diff --git a/logging-modules/logback/src/test/java/com/baeldung/logback/JSONLayoutIntegrationTest.java b/logging-modules/logback/src/test/java/com/baeldung/logback/JSONLayoutIntegrationTest.java
index 06962c1ea1..f012769710 100644
--- a/logging-modules/logback/src/test/java/com/baeldung/logback/JSONLayoutIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/logging-modules/logback/src/test/java/com/baeldung/logback/JSONLayoutIntegrationTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 public class JSONLayoutIntegrationTest {
 
     private static Logger logger;
+    private static Logger jsonlogger;
     private ByteArrayOutputStream consoleOutput = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
     private PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(consoleOutput);
 
@@ -23,16 +24,24 @@ public class JSONLayoutIntegrationTest {
     public void setUp() {
         // Redirect console output to our stream
         System.setOut(ps);
-        logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("jsonLogger");
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void whenLogLayoutInJSON_thenOutputIsCorrectJSON() {
+    public void givenJsonLayout_whenLogInJSON_thenOutputIsCorrectJSON() {
+        logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("jsonLogger");
         logger.debug("Debug message");
         String currentLog = consoleOutput.toString();
         assertTrue(!currentLog.isEmpty() && isValidJSON(currentLog));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void givenJsonEncoder_whenLogInJSON_thenOutputIsCorrectJSON() {
+        jsonlogger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("jsonEncoderLogger");
+        jsonlogger.debug("Debug message");
+        String currentLog = consoleOutput.toString();
+        assertTrue(!currentLog.isEmpty() && isValidJSON(currentLog));
+    }
+
     public static boolean isValidJSON(String jsonInString) {
         try {
             final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
diff --git a/logging-modules/logback/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml b/logging-modules/logback/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
index 89c0124738..24082a673d 100644
--- a/logging-modules/logback/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
+++ b/logging-modules/logback/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
@@ -19,10 +19,18 @@
         </layout>
     </appender>
 
+    <appender name="jsonEncoder" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder class="ch.qos.logback.classic.encoder.JsonEncoder"/>
+    </appender>
+
     <logger name="jsonLogger" level="TRACE">
         <appender-ref ref="json" />
     </logger>
 
+    <logger name="jsonEncoderLogger" level="TRACE">
+        <appender-ref ref="jsonEncoder" />
+    </logger>
+
     <root level="debug">
         <appender-ref ref="map" />
         <appender-ref ref="badMap" />