diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 627c9c0b2..2eddd276e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -983,6 +983,9 @@ name = "either"
 version = "1.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e78d4f1cc4ae33bbfc157ed5d5a5ef3bc29227303d595861deb238fcec4e9457"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "embedded-hal"
diff --git a/meilisearch-lib/Cargo.toml b/meilisearch-lib/Cargo.toml
index d3790a91c..d0ca59289 100644
--- a/meilisearch-lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/meilisearch-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ clap = { version = "3.1.6", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5.2"
 csv = "1.1.6"
 derivative = "2.2.0"
-either = "1.6.1"
+either = { version = "1.6.1", features = ["serde"] }
 flate2 = "1.0.22"
 fs_extra = "1.2.0"
 fst = "0.4.7"
diff --git a/meilisearch-lib/src/document_formats.rs b/meilisearch-lib/src/document_formats.rs
index 72e899845..ebc98f3fb 100644
--- a/meilisearch-lib/src/document_formats.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-lib/src/document_formats.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ use std::borrow::Borrow;
 use std::fmt::{self, Debug, Display};
 use std::io::{self, BufReader, Read, Seek, Write};
 
+use either::Either;
 use meilisearch_types::error::{Code, ErrorCode};
 use meilisearch_types::internal_error;
 use milli::documents::{DocumentsBatchBuilder, Error};
+use milli::Object;
+use serde::Deserialize;
 
 type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, DocumentFormatError>;
 
@@ -124,11 +127,18 @@ pub fn read_json(input: impl Read, writer: impl Write + Seek) -> Result<usize> {
     let mut builder = DocumentsBatchBuilder::new(writer);
     let reader = BufReader::new(input);
 
-    let objects: Vec<_> = serde_json::from_reader(reader)
+    #[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
+    #[serde(transparent)]
+    struct ArrayOrSingleObject {
+        #[serde(with = "either::serde_untagged")]
+        inner: Either<Vec<Object>, Object>,
+    }
+
+    let content: ArrayOrSingleObject = serde_json::from_reader(reader)
         .map_err(Error::Json)
         .map_err(|e| (PayloadType::Json, e))?;
 
-    for object in objects {
+    for object in content.inner.map_right(|o| vec![o]).into_inner() {
         builder
             .append_json_object(&object)
             .map_err(Into::into)