diff --git a/json.zig b/json.zig
index 18f9648d4beef97d7faff52360c63a5fc103105d..e917dcfaa50565c302644462a7b9f57db1484c98 100644
--- a/json.zig
+++ b/json.zig
@@ -743,35 +743,35 @@ pub fn stringify(writer: anytype, value: anytype, options: std.json.Stringify.Op
                 try writer.writeAll("\"");
             }
         } else {
-            return error.Unexpected;
+            var view = std.unicode.Utf8View.init(value) catch return error.Unexpected;
+            var iter = view.iterator();
+            try writer.writeAll("\"");
+            while (iter.nextCodepointSlice()) |sl| {
+                const cp = std.unicode.utf8Decode(sl) catch unreachable;
+                if (cp < 128) {
+                    const c: u8 = @intCast(cp);
+                    try writer.writeAll(switch (c) {
+                        0x08 => "\\b",
+                        0x09 => "\\t",
+                        0x0a => "\\n",
+                        0x0c => "\\f",
+                        0x0d => "\\r",
+                        0x20...0x21 => &.{c},
+                        0x22 => "\\\"",
+                        0x23...0x7e => &.{c},
+                        else => "\\u00" ++ extras.to_hex([_]u8{c}),
+                    });
+                    continue;
+                }
+                try writer.writeAll(sl);
+            }
+            try writer.writeAll("\"");
+            return;
         }
         return;
     }
     if (comptime extras.isArrayOf(u8)(T)) {
-        if (extras.matchesAll(u8, &value, std.ascii.isAscii)) {
-            if (extras.matchesAll(u8, &value, std.ascii.isPrint)) {
-                try writer.writevAll(&.{ &.{'"'}, &value, &.{'"'} });
-            } else {
-                try writer.writeAll("\"");
-                for (&value) |c| {
-                    try writer.writeAll(switch (c) {
-                        0x08 => "\\b",
-                        0x09 => "\\t",
-                        0x0a => "\\n",
-                        0x0c => "\\f",
-                        0x0d => "\\r",
-                        0x20...0x21 => &.{c},
-                        0x22 => "\\\"",
-                        0x23...0x7e => &.{c},
-                        else => "\\u00" ++ extras.to_hex([_]u8{c}),
-                    });
-                }
-                try writer.writeAll("\"");
-            }
-        } else {
-            return error.Unexpected;
-        }
-        return;
+        return stringify(writer, &value, options);
     }
     if (comptime extras.isSlice(T)) {
         try writer.writeAll("[");