diff --git a/mysql-test/main/func_json.result b/mysql-test/main/func_json.result
index 464f15af14e..c87a2998724 100644
--- a/mysql-test/main/func_json.result
+++ b/mysql-test/main/func_json.result
@@ -1243,6 +1243,9 @@ drop view v;
 select json_arrayagg(a order by a asc) from (select 1 a union select 2 a) t;
 json_arrayagg(a order by a asc)
 [1,2]
+select json_object('x', json_arrayagg(json_object('a', 1)));
+json_object('x', json_arrayagg(json_object('a', 1)))
+{"x": [{"a": 1}]}
 #
 # End of 10.5 tests
 #
diff --git a/mysql-test/main/func_json.test b/mysql-test/main/func_json.test
index a0b65218978..d22b41027b4 100644
--- a/mysql-test/main/func_json.test
+++ b/mysql-test/main/func_json.test
@@ -761,6 +761,8 @@ drop view v;
 
 select json_arrayagg(a order by a asc) from (select 1 a union select 2 a) t;
 
+select json_object('x', json_arrayagg(json_object('a', 1)));
+
 --echo #
 --echo # End of 10.5 tests
 --echo #
diff --git a/sql/item.h b/sql/item.h
index deb398299fc..c6e1bd19a22 100644
--- a/sql/item.h
+++ b/sql/item.h
@@ -5325,6 +5325,7 @@ public:
   {
     return ref ? (*ref)->get_typelib() : NULL;
   }
+  bool is_json_type() { return (*ref)->is_json_type(); }
 
   bool walk(Item_processor processor, bool walk_subquery, void *arg)
   {