snippets are semantically the same.
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.8.txt b/docs/releases/1.8.txt
index 35a2534792..9c8bb0c03e 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.8.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.8.txt
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ Tests
   :meth:`~django.test.SimpleTestCase.assertTemplateUsed`. This allows you to
   assert that a template was rendered a specific number of times.
 
+* :meth:`~django.test.SimpleTestCase.assertJSONNotEqual` new assertion allow
+  you to test that two JSON fragments are not equal.
+
 Validators
 ^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
index 29a94b713c..188da1bbaf 100644
--- a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt
@@ -1458,6 +1458,13 @@ your test suite.
 
     Output in case of error can be customized with the ``msg`` argument.
 
+.. method:: SimpleTestCase.assertJSONNotEqual(raw, expected_data, msg=None)
+
+    Asserts that the JSON fragments ``raw`` and ``expected_data`` are *not* equal.
+    See :meth:`~SimpleTestCase.assertJSONEqual` for further details.
+
+    Output in case of error can be customized with the ``msg`` argument.
+
 .. method:: TransactionTestCase.assertQuerysetEqual(qs, values, transform=repr, ordered=True, msg=None)
 
     Asserts that a queryset ``qs`` returns a particular list of values ``values``.
diff --git a/tests/test_utils/tests.py b/tests/test_utils/tests.py
index e9f6da7279..1465c2be71 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils/tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils/tests.py
@@ -542,6 +542,51 @@ class HTMLEqualTests(TestCase):
         self.assertContains(response, '<p class="help">Some help text for the title (with unicode ŠĐĆŽćžšđ)</p>', html=True)
 
 
+class JSONEqualTests(TestCase):
+    def test_simple_equal(self):
+        json1 = '{"attr1": "foo", "attr2":"baz"}'
+        json2 = '{"attr1": "foo", "attr2":"baz"}'
+        self.assertJSONEqual(json1, json2)
+
+    def test_simple_equal_unordered(self):
+        json1 = '{"attr1": "foo", "attr2":"baz"}'
+        json2 = '{"attr2":"baz", "attr1": "foo"}'
+        self.assertJSONEqual(json1, json2)
+
+    def test_simple_equal_raise(self):
+        json1 = '{"attr1": "foo", "attr2":"baz"}'
+        json2 = '{"attr2":"baz"}'
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+            self.assertJSONEqual(json1, json2)
+
+    def test_equal_parsing_errors(self):
+        invalid_json = '{"attr1": "foo, "attr2":"baz"}'
+        valid_json = '{"attr1": "foo", "attr2":"baz"}'
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+            self.assertJSONEqual(invalid_json, valid_json)
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+            self.assertJSONEqual(valid_json, invalid_json)
+
+    def test_simple_not_equal(self):
+        json1 = '{"attr1": "foo", "attr2":"baz"}'
+        json2 = '{"attr2":"baz"}'
+        self.assertJSONNotEqual(json1, json2)
+
+    def test_simple_not_equal_raise(self):
+        json1 = '{"attr1": "foo", "attr2":"baz"}'
+        json2 = '{"attr1": "foo", "attr2":"baz"}'
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+            self.assertJSONNotEqual(json1, json2)
+
+    def test_not_equal_parsing_errors(self):
+        invalid_json = '{"attr1": "foo, "attr2":"baz"}'
+        valid_json = '{"attr1": "foo", "attr2":"baz"}'
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+            self.assertJSONNotEqual(invalid_json, valid_json)
+        with self.assertRaises(AssertionError):
+            self.assertJSONNotEqual(valid_json, invalid_json)
+
+
 class XMLEqualTests(TestCase):
     def test_simple_equal(self):
         xml1 = "<elem attr1='a' attr2='b' />"