diff --git a/features/sqlite_tables.feature b/features/sqlite_tables.feature
index 201519f..e3527f6 100644
--- a/features/sqlite_tables.feature
+++ b/features/sqlite_tables.feature
@@ -32,3 +32,11 @@ Feature: WP-CLI SQLite Tables Command
       """
       wp_users,wp_usermeta,wp_termmeta,wp_terms,wp_term_taxonomy,wp_term_relationships,wp_commentmeta,wp_comments,wp_links,wp_options,wp_postmeta,wp_posts
       """
+
+  @require-sqlite
+  Scenario: Successfully list the tables in the SQLite database in a CSV format
+    When I run `wp sqlite tables --format=json`
+    Then STDOUT should contain:
+      """
+      ["wp_users","wp_usermeta","wp_termmeta","wp_terms","wp_term_taxonomy","wp_term_relationships","wp_commentmeta","wp_comments","wp_links","wp_options","wp_postmeta","wp_posts"]
+      """
diff --git a/src/Tables.php b/src/Tables.php
index 5dbd283..4af576f 100644
--- a/src/Tables.php
+++ b/src/Tables.php
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ public function run( $assoc_args = [] ) {
 
 		if ( 'csv' === $format ) {
 			WP_CLI::line( implode( ',', $tables ) );
+		} elseif ( 'json' === $format ) {
+			WP_CLI::line( json_encode( array_values( $tables ) ) );
 		} else {
 			foreach ( $tables as $table ) {
 				WP_CLI::line( $table );