diff --git a/go/protocol/keybase1/extras.go b/go/protocol/keybase1/extras.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/go/protocol/keybase1/extras.go
+++ b/go/protocol/keybase1/extras.go
@@ -854,6 +854,10 @@ func (k *KID) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return Quote(k.String()), nil
 }
 
+func (u *UID) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return Quote(u.String()), nil
+}
+
 // Size implements the keybase/kbfs/cache.Measurable interface.
 func (k *KID) Size() int {
 	if k == nil {
protocol: JSON-marshaller for UID (#<I>)

Issue: KBFS-<I>