diff --git a/icingaweb2.spec b/icingaweb2.spec
index 2492708..5e288ce 100644
--- a/icingaweb2.spec
+++ b/icingaweb2.spec
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ Group:                      Development/Libraries
 Requires:                   %{php_common} >= %{php_version}
 Requires:                   %{php}-gd %{php}-intl %{php}-mbstring
 %{?rhel:Requires:           %{php}-pdo %{php}-xml}
+%if 0%{?rhel} >= 8 || 0%{?fedora} >= 30
+Requires:                   %{php}-json
+%endif rhel >= 8 || fedora >= 30
 Requires:                   %{name}-vendor-zf1 = %{version}-%{release}
 %{?amzn:Requires:           %{php}-pecl-imagick}
 %{?fedora:Requires:         php-pecl-imagick}