diff --git a/scripts/parse_deps.pl b/scripts/parse_deps.pl
index c1a1bc3..4de14d2 100644
--- a/scripts/parse_deps.pl
+++ b/scripts/parse_deps.pl
@@ -4,8 +4,28 @@ use warnings;
 
 use Dpkg::Control::Info;
 use Dpkg::Deps;
+use JSON;
 
-my $control = Dpkg::Control::Info->new();
-my $fields = $control->get_source();
-my $build_depends = deps_parse($fields->{'Build-Depends'});
-print deps_concat($build_depends) . "\n";
+my ($path, $depends_type) = @ARGV;
+my $control = Dpkg::Control::Info->new($path);
+if ($depends_type eq 'Build-Depends'){
+    my $fields = $control->get_source();
+    my $build_depends = deps_parse($fields->{'Build-Depends'});
+    my %package_info = ('name'=> $fields->{'Source'}, 'build_depends'=> deps_concat($build_depends));
+    my $json_str = encode_json \%package_info;
+    print("$json_str");
+} elsif ($depends_type eq 'Depends') {
+    my @packages = $control->get_packages();
+    my @packages_list;
+    foreach my $package (@packages)
+    {
+        push(@packages_list, {
+            'name' => $package->{'Package'},
+            'depends' => $package->{'Depends'}
+        });
+    }
+    my $json_str = encode_json(\@packages_list);
+    print("$json_str");
+} else {
+    die "Unrecognized depends_type specified";
+}