diff --git a/test/lua/test_basic_client.lua b/test/lua/test_basic_client.lua
index b89f25d..dcaca29 100644
--- a/test/lua/test_basic_client.lua
+++ b/test/lua/test_basic_client.lua
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 require('TBufferedTransport')
 require('TFramedTransport')
 require('TCompactProtocol')
+require('TJsonProtocol')
 require('TBinaryProtocol')
 require('ThriftTest_ThriftTest')
 require('liblualongnumber')
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@
   local protocols = {
     binary = TBinaryProtocol,
     compact = TCompactProtocol,
+    json = TJSONProtocol,
   }
   assert(protocols[opt.protocol] ~= nil)
   local protocol = protocols[opt.protocol]:new{
diff --git a/test/tests.json b/test/tests.json
index 902d2fe..0aaad14 100644
--- a/test/tests.json
+++ b/test/tests.json
@@ -510,7 +510,8 @@
       ],
       "protocols": [
         "binary",
-        "compact"
+        "compact",
+        "json"
       ],
       "command": [
         "lua",