diff --git a/jc/jc.py b/jc/jc.py
index 5f981b7e..182fac45 100755
--- a/jc/jc.py
+++ b/jc/jc.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import jc.parsers.ifconfig
 import jc.parsers.ls
 import jc.parsers.netstat
 import jc.parsers.ps
+import jc.parsers.route
 
 
 def main():
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ def main():
         result = jc.parsers.netstat.parse(data)
     elif arg == '--ps':
         result = jc.parsers.ps.parse(data)
+    elif arg == '--route':
+        result = jc.parsers.route.parse(data)
 
     # output resulting dictionary as json
     if pretty:
diff --git a/jc/parsers/route.py b/jc/parsers/route.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca37fbe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jc/parsers/route.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""jc - JSON CLI output utility route Parser
+
+Usage:
+    specify --route as the first argument if the piped input is coming from route
+
+
+Example:
+
+
+"""
+
+
+def parse(data):
+
+    # code adapted from Conor Heine at:
+    # https://gist.github.com/cahna/43a1a3ff4d075bcd71f9d7120037a501
+
+    cleandata = data.splitlines()
+    headers = [h for h in ' '.join(cleandata[0].strip().split()).split() if h]
+    raw_data = map(lambda s: s.strip().split(None, len(headers) - 1), cleandata[1:])
+    return [dict(zip(headers, r)) for r in raw_data]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b389bf5b..530a3522 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ with open('README.md', 'r') as f:
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name='jc',
-    version='0.5.1',
+    version='0.5.2',
     author='Kelly Brazil',
     author_email='kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com',
     description='This tool serializes the output of popular command line tools to structured JSON output.',