diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/HTML/Scrubber.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/HTML/Scrubber.pm
index 137914d..c3223f2 100644
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/HTML/Scrubber.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/HTML/Scrubber.pm
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ sub setup {
     return $c->maybe::next::method(@_);
 }
 
-sub prepare_parameters {
+sub dispatch {
     my $c = shift;
 
     $c->maybe::next::method(@_);
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ sub html_scrub {
 	$c->_scrub_recurse($conf, $c->request->body_data);
     }
 
+    # And if Catalyst::Controller::REST is in use so we have $req->data,
+    # then scrub that too
+    if ($c->request->can('data')) {
+        my $data = $c->request->data;
+        if ($data) {
+            $c->_scrub_recurse($conf, $c->request->data);
+        }
+    }
+
     # Normal query/POST body parameters:
     $c->_scrub_recurse($conf, $c->request->parameters);
 
@@ -122,6 +131,27 @@ sub _should_scrub_param {
     return 1; 
 }
 
+
+# Incredibly nasty monkey-patch to rewind filehandle before parsing - see
+# https://github.com/perl-catalyst/catalyst-runtime/pull/186
+# First, get the default handlers hashref:
+my $default_data_handlers = Catalyst->default_data_handlers();
+
+# Wrap the coderef for application/json in one that rewinds the filehandle
+# first:
+my $orig_json_handler = $default_data_handlers->{'application/json'};
+$default_data_handlers->{'application/json'} = sub {
+    $_[0]->seek(0,0); # rewind $fh arg
+    $orig_json_handler->(@_);
+};
+
+# and now replace the original default_data_handlers() with a version that
+# returns our modified handlers
+*Catalyst::default_data_handlers = sub {
+    return $default_data_handlers;
+};
+
+
 __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
 
 1;
@@ -170,9 +200,11 @@ See SYNOPSIS for how to configure the plugin, both with its own configuration
 passing on any options from L<HTML::Scrubber> to control exactly what
 scrubbing happens.
 
-=item prepare_parameters
+=item dispatch
 
-Sanitize HTML tags in all parameters (unless `ignore_params` exempts them).
+Sanitize HTML tags in all parameters (unless `ignore_params` exempts them) -
+this includes normal POST params, and serialised data (e.g. a POSTed JSON body)
+accessed via `$c->req->body_data` or `$c->req->data`.
 
 =back
 
diff --git a/t/05_rest.t b/t/05_rest.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d45c136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/05_rest.t
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use FindBin qw($Bin);
+use lib "$Bin/lib";
+
+use Test::More;
+
+
+eval 'use Catalyst::Controller::REST';
+plan skip_all => 'Catalyst::Controller::REST not available, skip REST tests' if $@;
+
+use Catalyst::Test 'MyApp05';
+use HTTP::Request::Common;
+use HTTP::Status;
+
+{
+    # Test that data in a JSON body POSTed gets scrubbed too
+    my $json_body = <<JSON;
+{
+    "foo": "Top-level <img src=foo.jpg title=fun>", 
+    "baz":{
+        "one":"Second-level <img src=test.jpg>"
+    },
+    "arr": [ 
+        "one test <img src=arrtest1.jpg>",
+        "two <script>window.alert('XSS!');</script>"
+    ],
+    "some_html": "Leave <b>this</b> alone: <img src=allowed.gif>"
+}
+JSON
+    my $req = POST('/foo', 
+        Content_Type => 'application/json', Content => $json_body
+    );
+    diag("REQUEST: " . $req->as_string);
+    my ($res, $c) = ctx_request($req);
+    is($res->code, RC_OK, 'response ok');
+    is(
+        $c->req->data->{foo}, 
+        'Top-level ', # note trailing space where img was removed
+        'Top level body param scrubbed',
+    );
+    is(
+        $c->req->data->{baz}{one},
+        'Second-level ',
+        'Second level body param scrubbed',
+    );
+    is(
+        $c->req->data->{arr}[0],
+        'one test ',
+        'Second level array contents scrubbbed',
+    );
+    is(
+        $c->req->data->{some_html},
+        'Leave <b>this</b> alone: <img src=allowed.gif>',
+        'Body data param matching ignore_params left alone',
+    );
+}
+
+done_testing();
+
diff --git a/t/lib/MyApp05.pm b/t/lib/MyApp05.pm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3131524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/lib/MyApp05.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package MyApp05;
+
+use Moose;
+use namespace::autoclean;
+
+use Catalyst qw/HTML::Scrubber/;
+
+extends 'Catalyst';
+
+__PACKAGE__->config(
+    name     => 'MyApp03',
+    scrubber => {
+
+        auto => 1,
+
+        ignore_params => [ qr/_html$/, 'ignored_param' ],
+
+        # params for HTML::Scrubber
+        params => [
+            allow => [qw/br hr b/],
+        ],
+    }
+);
+
+
+
+__PACKAGE__->setup();
+1;
+