diff --git a/src/plugins/lua/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/lua/CMakeLists.txt
index 71bdb44d8e6..7235e963995 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lua/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/lua/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ add_qtc_plugin(Lua
     bindings/hook.cpp
     bindings/inheritance.h
     bindings/install.cpp
+    bindings/json.cpp
     bindings/messagemanager.cpp
     bindings/qtcprocess.cpp
     bindings/settings.cpp
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ add_qtc_plugin(Lua
     meta/documents.lua
     meta/fetch.lua
     meta/gui.lua
+    meta/json.lua
     meta/install.lua
     meta/lsp.lua
     meta/messagemanager.lua
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ set(META_FILES
   meta/documents.lua
   meta/fetch.lua
   meta/gui.lua
+  meta/json.lua
+  meta/localsocket.lua
   meta/lsp.lua
   meta/messagemanager.lua
   meta/process.lua
diff --git a/src/plugins/lua/bindings/json.cpp b/src/plugins/lua/bindings/json.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ef45c33650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/lua/bindings/json.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2024 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
+#include "../luaengine.h"
+
+#include <QJsonArray>
+#include <QJsonDocument>
+
+namespace Lua::Internal {
+
+void addJsonModule()
+{
+    LuaEngine::registerProvider("Json", [](sol::state_view lua) -> sol::object {
+        sol::table json = lua.create_table();
+        json["encode"] = [](const sol::table &tbl) -> QString {
+            QJsonValue value = LuaEngine::toJson(tbl);
+            QJsonDocument doc;
+            if (value.isObject())
+                doc.setObject(value.toObject());
+            else if (value.isArray())
+                doc.setArray(value.toArray());
+            else
+                return QString();
+
+            return QString::fromUtf8(doc.toJson());
+        };
+
+        json["decode"] = [](sol::this_state l, const QString &str) -> sol::table {
+            QJsonParseError error;
+            auto doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(str.toUtf8(), &error);
+            if (error.error != QJsonParseError::NoError)
+                throw sol::error(error.errorString().toStdString());
+
+            if (doc.isObject())
+                return LuaEngine::toTable(l.lua_state(), doc.object());
+            else if (doc.isArray())
+                return LuaEngine::toTable(l.lua_state(), doc.array());
+
+            return sol::table();
+        };
+
+        return json;
+    });
+}
+
+} // namespace Lua::Internal
diff --git a/src/plugins/lua/lua.qbs b/src/plugins/lua/lua.qbs
index 59156af3d3a..d382a1be09a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lua/lua.qbs
+++ b/src/plugins/lua/lua.qbs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ QtcPlugin {
             "hook.cpp",
             "inheritance.h",
             "install.cpp",
+            "json.cpp"
             "messagemanager.cpp",
             "qtcprocess.cpp",
             "settings.cpp",
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ QtcPlugin {
             "fetch.lua",
             "gui.lua",
             "install.lua",
+            "json.lua",
             "lsp.lua",
             "messagemanager.lua",
             "process.lua",
diff --git a/src/plugins/lua/luaplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/lua/luaplugin.cpp
index 83b8134da45..9ff52293b53 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lua/luaplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/lua/luaplugin.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ void addFetchModule();
 void addGuiModule();
 void addHookModule();
 void addInstallModule();
+void addJsonModule();
 void addMessageManagerModule();
 void addProcessModule();
 void addQtModule();
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ public:
         addGuiModule();
         addHookModule();
         addInstallModule();
+        addJsonModule();
         addMessageManagerModule();
         addProcessModule();
         addQtModule();
diff --git a/src/plugins/lua/meta/json.lua b/src/plugins/lua/meta/json.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3230eba2b36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/lua/meta/json.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---@meta Json
+
+local Json = {}
+
+---Create a json string representing the table.
+---@param table table The table to encode.
+---@return string json The JSON string.
+function Json.encode(table) end
+
+---Decode a json string into a table.
+---@param json string The JSON string.
+---@return table table The decoded table.
+function Json.decode(json) end
+
+return Json