diff --git a/docs/manual/working/scalaGuide/main/json/code-2/Scala2JsonAutomatedSpec.scala b/docs/manual/working/scalaGuide/main/json/code-2/Scala2JsonAutomatedSpec.scala
index 329389122..822863a44 100644
--- a/docs/manual/working/scalaGuide/main/json/code-2/Scala2JsonAutomatedSpec.scala
+++ b/docs/manual/working/scalaGuide/main/json/code-2/Scala2JsonAutomatedSpec.scala
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 package scalaguide.json
 
-import play.api.libs.json.Json
 import org.specs2.mutable.Specification
 
 //#valueClass
diff --git a/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13+/play/api/libs/json/JsObjectBuilder.scala b/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13+/play/api/libs/json/JsObjectBuilder.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22a9236c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13+/play/api/libs/json/JsObjectBuilder.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) from 2022 The Play Framework Contributors <https://github.com/playframework>, 2011-2021 Lightbend Inc. <https://www.lightbend.com>
+ */
+
+package play.api.libs.json
+
+import scala.collection.mutable.{ Builder => MBuilder }
+
+private[json] final class JsObjectBuilder
+    extends MBuilder[(String, Json.JsValueWrapper), JsObject] {
+
+  private val fs = Map.newBuilder[String, JsValue]
+
+  def addOne(elem: (String, Json.JsValueWrapper)): this.type = {
+    val (name, wrapped) = elem
+
+    fs += (name -> Json.unwrap(wrapped))
+
+    this
+  }
+
+  override def addAll(xs: IterableOnce[(String, Json.JsValueWrapper)]): this.type = {
+    xs.iterator.foreach(addOne)
+
+    this
+  }
+
+  override def knownSize: Int = fs.knownSize
+
+  override def sizeHint(size: Int): Unit = {
+    fs.sizeHint(size)
+  }
+
+  def clear(): Unit = {
+    fs.clear()
+  }
+
+  def result(): JsObject = JsObject(fs.result())
+}
diff --git a/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13-/play/api/libs/json/JsObjectBuilder.scala b/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13-/play/api/libs/json/JsObjectBuilder.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe330fefa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/play-json/shared/src/main/scala-2.13-/play/api/libs/json/JsObjectBuilder.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) from 2022 The Play Framework Contributors <https://github.com/playframework>, 2011-2021 Lightbend Inc. <https://www.lightbend.com>
+ */
+
+package play.api.libs.json
+
+import scala.collection.mutable.{ Builder => MBuilder }
+
+private[json] final class JsObjectBuilder
+    extends MBuilder[(String, Json.JsValueWrapper), JsObject] {
+
+  private val fs = Map.newBuilder[String, JsValue]
+
+  def +=(elem: (String, Json.JsValueWrapper)): this.type = {
+    val (name, wrapped) = elem
+
+    fs += (name -> Json.unwrap(wrapped))
+
+    this
+  }
+
+  override def ++=(xs: TraversableOnce[(String, Json.JsValueWrapper)]): this.type = {
+    xs.foreach(`+=`)
+
+    this
+  }
+
+  def knownSize: Int = fs.result().size
+
+  def clear(): Unit = {
+    fs.clear()
+  }
+
+  def result(): JsObject = JsObject(fs.result())
+}
diff --git a/play-json/shared/src/main/scala/play/api/libs/json/Json.scala b/play-json/shared/src/main/scala/play/api/libs/json/Json.scala
index 59dac64a9..a6425ee85 100644
--- a/play-json/shared/src/main/scala/play/api/libs/json/Json.scala
+++ b/play-json/shared/src/main/scala/play/api/libs/json/Json.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 package play.api.libs.json
 
+import scala.collection.mutable.{ Builder => MBuilder }
+
 import java.io.InputStream
 
 /**
@@ -226,12 +228,52 @@ object Json extends JsonFacade with JsMacros with JsValueMacros {
   implicit def toJsFieldJsValueWrapper[T](field: T)(implicit w: Writes[T]): JsValueWrapper =
     JsValueWrapperImpl(w.writes(field))
 
-  def obj(fields: (String, JsValueWrapper)*): JsObject = JsObject(fields.map(f => (f._1, unwrap(f._2))))
+  def obj(fields: (String, JsValueWrapper)*): JsObject = JsObject(fields.map { case (name, wrapped) =>
+    name -> unwrap(wrapped)
+  })
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a JSON object builder.
+   *
+   * {{{
+   *   import play.api.libs.json.{ Json, JsObject }
+   *
+   *   // Create a new builder
+   *   val builder: JsObjectBuilder = JsObject.newBuilder
+   *
+   *   // Add key-value pairs to the builder
+   *   builder += ("name" -> "John Doe")
+   *   builder += ("age" -> 25)
+   *
+   *   // Clear the builder
+   *   builder.clear()
+   *
+   *   // Add more key-value pairs
+   *   builder += ("email" -> "john.doe@example.com")
+   *   builder += ("address" -> "123 Street")
+   *
+   *   // Build the final JsObject
+   *   val result: JsObject = builder.result()
+   *
+   *   // Print the resulting JsObject
+   *   println(result)
+   * }}}
+   *
+   * This will output:
+   * {{{
+   *   {"email":"john.doe@example.com","address":"123 Street"}
+   * }}}
+   */
+  def newBuilder: MBuilder[(String, Json.JsValueWrapper), JsObject] =
+    new JsObjectBuilder()
 
   def arr(items: JsValueWrapper*): JsArray = JsArray(items.iterator.map(unwrap).toArray[JsValue])
 
-  // Passed nulls will typecheck without needing the implicit conversion, so they need to checked at runtime
-  private def unwrap(wrapper: JsValueWrapper) = wrapper match {
+  /*
+   * Passed nulls will typecheck without needing the implicit conversion,
+   * so they need to checked at runtime.
+   */
+  private[json] def unwrap(wrapper: JsValueWrapper) = wrapper match {
     case null                      => JsNull
     case JsValueWrapperImpl(value) => value
   }
diff --git a/play-json/shared/src/test/scala/play/api/libs/json/JsonSharedSpec.scala b/play-json/shared/src/test/scala/play/api/libs/json/JsonSharedSpec.scala
index 355f697a8..bc6e080a6 100644
--- a/play-json/shared/src/test/scala/play/api/libs/json/JsonSharedSpec.scala
+++ b/play-json/shared/src/test/scala/play/api/libs/json/JsonSharedSpec.scala
@@ -135,6 +135,22 @@ class JsonSharedSpec extends AnyWordSpec with Matchers with org.scalatestplus.sc
       "js.toJsObject(peach)(writes)".mustNot(typeCheck)
     }
 
+    "create object using builder" in {
+      val builder = Json.newBuilder
+
+      builder += ("name" -> "John Doe")
+      builder += ("age"  -> 25)
+
+      val result: JsObject = builder.result()
+
+      result.mustEqual(
+        Json.obj(
+          "name" -> "John Doe",
+          "age"  -> 25
+        )
+      )
+    }
+
     "convert to a byte array containing the UTF-8 representation" in json { js =>
       val json = js.parse("""
                             |{