diff --git a/tests/async.rs b/tests/async.rs
index 9a783bb..f39678f 100644
--- a/tests/async.rs
+++ b/tests/async.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,42 @@ fn response_text() {
     rt.block_on(res_future).unwrap();
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn response_json() {
+    let _ = env_logger::try_init();
+
+    let server = server! {
+        request: b"\
+            GET /json HTTP/1.1\r\n\
+            user-agent: $USERAGENT\r\n\
+            accept: */*\r\n\
+            accept-encoding: gzip\r\n\
+            host: $HOST\r\n\
+            \r\n\
+            ",
+        response: b"\
+            HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n\
+            Content-Length: 7\r\n\
+            \r\n\
+            \"Hello\"\
+            "
+    };
+
+    let mut rt = Runtime::new().expect("new rt");
+
+    let client = Client::new();
+
+    let res_future = client.get(&format!("http://{}/json", server.addr()))
+        .send()
+        .and_then(|mut res| res.json::<String>())
+        .and_then(|text| {
+            assert_eq!("Hello", text);
+            Ok(())
+        });
+
+    rt.block_on(res_future).unwrap();
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn multipart() {
     let _ = env_logger::try_init();
diff --git a/tests/client.rs b/tests/client.rs
index 08c8d05..084c381 100644
--- a/tests/client.rs
+++ b/tests/client.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,37 @@ fn test_response_non_utf_8_text() {
     assert_eq!(b"\xe4\xbd\xa0\xe5\xa5\xbd", body.as_bytes());  // Now it's utf-8
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_response_json() {
+    let server = server! {
+        request: b"\
+            GET /json HTTP/1.1\r\n\
+            user-agent: $USERAGENT\r\n\
+            accept: */*\r\n\
+            accept-encoding: gzip\r\n\
+            host: $HOST\r\n\
+            \r\n\
+            ",
+        response: b"\
+            HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n\
+            Server: test\r\n\
+            Content-Length: 7\r\n\
+            \r\n\
+            \"Hello\"\
+            "
+    };
+
+    let url = format!("http://{}/json", server.addr());
+    let mut res = reqwest::get(&url).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(res.url().as_str(), &url);
+    assert_eq!(res.status(), reqwest::StatusCode::OK);
+    assert_eq!(res.headers().get(reqwest::header::SERVER).unwrap(), &"test");
+    assert_eq!(res.headers().get(reqwest::header::CONTENT_LENGTH).unwrap(), &"7");
+
+    let body = res.json::<String>().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!("Hello", body);
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_response_copy_to() {
     let server = server! {