diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/platform/MySqlDbExpression.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/platform/MySqlDbExpression.java
index dff49e0b2..8ea2595fe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/platform/MySqlDbExpression.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/platform/MySqlDbExpression.java
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 package io.ebeaninternal.server.expression.platform;
 
+import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiExpressionRequest;
+import io.ebeaninternal.server.expression.Op;
+
 /**
  * MySql specific handling of platform specific expressions.
  */
 class MySqlDbExpression extends BasicDbExpression {
 
+  @Override
+  public void json(SpiExpressionRequest request, String propName, String path, Op operator, Object value) {
+    request.append("(").append(propName).append(" ->> '$.").append(path).append("')");
+    request.append(operator.bind());
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/platform/MySqlDbExpressionTest.java b/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/platform/MySqlDbExpressionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d53657bec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/expression/platform/MySqlDbExpressionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.server.expression.platform;
+
+import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiExpressionRequest;
+import io.ebeaninternal.server.expression.DefaultExpressionRequest;
+import io.ebeaninternal.server.expression.Op;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class MySqlDbExpressionTest {
+
+  private MySqlDbExpression expression = new MySqlDbExpression();
+
+  @Test
+  public void testJson() {
+    SpiExpressionRequest request = new DefaultExpressionRequest(null);
+    expression.json(request, "jsonproperty", "path", Op.EQ, "val");
+    assertEquals("(jsonproperty ->> '$.path') = ?", request.getSql());
+  }
+}