diff --git a/endpoints/verbs.py b/endpoints/verbs.py
index 6db93a8b2..03c7f4bdf 100644
--- a/endpoints/verbs.py
+++ b/endpoints/verbs.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ def _open_stream(formatter, namespace, repository, tag, synthetic_image_id, imag
     image_list = list(model.image.get_parent_images(namespace, repository, repo_image))
     image_list.insert(0, repo_image)
 
+  def get_image_json(image):
+    return json.loads(image.v1_json_metadata)
+
   def get_next_image():
     for current_image in image_list:
       yield current_image