diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/json/default.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/json/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9485c5c4eef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/json/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  buildLuaPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  lib,
+  lua,
+}:
+
+buildLuaPackage rec {
+  pname = "json";
+  version = "0.1.2";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rxi";
+    repo = "json.lua";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-JSKMxF5NSHW3QaELFPWm1sx7kHmOXEPsUkM3i/px7Gk=";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    mkdir -p $out/share/lua/${lua.luaversion}
+    cp -r json.lua $out/share/lua/${lua.luaversion}
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/rxi/json.lua";
+    description = "A lightweight JSON library for Lua";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
index aed979e7a5d5..873e872640ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ rec {
 
   image-nvim = callPackage ../development/lua-modules/image-nvim { };
 
+  json = callPackage ../development/lua-modules/json { };
+
   lua-https = callPackage ../development/lua-modules/lua-https { };
 
   lua-pam = callPackage (