diff --git a/src/language-html/utils.js b/src/language-html/utils.js
index 5b263eceb..ecbf5a139 100644
--- a/src/language-html/utils.js
+++ b/src/language-html/utils.js
@@ -375,6 +375,10 @@ function inferScriptParser(node) {
     if (node.attrMap.type === "text/markdown") {
       return "markdown";
     }
+
+    if (node.attrMap.type === "application/ld+json") {
+      return "json";
+    }
   }
 
   if (node.name === "style") {
diff --git a/tests/html_script/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap b/tests/html_script/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..18a5cad25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/html_script/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`script.html 1`] = `
+====================================options=====================================
+parsers: ["html"]
+printWidth: 80
+                                                                                | printWidth
+=====================================input======================================
+<script type="application/ld+json">
+  {   "json":true  }
+</script>
+
+=====================================output=====================================
+<script type="application/ld+json">
+  { "json": true }
+</script>
+
+================================================================================
+`;
diff --git a/tests/html_script/jsfmt.spec.js b/tests/html_script/jsfmt.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53763df9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/html_script/jsfmt.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+run_spec(__dirname, ["html"]);
diff --git a/tests/html_script/script.html b/tests/html_script/script.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5010a12a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/html_script/script.html
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<script type="application/ld+json">
+  {   "json":true  }
+</script>