diff --git a/benchmarks/benches/utils.rs b/benchmarks/benches/utils.rs
index 630e17943..51178b43b 100644
--- a/benchmarks/benches/utils.rs
+++ b/benchmarks/benches/utils.rs
@@ -164,11 +164,8 @@ fn documents_from_jsonl(reader: impl BufRead) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<u8>> {
 
 fn documents_from_json(reader: impl BufRead) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<u8>> {
     let mut documents = DocumentsBatchBuilder::new(Vec::new());
-    let list: Vec<Object> = serde_json::from_reader(reader)?;
 
-    for object in list {
-        documents.append_json_object(&object)?;
-    }
+    documents.append_json_array(reader)?;
 
     documents.into_inner().map_err(Into::into)
 }
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 0d197af17..35fef95c6 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -337,11 +337,8 @@ fn documents_from_jsonl(reader: impl Read) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
 
 fn documents_from_json(reader: impl Read) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
     let mut documents = DocumentsBatchBuilder::new(Vec::new());
-    let list: Vec<Object> = serde_json::from_reader(reader)?;
 
-    for object in list {
-        documents.append_json_object(&object)?;
-    }
+    documents.append_json_array(reader)?;
 
     documents.into_inner().map_err(Into::into)
 }
diff --git a/http-ui/src/main.rs b/http-ui/src/main.rs
index 117aa31e8..83fce9a9c 100644
--- a/http-ui/src/main.rs
+++ b/http-ui/src/main.rs
@@ -1042,11 +1042,8 @@ fn documents_from_jsonl(reader: impl Read) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<u8>> {
 
 fn documents_from_json(reader: impl Read) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<u8>> {
     let mut documents = DocumentsBatchBuilder::new(Vec::new());
-    let list: Vec<Object> = serde_json::from_reader(reader)?;
 
-    for object in list {
-        documents.append_json_object(&object)?;
-    }
+    documents.append_json_array(reader)?;
 
     documents.into_inner().map_err(Into::into)
 }
diff --git a/milli/src/documents/builder.rs b/milli/src/documents/builder.rs
index 589e52269..bb9d6aa68 100644
--- a/milli/src/documents/builder.rs
+++ b/milli/src/documents/builder.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 use std::io::{self, Write};
 
 use grenad::{CompressionType, WriterBuilder};
+use serde::de::Deserializer;
 use serde_json::{to_writer, Value};
 
 use super::{DocumentsBatchIndex, Error, DOCUMENTS_BATCH_INDEX_KEY};
+use crate::documents::serde_impl::DocumentVisitor;
 use crate::Object;
 
 /// The `DocumentsBatchBuilder` provides a way to build a documents batch in the intermediary
@@ -78,6 +80,13 @@ impl<W: Write> DocumentsBatchBuilder<W> {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Appends a new JSON array of objects into the batch and updates the `DocumentsBatchIndex` accordingly.
+    pub fn append_json_array<R: io::Read>(&mut self, reader: R) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let mut de = serde_json::Deserializer::from_reader(reader);
+        let mut visitor = DocumentVisitor::new(self);
+        de.deserialize_any(&mut visitor)?
+    }
+
     /// Appends a new CSV file into the batch and updates the `DocumentsBatchIndex` accordingly.
     pub fn append_csv<R: io::Read>(&mut self, mut reader: csv::Reader<R>) -> Result<(), Error> {
         // Make sure that we insert the fields ids in order as the obkv writer has this requirement.
diff --git a/milli/src/documents/mod.rs b/milli/src/documents/mod.rs
index 43bfc1c20..c5ff7a120 100644
--- a/milli/src/documents/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/documents/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 mod builder;
 mod enriched;
 mod reader;
+mod serde_impl;
 
 use std::fmt::{self, Debug};
 use std::io;
diff --git a/milli/src/documents/serde_impl.rs b/milli/src/documents/serde_impl.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4abdc844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/milli/src/documents/serde_impl.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+use std::fmt;
+use std::io::Write;
+
+use serde::de::{DeserializeSeed, MapAccess, SeqAccess, Visitor};
+
+use super::Error;
+use crate::documents::DocumentsBatchBuilder;
+use crate::Object;
+
+macro_rules! tri {
+    ($e:expr) => {
+        match $e {
+            Ok(r) => r,
+            Err(e) => return Ok(Err(e.into())),
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+pub struct DocumentVisitor<'a, W> {
+    inner: &'a mut DocumentsBatchBuilder<W>,
+    object: Object,
+}
+
+impl<'a, W> DocumentVisitor<'a, W> {
+    pub fn new(inner: &'a mut DocumentsBatchBuilder<W>) -> Self {
+        DocumentVisitor { inner, object: Object::new() }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'de, W: Write> Visitor<'de> for &mut DocumentVisitor<'a, W> {
+    /// This Visitor value is nothing, since it write the value to a file.
+    type Value = Result<(), Error>;
+
+    fn visit_seq<A>(self, mut seq: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
+    where
+        A: SeqAccess<'de>,
+    {
+        while let Some(v) = seq.next_element_seed(&mut *self)? {
+            tri!(v)
+        }
+
+        Ok(Ok(()))
+    }
+
+    fn visit_map<A>(self, mut map: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
+    where
+        A: MapAccess<'de>,
+    {
+        self.object.clear();
+        while let Some((key, value)) = map.next_entry()? {
+            self.object.insert(key, value);
+        }
+
+        tri!(self.inner.append_json_object(&self.object));
+
+        Ok(Ok(()))
+    }
+
+    fn expecting(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "a documents, or a sequence of documents.")
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, 'de, W> DeserializeSeed<'de> for &mut DocumentVisitor<'a, W>
+where
+    W: Write,
+{
+    type Value = Result<(), Error>;
+
+    fn deserialize<D>(self, deserializer: D) -> Result<Self::Value, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        deserializer.deserialize_map(self)
+    }
+}