diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index ade1959..66cbe8e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-Version 1.1.0 (UNRELEASED)
+Version 1.1.0 (UNRELEASED) - HAS BREAKING CHANGES
 ===========================================================
 *   Switched to testing with PostgreSQL
+*   Switch to using native JSONField on Django>=1.9. If you
+    are upgrading an existing installation you will need to
+    execute the following SQL command manually:
+        `ALTER TABLE "papertrail_entry" ALTER COLUMN "data" TYPE jsonb USING "data"::jsonb;`
+    This is because there is no easy way to change the
+    underlying field AND dropping the dependency on django-jsonfield
+    at the same time. Sorry :(
 
 
 Version 1.0.5 (2016-06-22)
diff --git a/papertrail/__init__.py b/papertrail/__init__.py
index e5d2603..35f13af 100644
--- a/papertrail/__init__.py
+++ b/papertrail/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = '1.0.5'
+__version__ = '1.1.0'
 default_app_config = 'papertrail.apps.PapertrailConfig'
diff --git a/papertrail/fields.py b/papertrail/fields.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d57998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/papertrail/fields.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Attempt to use the built-in PostgreSQL json field, but if that is not
+# available try the 3rd party jsonfield one.
+try:
+    from django.contrib.postgres.fields import JSONField as BaseJSONField
+except:
+    from jsonfield.fields import JSONField as BaseJSONField
+
+class JSONField(BaseJSONField):
+    pass
diff --git a/papertrail/migrations/0001_initial.py b/papertrail/migrations/0001_initial.py
index 80c92fe..2aeff29 100644
--- a/papertrail/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/papertrail/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import jsonfield.fields
+import papertrail.fields
 from django.db import migrations, models
 
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 ('timestamp', models.DateTimeField(db_index=True)),
                 ('type', models.CharField(max_length=50, db_index=True)),
                 ('message', models.CharField(max_length=512)),
-                ('data', jsonfield.fields.JSONField(null=True)),
+                ('data', papertrail.fields.JSONField(null=True)),
                 ('external_key', models.CharField(max_length=255, null=True, db_index=True)),
             ],
             options={
diff --git a/papertrail/models.py b/papertrail/models.py
index 865744c..e9c7ceb 100644
--- a/papertrail/models.py
+++ b/papertrail/models.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import logging
 
-import jsonfield.fields
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.fields import GenericForeignKey
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@
 from django.utils import timezone
 
 from papertrail import signals
+from papertrail.fields import JSONField
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class Entry(models.Model, ModelWithRelatedObjectsMixin):
     timestamp = models.DateTimeField(db_index=True)
     type = models.CharField(max_length=50, db_index=True)
     message = models.CharField(max_length=512)
-    data = jsonfield.fields.JSONField(null=True)
+    data = JSONField(null=True)
 
     # Field for storing a custom 'key' for looking up specific events from
     # external sources.  This can be used to quickly and precisely look up
diff --git a/papertrail/requirements.txt b/papertrail/requirements.txt
index 016b7dc..a2e6378 100644
--- a/papertrail/requirements.txt
+++ b/papertrail/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-django-jsonfield>=0.8.11
 django-apptemplates>=1.0
 six
diff --git a/papertrail/tests.py b/papertrail/tests.py
index ccfb191..b0e1fec 100644
--- a/papertrail/tests.py
+++ b/papertrail/tests.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+import unittest
+from django import VERSION as django_version
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.utils import timezone
-
 from papertrail import log, signals
 from papertrail.models import Entry, related_to_q, replace_object_in_papertrail
 
@@ -158,3 +159,13 @@ def test_objects_represented(self):
             Entry.objects.filter(type='test-entry').objects_not_represented(all_users, 'user').get(),
             user3
         )
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(django_version < (1, 9), 'no native JSONField')
+    def test_json_field_filtering(self):
+        log('test', 'test', data={
+            'field': 'value',
+        })
+
+        self.assertTrue(
+            Entry.objects.filter(data__field='value').exists()
+        )
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b1ebbfd..7fc60e2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@
 
 setup(
     name='django-papertrail',
-    version='1.0.5',
+    version='1.1.0',
     packages=['papertrail'],
     install_requires=[
         'Django>=1.7',
-        'django-jsonfield>=0.8.11',
         'six',
         'django-apptemplates',
     ],
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 340355f..6829440 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ basepython =
 commands = make test
 deps =
     psycopg2
-    django14: Django>=1.4,<1.5
-    django15: Django>=1.5,<1.6
-    django16: Django>=1.6,<1.7
+    django-jsonfield
     django17: Django>=1.7,<1.8
     django18: Django>=1.8,<1.9
     django19: Django>=1.9,<1.10