diff --git a/tests/http/test_fedclient.py b/tests/http/test_fedclient.py
index 7f1dfb2128..5604af3795 100644
--- a/tests/http/test_fedclient.py
+++ b/tests/http/test_fedclient.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
from mock import Mock
from netaddr import IPSet
+from parameterized import parameterized
from twisted.internet import defer
from twisted.internet.defer import TimeoutError
@@ -511,3 +512,50 @@ class FederationClientTests(HomeserverTestCase):
self.reactor.advance(120)
self.assertTrue(conn.disconnecting)
+
+ @parameterized.expand([(b"",), (b"foo",), (b'{"a": Infinity}',)])
+ def test_json_error(self, return_value):
+ """
+ Test what happens if invalid JSON is returned from the remote endpoint.
+ """
+
+ test_d = defer.ensureDeferred(self.cl.get_json("testserv:8008", "foo/bar"))
+
+ self.pump()
+
+ # Nothing happened yet
+ self.assertNoResult(test_d)
+
+ # Make sure treq is trying to connect
+ clients = self.reactor.tcpClients
+ self.assertEqual(len(clients), 1)
+ (host, port, factory, _timeout, _bindAddress) = clients[0]
+ self.assertEqual(host, "1.2.3.4")
+ self.assertEqual(port, 8008)
+
+ # complete the connection and wire it up to a fake transport
+ protocol = factory.buildProtocol(None)
+ transport = StringTransport()
+ protocol.makeConnection(transport)
+
+ # that should have made it send the request to the transport
+ self.assertRegex(transport.value(), b"^GET /foo/bar")
+ self.assertRegex(transport.value(), b"Host: testserv:8008")
+
+ # Deferred is still without a result
+ self.assertNoResult(test_d)
+
+ # Send it the HTTP response
+ protocol.dataReceived(
+ b"HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n"
+ b"Server: Fake\r\n"
+ b"Content-Type: application/json\r\n"
+ b"Content-Length: %i\r\n"
+ b"\r\n"
+ b"%s" % (len(return_value), return_value)
+ )
+
+ self.pump()
+
+ f = self.failureResultOf(test_d)
+ self.assertIsInstance(f.value, ValueError)
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