diff --git a/bin/hardening.sh b/bin/hardening.sh
index c279a6d..5fa98d4 100755
--- a/bin/hardening.sh
+++ b/bin/hardening.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ ALLOW_SERVICE_LIST=0
 SET_HARDENING_LEVEL=0
 SUDO_MODE=''
 BATCH_MODE=''
+SUMMARY_JSON=''
 ASK_LOGLEVEL=''
 ALLOW_UNSUPPORTED_DISTRIBUTION=0
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ $LONG_SCRIPT_NAME <RUN_MODE> [OPTIONS], where RUN_MODE is one of:
         Modifies the policy to allow a certain kind of services on the machine, such
         as http, mail, etc. Can be specified multiple times to allow multiple services.
         Use --allow-service-list to get a list of supported services.
-    
+
     --create-config-files-only
         Create the config files in etc/conf.d
         Must be run as root, before running the audit with user secaudit
@@ -101,14 +102,18 @@ OPTIONS:
         Finally note that '--sudo' mode only works for audit mode.
 
     --set-log-level <level>
-        This option sets LOGLEVEL, you can choose : info, warning, error, ok, debug.
+        This option sets LOGLEVEL, you can choose : info, warning, error, ok, debug or silent.
         Default value is : info
 
+    --summary-json
+        While performing system audit, this option sets LOGLEVEL to silent and
+        only output a json summary at the end
+
     --batch
         While performing system audit, this option sets LOGLEVEL to 'ok' and
         captures all output to print only one line once the check is done, formatted like :
         OK|KO OK|KO|WARN{subcheck results} [OK|KO|WARN{...}]
-    
+
     --allow-unsupported-distribution
         Must be specified manually in the command line to allow the run on non compatible
         version or distribution. If you want to mute the warning change the LOGLEVEL
@@ -165,6 +170,10 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     --sudo)
         SUDO_MODE='--sudo'
         ;;
+    --summary-json)
+        SUMMARY_JSON='--summary-json'
+        ASK_LOGLEVEL=silent
+        ;;
     --batch)
         BATCH_MODE='--batch'
         ASK_LOGLEVEL=ok
@@ -355,6 +364,18 @@ if [ "$BATCH_MODE" ]; then
         BATCH_SUMMARY+=" CONFORMITY_PERCENTAGE:N.A" # No check runned, avoid division by 0
     fi
     becho "$BATCH_SUMMARY"
+elif [ "$SUMMARY_JSON" ]; then
+    if [ "$TOTAL_TREATED_CHECKS" != 0 ]; then
+        CONFORMITY_PERCENTAGE=$(div $((PASSED_CHECKS * 100)) $TOTAL_TREATED_CHECKS)
+    else
+        CONFORMITY_PERCENTAGE=0 # No check runned, avoid division by 0
+    fi
+    printf '{'
+    printf '"available_checks": %s, ' "$TOTAL_CHECKS"
+    printf '"run_checks": %s, ' "$TOTAL_TREATED_CHECKS"
+    printf '"passed_checks": %s, ' "$PASSED_CHECKS"
+    printf '"conformity_percentage": %s' "$CONFORMITY_PERCENTAGE"
+    printf '}\n'
 else
     printf "%40s\n" "################### SUMMARY ###################"
     printf "%30s %s\n" "Total Available Checks :" "$TOTAL_CHECKS"
diff --git a/lib/common.sh b/lib/common.sh
index ce35ef5..9a9a1cb 100644
--- a/lib/common.sh
+++ b/lib/common.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ backup_file() {
 #
 
 case $LOGLEVEL in
+silent)
+    MACHINE_LOG_LEVEL=0
+    ;;
 error)
     MACHINE_LOG_LEVEL=1
     ;;