diff --git a/src/nix/ping-store.cc b/src/nix/ping-store.cc
index 3c3b7bb45..5c44510ab 100644
--- a/src/nix/ping-store.cc
+++ b/src/nix/ping-store.cc
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 #include "command.hh"
 #include "shared.hh"
 #include "store-api.hh"
+#include "finally.hh"
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
 using namespace nix;
 
-struct CmdPingStore : StoreCommand
+struct CmdPingStore : StoreCommand, MixJSON
 {
     std::string description() override
     {
@@ -20,10 +23,21 @@ struct CmdPingStore : StoreCommand
 
     void run(ref<Store> store) override
     {
-        notice("Store URL: %s", store->getUri());
-        store->connect();
-        if (auto version = store->getVersion())
-            notice("Version: %s", *version);
+        if (!json) {
+            notice("Store URL: %s", store->getUri());
+            store->connect();
+            if (auto version = store->getVersion())
+                notice("Version: %s", *version);
+        } else {
+            nlohmann::json res;
+            Finally printRes([&]() {
+                logger->cout("%s", res);
+            });
+            res["url"] = store->getUri();
+            store->connect();
+            if (auto version = store->getVersion())
+                res["version"] = *version;
+        }
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/store-ping.sh b/tests/store-ping.sh
index f9427cf0a..9846c7d3d 100644
--- a/tests/store-ping.sh
+++ b/tests/store-ping.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 source common.sh
 
 STORE_INFO=$(nix store ping 2>&1)
+STORE_INFO_JSON=$(nix store ping --json)
 
 echo "$STORE_INFO" | grep "Store URL: ${NIX_REMOTE}"
 
 if [[ -v NIX_DAEMON_PACKAGE ]] && isDaemonNewer "2.7.0pre20220126"; then
     DAEMON_VERSION=$($NIX_DAEMON_PACKAGE/bin/nix-daemon --version | cut -d' ' -f3)
     echo "$STORE_INFO" | grep "Version: $DAEMON_VERSION"
+    [[ "$(echo "$STORE_INFO_JSON" | jq -r ".version")" == "$DAEMON_VERSION" ]]
 fi
 
 expect 127 NIX_REMOTE=unix:$PWD/store nix store ping || \
     fail "nix store ping on a non-existent store should fail"
+
+[[ "$(echo "$STORE_INFO_JSON" | jq -r ".url")" == "${NIX_REMOTE:-local}" ]]