diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index cce88cbc54..c6151315c8 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1162,8 +1162,8 @@ When operating on stdin, use the ``--input-type`` and ``--output-type`` flags as
 
     $ cat myfile.json | sops --input-type json --output-type json -d /dev/stdin
 
-JSON indentation
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+JSON and JSON_binary indentation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 SOPS indents ``JSON`` files by default using one ``tab``. However, you can change
 this default behaviour to use ``spaces`` by either using the additional ``--indent=2`` CLI option or
@@ -1176,6 +1176,8 @@ The special value ``0`` disables indentation, and ``-1`` uses a single tab.
   stores:
       json:
           indent: 2
+      json_binary:
+          indent: 2
 
 YAML indentation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/cmd/sops/main.go b/cmd/sops/main.go
index 9dfb63e6da..a1d4807a11 100644
--- a/cmd/sops/main.go
+++ b/cmd/sops/main.go
@@ -1091,6 +1091,7 @@ func outputStore(context *cli.Context, path string) common.Store {
 		indent := context.Int("indent")
 		storesConf.YAML.Indent = indent
 		storesConf.JSON.Indent = indent
+		storesConf.JSONBinary.Indent = indent
 	}
 
 	return common.DefaultStoreForPathOrFormat(storesConf, path, context.String("output-type"))
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 8ab15c235a..6432686824 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -67,11 +67,13 @@ type DotenvStoreConfig struct{}
 
 type INIStoreConfig struct{}
 
-type JSONStoreConfig struct{
+type JSONStoreConfig struct {
 	Indent int `yaml:"indent"`
 }
 
-type JSONBinaryStoreConfig struct{}
+type JSONBinaryStoreConfig struct {
+	Indent int `yaml:"indent"`
+}
 
 type YAMLStoreConfig struct {
 	Indent int `yaml:"indent"`
@@ -149,9 +151,10 @@ type creationRule struct {
 	MACOnlyEncrypted  bool       `yaml:"mac_only_encrypted"`
 }
 
-func NewStoresConfig() *StoresConfig{
-	storesConfig := &StoresConfig{}	
+func NewStoresConfig() *StoresConfig {
+	storesConfig := &StoresConfig{}
 	storesConfig.JSON.Indent = -1
+	storesConfig.JSONBinary.Indent = -1
 	return storesConfig
 }
 
diff --git a/stores/json/store.go b/stores/json/store.go
index 3744563bca..cbecd83624 100644
--- a/stores/json/store.go
+++ b/stores/json/store.go
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ type BinaryStore struct {
 }
 
 func NewBinaryStore(c *config.JSONBinaryStoreConfig) *BinaryStore {
-	return &BinaryStore{config: *c}
+	return &BinaryStore{config: *c, store: *NewStore(&config.JSONStoreConfig{
+		Indent: c.Indent,
+	})}
 }
 
 // LoadEncryptedFile loads an encrypted json file onto a sops.Tree object