diff --git a/Libraries/LibCore/CEventLoop.cpp b/Libraries/LibCore/CEventLoop.cpp
index 26adf6fd77..ac4b7c6ae0 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibCore/CEventLoop.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibCore/CEventLoop.cpp
@@ -61,10 +61,7 @@ CEventLoop::CEventLoop()
             JsonArray objects;
             for (auto& object : CObject::all_objects()) {
                 JsonObject json_object;
-                json_object.set("class_name", object.class_name());
-                json_object.set("address", String::format("%p", &object));
-                json_object.set("name", object.name());
-                json_object.set("parent", String::format("%p", object.parent()));
+                object.save_to(json_object);
                 objects.append(move(json_object));
             }
             client->write(objects.to_string());
diff --git a/Libraries/LibCore/CObject.cpp b/Libraries/LibCore/CObject.cpp
index 28928ac9ba..2d9d4f505b 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibCore/CObject.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibCore/CObject.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <AK/Assertions.h>
+#include <AK/JsonObject.h>
 #include <AK/kstdio.h>
 #include <LibCore/CEvent.h>
 #include <LibCore/CEventLoop.h>
@@ -125,3 +126,11 @@ void CObject::deferred_invoke(Function<void(CObject&)> invokee)
 {
     CEventLoop::current().post_event(*this, make<CDeferredInvocationEvent>(move(invokee)));
 }
+
+void CObject::save_to(JsonObject& json)
+{
+    json.set("class_name", class_name());
+    json.set("address", String::format("%p", this));
+    json.set("name", name());
+    json.set("parent", String::format("%p", parent()));
+}
diff --git a/Libraries/LibCore/CObject.h b/Libraries/LibCore/CObject.h
index c8c6f743c9..f35403d1ef 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibCore/CObject.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibCore/CObject.h
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 #include <AK/Vector.h>
 #include <AK/Weakable.h>
 
+namespace AK {
+class JsonObject;
+}
+
 class CEvent;
 class CChildEvent;
 class CCustomEvent;
@@ -63,6 +67,8 @@ public:
     bool is_widget() const { return m_widget; }
     virtual bool is_window() const { return false; }
 
+    virtual void save_to(AK::JsonObject&);
+
     static IntrusiveList<CObject, &CObject::m_all_objects_list_node>& all_objects();
 
 protected: