diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5f066de26..23cc0b338 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ pub use crate::ser::{to_writer, to_writer_pretty, Serializer};
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use crate::value::{from_value, to_value, Map, Number, Value};
 
+/// Represents a JSON object.
+pub type Object = Map<alloc::string::String, Value>;
+
 // We only use our own error type; no need for From conversions provided by the
 // standard library's try! macro. This reduces lines of LLVM IR by 4%.
 macro_rules! tri {