diff --git a/grails-encoder/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/support/encoding/AbstractEncodedAppender.java b/grails-encoder/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/support/encoding/AbstractEncodedAppender.java
index 4693c93be53..bf8254093e0 100644
--- a/grails-encoder/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/support/encoding/AbstractEncodedAppender.java
+++ b/grails-encoder/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/support/encoding/AbstractEncodedAppender.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
  * @since 2.3
  */
 public abstract class AbstractEncodedAppender implements EncodedAppender {
+    private boolean ignoreEncodingState;
+    
     /**
      * Append a portion of a char array to the buffer and attach the
      * encodingState information to it
@@ -172,9 +174,9 @@ public void appendEncoded(Encoder encoder, EncodingState encodingState, CharSequ
      * @return true, if should encode
      */
     protected boolean shouldEncode(Encoder encoderToApply, EncodingState encodingState) {
-        return encoderToApply != null
+        return ignoreEncodingState || (encoderToApply != null
                 && (encodingState == null || DefaultEncodingStateRegistry.shouldEncodeWith(encoderToApply,
-                        encodingState));
+                        encodingState)));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -272,4 +274,12 @@ public void getChars(int srcBegin, int srcEnd, char[] dst, int dstBegin) {
             System.arraycopy(chars, start + srcBegin, dst, dstBegin, srcEnd - srcBegin);
         }
     }
+
+    public boolean isIgnoreEncodingState() {
+        return ignoreEncodingState;
+    }
+
+    public void setIgnoreEncodingState(boolean ignoreEncodingState) {
+        this.ignoreEncodingState = ignoreEncodingState;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/grails-encoder/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/support/encoding/EncodedAppender.java b/grails-encoder/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/support/encoding/EncodedAppender.java
index 2be9103b7ef..313e83bb4fe 100644
--- a/grails-encoder/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/support/encoding/EncodedAppender.java
+++ b/grails-encoder/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/support/encoding/EncodedAppender.java
@@ -125,4 +125,18 @@ void appendEncoded(Encoder encoder, EncodingState encodingState, CharSequence st
     void flush() throws IOException;
 
     public void close() throws IOException;
+    
+    
+    /**
+     * When enabled, will encode all input regardless of it's current state
+     * disables double-encoding prevention.
+     *  
+     * @param ignoreEncodingState
+     */
+    void setIgnoreEncodingState(boolean ignoreEncodingState);
+    
+    /**
+     * @return current state of ignoreEncodingState setting
+     */
+    public boolean isIgnoreEncodingState();
 }
diff --git a/grails-encoder/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/util/CodecPrintWriter.java b/grails-encoder/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/util/CodecPrintWriter.java
index 9dd77481408..aa1e5319b6e 100644
--- a/grails-encoder/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/util/CodecPrintWriter.java
+++ b/grails-encoder/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/util/CodecPrintWriter.java
@@ -26,8 +26,13 @@
 public class CodecPrintWriter extends GrailsPrintWriter implements EncoderAware, EncodedAppenderFactory {
     private final Encoder encoder;
     private final StreamCharBuffer buffer;
+    private boolean ignoreEncodingState;
 
     public CodecPrintWriter(Writer out, Encoder encoder, EncodingStateRegistry encodingStateRegistry) {
+        this(out, encoder, encodingStateRegistry, false);
+    }
+    
+    public CodecPrintWriter(Writer out, Encoder encoder, EncodingStateRegistry encodingStateRegistry, boolean ignoreEncodingState) {
         super(null);
         this.encoder = encoder;
         buffer=new StreamCharBuffer();
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ public CodecPrintWriter(Writer out, Encoder encoder, EncodingStateRegistry encod
             buffer.setWriteDirectlyToConnectedMinSize(0);
             buffer.setChunkMinSize(0);
         }
-        setOut(buffer.getWriterForEncoder(encoder, encodingStateRegistry));
+        setOut(buffer.getWriterForEncoder(encoder, encodingStateRegistry, ignoreEncodingState));
     }
 
     public Encoder getEncoder() {
@@ -46,11 +51,13 @@ public Encoder getEncoder() {
     }
 
     public EncodedAppender getEncodedAppender() {
-        return ((EncodedAppenderFactory)buffer.getWriter()).getEncodedAppender();
+        EncodedAppender encodedAppender = ((EncodedAppenderFactory)buffer.getWriter()).getEncodedAppender();
+        encodedAppender.setIgnoreEncodingState(ignoreEncodingState);
+        return encodedAppender;
     }
 
     @Override
     public Writer getWriterForEncoder(Encoder encoder, EncodingStateRegistry encodingStateRegistry) {
-        return buffer.getWriterForEncoder(encoder, encodingStateRegistry);
+        return buffer.getWriterForEncoder(encoder, encodingStateRegistry, ignoreEncodingState);
     }
 }
diff --git a/grails-encoder/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/util/StreamCharBuffer.java b/grails-encoder/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/util/StreamCharBuffer.java
index 3f848ad9892..9071b105e4d 100644
--- a/grails-encoder/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/util/StreamCharBuffer.java
+++ b/grails-encoder/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/util/StreamCharBuffer.java
@@ -2623,11 +2623,17 @@ public Writer getWriterForEncoder() {
     public Writer getWriterForEncoder(Encoder encoder) {
         EncodingStateRegistryLookup encodingStateRegistryLookup = EncodingStateRegistryLookupHolder.getEncodingStateRegistryLookup();
         EncodingStateRegistry encodingStateRegistry = encodingStateRegistryLookup != null ? encodingStateRegistryLookup.lookup() : null;
-        return getWriterForEncoder(encoder, encodingStateRegistry);
+        return getWriterForEncoder(encoder, encodingStateRegistry, false);
     }
 
     public Writer getWriterForEncoder(Encoder encoder, EncodingStateRegistry encodingStateRegistry) {
-        return new EncodedAppenderWriter(writer.getEncodedAppender(), encoder, encodingStateRegistry);
+        return getWriterForEncoder(encoder, encodingStateRegistry, false);
+    }
+
+    public Writer getWriterForEncoder(Encoder encoder, EncodingStateRegistry encodingStateRegistry, boolean ignoreEncodingState) {
+        EncodedAppender encodedAppender = writer.getEncodedAppender();
+        encodedAppender.setIgnoreEncodingState(ignoreEncodingState);
+        return new EncodedAppenderWriter(encodedAppender, encoder, encodingStateRegistry);
     }
 
     public boolean isNotifyParentBuffersEnabled() {
diff --git a/grails-test-suite-web/src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/codecs/CodecSpec.groovy b/grails-test-suite-web/src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/codecs/CodecSpec.groovy
index 56848618bac..52efe2e9415 100644
--- a/grails-test-suite-web/src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/codecs/CodecSpec.groovy
+++ b/grails-test-suite-web/src/test/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/codecs/CodecSpec.groovy
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.codecs
 
 import grails.converters.XML
+import grails.converters.JSON
 import grails.test.mixin.TestMixin
 import grails.test.mixin.web.GroovyPageUnitTestMixin
+
+import org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.util.StreamCharBuffer
+
 import spock.lang.Issue
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
@@ -93,6 +97,18 @@ class CodecSpec extends Specification {
         public boolean equals(Object obj) {
             throw new RuntimeException("equals shouldn't be called")
         }
+        }
+    
+    @Issue("GRAILS-11361")
+    void "JSON converter should not use encoding state"() {
+        given:
+            def buffer=new StreamCharBuffer()
+            buffer.writer.write('"Hello world"')
+            def content=buffer.encodeAsRaw()
+        when:
+            def json = [content: content] as JSON
+        then:
+            json.toString() == '{"content":"\\"Hello world\\""}'
     } 
 
     void "output should be safe at the end"() {
diff --git a/grails-web-common/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/json/JSONObject.java b/grails-web-common/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/json/JSONObject.java
index a21ab7ac126..da95dc4fc75 100644
--- a/grails-web-common/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/json/JSONObject.java
+++ b/grails-web-common/src/main/groovy/org/codehaus/groovy/grails/web/json/JSONObject.java
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@ static void writeQuoted(Writer writer, Object value) throws IOException {
                 javascriptEncoderStateless.encodeToWriter((CharSequence)value, writer);
             }
             else {
-                CodecPrintWriter codecWriter = new CodecPrintWriter(writer, javascriptEncoder, null);
+                CodecPrintWriter codecWriter = new CodecPrintWriter(writer, javascriptEncoder, null, true);
                 codecWriter.print(value);
                 codecWriter.flush();
             }