diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Converters/OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Converters/OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37e2d8b55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Converters/OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license.
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace Microsoft.OpenApi
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Enables System.Text.Json serialization and deserialization of <see cref="OpenApiSchema"/>
+    /// using the OpenAPI wire format rather than the default reflection-based output.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// <para>Register this converter via <see cref="JsonSerializerOptions.Converters"/>:</para>
+    /// <code>
+    /// var options = new JsonSerializerOptions();
+    /// options.Converters.Add(new OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter());
+    /// var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(schema, options);
+    /// </code>
+    /// </remarks>
+    public sealed class OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter : JsonConverter<OpenApiSchema>
+    {
+        private readonly OpenApiSpecVersion _version;
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter"/> targeting OpenAPI 3.1.
+        /// </summary>
+        public OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter() : this(OpenApiSpecVersion.OpenApi3_1) { }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of <see cref="OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter"/> targeting the specified OpenAPI version.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="version">The OpenAPI specification version to use when serializing the schema.</param>
+        public OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter(OpenApiSpecVersion version)
+        {
+            _version = version;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Deserializes a bare JSON Schema object into an <see cref="OpenApiSchema"/> by temporarily
+        /// embedding it in a minimal OpenAPI 3.1 document for parsing.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public override OpenApiSchema? Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+        {
+            using var document = JsonDocument.ParseValue(ref reader);
+            var schemaJson = document.RootElement.GetRawText();
+
+            var wrapper = string.Concat(
+                "{\"openapi\":\"3.1.0\",\"info\":{\"title\":\"temp\",\"version\":\"0.0.0\"},",
+                "\"components\":{\"schemas\":{\"schema\":", schemaJson, "}}}");
+
+            var result = OpenApiDocument.Parse(wrapper);
+            IOpenApiSchema? schema = null;
+            result.Document?.Components?.Schemas?.TryGetValue("schema", out schema);
+            return schema as OpenApiSchema;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, OpenApiSchema value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+        {
+            Utils.CheckArgumentNull(writer);
+            Utils.CheckArgumentNull(value);
+
+            using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            using (var textWriter = new StreamWriter(stream, Encoding.UTF8, bufferSize: 1024, leaveOpen: true))
+            {
+                var openApiWriter = new OpenApiJsonWriter(textWriter);
+                SerializeSchema(value, openApiWriter);
+                textWriter.Flush();
+            }
+
+            stream.Position = 0;
+            using var document = JsonDocument.Parse(stream);
+            document.RootElement.WriteTo(writer);
+        }
+
+        private void SerializeSchema(OpenApiSchema schema, OpenApiJsonWriter writer)
+        {
+            switch (_version)
+            {
+                case OpenApiSpecVersion.OpenApi3_2:
+                    schema.SerializeAsV32(writer);
+                    break;
+                case OpenApiSpecVersion.OpenApi3_1:
+                    schema.SerializeAsV31(writer);
+                    break;
+                case OpenApiSpecVersion.OpenApi3_0:
+                    schema.SerializeAsV3(writer);
+                    break;
+                case OpenApiSpecVersion.OpenApi2_0:
+                    schema.SerializeAsV2(writer);
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(_version), _version,
+                        string.Format(SRResource.OpenApiSpecVersionNotSupported, _version));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
index 7dc5c5811..9dee238ef 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 #nullable enable
+Microsoft.OpenApi.OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter
+Microsoft.OpenApi.OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter.OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter() -> void
+Microsoft.OpenApi.OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter.OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter(Microsoft.OpenApi.OpenApiSpecVersion version) -> void
+override Microsoft.OpenApi.OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter.Read(ref System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader reader, System.Type! typeToConvert, System.Text.Json.JsonSerializerOptions! options) -> Microsoft.OpenApi.OpenApiSchema?
+override Microsoft.OpenApi.OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter.Write(System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonWriter! writer, Microsoft.OpenApi.OpenApiSchema! value, System.Text.Json.JsonSerializerOptions! options) -> void
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/Converters/OpenApiSchemaJsonConverterTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/Converters/OpenApiSchemaJsonConverterTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18454f54c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/Converters/OpenApiSchemaJsonConverterTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests.Converters
+{
+    [Collection("DefaultSettings")]
+    public class OpenApiSchemaJsonConverterTests
+    {
+        private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions _optionsV31 = new()
+        {
+            Converters = { new OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter(OpenApiSpecVersion.OpenApi3_1) }
+        };
+
+        private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions _optionsV3 = new()
+        {
+            Converters = { new OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter(OpenApiSpecVersion.OpenApi3_0) }
+        };
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Serialize_SimpleStringSchema_ProducesOpenApiWireFormat()
+        {
+            var schema = new OpenApiSchema
+            {
+                Type = JsonSchemaType.String,
+                Description = "A simple string"
+            };
+
+            var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(schema, _optionsV31);
+
+            using var doc = JsonDocument.Parse(json);
+            doc.RootElement.GetProperty("type").GetString().Should().Be("string");
+            doc.RootElement.GetProperty("description").GetString().Should().Be("A simple string");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Serialize_SchemaWithProperties_ProducesCorrectJson()
+        {
+            var schema = new OpenApiSchema
+            {
+                Type = JsonSchemaType.Object,
+                Properties = new Dictionary<string, IOpenApiSchema>
+                {
+                    ["name"] = new OpenApiSchema { Type = JsonSchemaType.String },
+                    ["age"] = new OpenApiSchema { Type = JsonSchemaType.Integer }
+                }
+            };
+
+            var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(schema, _optionsV31);
+
+            using var doc = JsonDocument.Parse(json);
+            doc.RootElement.GetProperty("type").GetString().Should().Be("object");
+            doc.RootElement.GetProperty("properties").EnumerateObject().Should().HaveCount(2);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Serialize_DefaultConstructor_TargetsV31()
+        {
+            var converter = new OpenApiSchemaJsonConverter();
+            var options = new JsonSerializerOptions { Converters = { converter } };
+
+            var schema = new OpenApiSchema { Type = JsonSchemaType.Boolean };
+            var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(schema, options);
+
+            json.Should().Contain("\"type\"");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Deserialize_SimpleStringSchema_ReturnsCorrectSchema()
+        {
+            const string json = """{"type":"string","description":"A simple string"}""";
+
+            var schema = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<OpenApiSchema>(json, _optionsV31);
+
+            schema.Should().NotBeNull();
+            schema!.Type.Should().Be(JsonSchemaType.String);
+            schema.Description.Should().Be("A simple string");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Deserialize_SchemaWithEnum_ReturnsCorrectSchema()
+        {
+            const string json = """{"type":"string","enum":["active","inactive"]}""";
+
+            var schema = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<OpenApiSchema>(json, _optionsV31);
+
+            schema.Should().NotBeNull();
+            schema!.Enum.Should().HaveCount(2);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void RoundTrip_ComplexSchema_PreservesData()
+        {
+            var original = new OpenApiSchema
+            {
+                Type = JsonSchemaType.Object,
+                Title = "User",
+                Description = "A user object",
+                Required = new System.Collections.Generic.HashSet<string> { "name" },
+                Properties = new Dictionary<string, IOpenApiSchema>
+                {
+                    ["name"] = new OpenApiSchema { Type = JsonSchemaType.String },
+                    ["age"] = new OpenApiSchema { Type = JsonSchemaType.Integer | JsonSchemaType.Null }
+                }
+            };
+
+            var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(original, _optionsV31);
+            var deserialized = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<OpenApiSchema>(json, _optionsV31);
+
+            deserialized.Should().NotBeNull();
+            deserialized!.Title.Should().Be("User");
+            deserialized.Description.Should().Be("A user object");
+            deserialized.Properties.Should().ContainKey("name");
+            deserialized.Properties.Should().ContainKey("age");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Serialize_NullSchema_WritesNullLiteral()
+        {
+            // System.Text.Json handles null at the serializer level before invoking the converter,
+            // producing a JSON null literal rather than throwing.
+            var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize<OpenApiSchema>(null!, _optionsV31);
+
+            json.Should().Be("null");
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Serialize_V31Schema_IncludesJsonSchemaKeywords()
+        {
+            var schema = new OpenApiSchema
+            {
+                Type = JsonSchemaType.String,
+                Id = "https://example.com/schema"
+            };
+
+            var jsonV31 = JsonSerializer.Serialize(schema, _optionsV31);
+
+            using var doc = JsonDocument.Parse(jsonV31);
+            // $id is a JSON Schema 2020-12 keyword only written in v3.1+
+            doc.RootElement.TryGetProperty("$id", out _).Should().BeTrue("$id is a v3.1 JSON Schema keyword");
+        }
+    }
+}