diff --git a/sanic/testing.py b/sanic/testing.py
index 787106a6..09554e21 100644
--- a/sanic/testing.py
+++ b/sanic/testing.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import traceback
+from json import JSONDecodeError
 
 from sanic.log import log
 
@@ -28,6 +29,12 @@ class SanicTestClient:
                     response.text = await response.text()
                 except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
                     response.text = None
+
+                try:
+                    response.json = await response.json()
+                except (JSONDecodeError, UnicodeDecodeError):
+                    response.json = None
+
                 response.body = await response.read()
                 return response
 
diff --git a/tests/test_blueprints.py b/tests/test_blueprints.py
index d9f5cd61..9ab387be 100644
--- a/tests/test_blueprints.py
+++ b/tests/test_blueprints.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def test_bp_strict_slash():
 
     request, response = app.test_client.get('/get')
     assert response.text == 'OK'
+    assert response.json == None
 
     request, response = app.test_client.get('/get/')
     assert response.status == 404
diff --git a/tests/test_response.py b/tests/test_response.py
index ba87f68d..fb213b56 100644
--- a/tests/test_response.py
+++ b/tests/test_response.py
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ import pytest
 from random import choice
 
 from sanic import Sanic
-from sanic.response import HTTPResponse, stream, StreamingHTTPResponse, file, file_stream
+from sanic.response import HTTPResponse, stream, StreamingHTTPResponse, file, file_stream, json
 from sanic.testing import HOST, PORT
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
+JSON_DATA = {'ok': True}
+
 
 
 def test_response_body_not_a_string():
@@ -34,6 +36,24 @@ async def sample_streaming_fn(response):
     response.write('bar')
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def json_app():
+    app = Sanic('json')
+
+    @app.route("/")
+    async def test(request):
+        return json(JSON_DATA)
+
+    return app
+
+
+def test_json_response(json_app):
+    from sanic.response import json_dumps
+    request, response = json_app.test_client.get('/')
+    assert response.status == 200
+    assert response.text == json_dumps(JSON_DATA)
+    assert response.json == JSON_DATA
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def streaming_app():
     app = Sanic('streaming')