diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_route.c b/bgpd/bgp_route.c
index aba8260e2b..4c98ffcf09 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_route.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_route.c
@@ -11588,7 +11588,16 @@ static int bgp_show_table(struct vty *vty, struct bgp *bgp, safi_t safi,
 				else
 					vty_out(vty, ",\"%pFX\": ", dest_p);
 			}
-			vty_json(vty, json_paths);
+			/*
+			 * We are using no_pretty here because under
+			 * extremely high settings( say lots and lots of
+			 * routes with lots and lots of ways to reach
+			 * that route via different paths ) this can
+			 * save several minutes of output when FRR
+			 * is run on older cpu's or more underperforming
+			 * routers out there
+			 */
+			vty_json_no_pretty(vty, json_paths);
 			json_paths = NULL;
 			first = 0;
 		} else
diff --git a/lib/vty.c b/lib/vty.c
index 76d907408c..2a0bb9446a 100644
--- a/lib/vty.c
+++ b/lib/vty.c
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ done:
 	return len;
 }
 
-int vty_json(struct vty *vty, struct json_object *json)
+static int vty_json_helper(struct vty *vty, struct json_object *json,
+			   uint32_t options)
 {
 	const char *text;
 
@@ -299,6 +300,18 @@ int vty_json(struct vty *vty, struct json_object *json)
 	return CMD_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+int vty_json(struct vty *vty, struct json_object *json)
+{
+	return vty_json_helper(vty, json,
+			       JSON_C_TO_STRING_PRETTY |
+				       JSON_C_TO_STRING_NOSLASHESCAPE);
+}
+
+int vty_json_no_pretty(struct vty *vty, struct json_object *json)
+{
+	return vty_json_helper(vty, json, JSON_C_TO_STRING_NOSLASHESCAPE);
+}
+
 /* Output current time to the vty. */
 void vty_time_print(struct vty *vty, int cr)
 {
diff --git a/lib/vty.h b/lib/vty.h
index 0b3fd2443f..45349d91af 100644
--- a/lib/vty.h
+++ b/lib/vty.h
@@ -353,8 +353,12 @@ extern void vty_endframe(struct vty *, const char *);
 extern bool vty_set_include(struct vty *vty, const char *regexp);
 /* returns CMD_SUCCESS so you can do a one-line "return vty_json(...)"
  * NULL check and json_object_free() is included.
+ *
+ * _no_pretty means do not add a bunch of newlines and dump the output
+ * as densely as possible.
  */
 extern int vty_json(struct vty *vty, struct json_object *json);
+extern int vty_json_no_pretty(struct vty *vty, struct json_object *json);
 
 /* post fd to be passed to the vtysh client
  * fd is owned by the VTY code after this and will be closed when done