diff --git a/drift/test/generated/custom_tables.g.dart b/drift/test/generated/custom_tables.g.dart
index 18fef15d..6f4e0c36 100644
--- a/drift/test/generated/custom_tables.g.dart
+++ b/drift/test/generated/custom_tables.g.dart
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class WithDefault extends DataClass implements Insertable<WithDefault> {
       {ValueSerializer? serializer}) {
     serializer ??= driftRuntimeOptions.defaultSerializer;
     return WithDefault(
-      a: serializer.fromJson<String?>(json['a']),
+      a: serializer.fromJson<String?>(json['customJsonName']),
       b: serializer.fromJson<int?>(json['b']),
     );
   }
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class WithDefault extends DataClass implements Insertable<WithDefault> {
   Map<String, dynamic> toJson({ValueSerializer? serializer}) {
     serializer ??= driftRuntimeOptions.defaultSerializer;
     return <String, dynamic>{
-      'a': serializer.toJson<String?>(a),
+      'customJsonName': serializer.toJson<String?>(a),
       'b': serializer.toJson<int?>(b),
     };
   }
diff --git a/drift/test/generated/tables.drift b/drift/test/generated/tables.drift
index a8819a40..97c16772 100644
--- a/drift/test/generated/tables.drift
+++ b/drift/test/generated/tables.drift
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CREATE TABLE no_ids (
 ) WITHOUT ROWID WITH NoIdRow;
 
 CREATE TABLE with_defaults (
-    a TEXT DEFAULT 'something',
+    a TEXT JSON KEY customJsonName DEFAULT 'something',
     b INT UNIQUE
 );
 
diff --git a/drift/test/integration_tests/drift_files_test.dart b/drift/test/integration_tests/drift_files_test.dart
index e7a29416..fa215c56 100644
--- a/drift/test/integration_tests/drift_files_test.dart
+++ b/drift/test/integration_tests/drift_files_test.dart
@@ -247,4 +247,12 @@ void main() {
         '"sync_state" IS NOT NULL AND "sync_state" = ?;',
         [ConfigTable.$convertersyncState.toSql(SyncType.synchronized)]));
   });
+
+  test('respects `JSON KEY` option', () {
+    const entry = WithDefault(a: 'foo');
+    const asJson = {'customJsonName': 'foo', 'b': null};
+
+    expect(entry.toJson(), asJson);
+    expect(WithDefault.fromJson(asJson), entry);
+  });
 }
diff --git a/drift_dev/lib/src/analysis/resolver/drift/table.dart b/drift_dev/lib/src/analysis/resolver/drift/table.dart
index ae7a9a95..59e0a556 100644
--- a/drift_dev/lib/src/analysis/resolver/drift/table.dart
+++ b/drift_dev/lib/src/analysis/resolver/drift/table.dart
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class DriftTableResolver extends LocalElementResolver<DiscoveredDriftTable> {
       final constraints = <DriftColumnConstraint>[];
       AppliedTypeConverter? converter;
       AnnotatedDartCode? defaultArgument;
+      String? overriddenJsonName;
 
       final typeName = column.definition?.typeName;
 
@@ -102,6 +103,9 @@ class DriftTableResolver extends LocalElementResolver<DiscoveredDriftTable> {
           }
 
           converter = await _readTypeConverter(type, nullable, constraint);
+        } else if (constraint is sql.JsonKey) {
+          writeIntoTable = false;
+          overriddenJsonName = constraint.jsonKey;
         } else if (constraint is ForeignKeyColumnConstraint) {
           // Note: Warnings about whether the referenced column exists or not
           // are reported later, we just need to know dependencies before the
@@ -162,6 +166,7 @@ class DriftTableResolver extends LocalElementResolver<DiscoveredDriftTable> {
         nullable: nullable,
         nameInSql: column.name,
         nameInDart: overriddenDartName ?? ReCase(column.name).camelCase,
+        overriddenJsonName: overriddenJsonName,
         constraints: constraints,
         typeConverter: converter,
         defaultArgument: defaultArgument,
diff --git a/drift_dev/lib/src/analysis/serializer.dart b/drift_dev/lib/src/analysis/serializer.dart
index e759081c..f2834587 100644
--- a/drift_dev/lib/src/analysis/serializer.dart
+++ b/drift_dev/lib/src/analysis/serializer.dart
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class ElementSerializer {
         ],
         'queries': element.declaredQueries,
         if (element is DatabaseAccessor) ...{
-          'type': element.ownType.toJson(),
+          'dart_type': element.ownType.toJson(),
           'database': element.databaseClass.toJson(),
         },
         if (element is DriftDatabase) ...{
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ class ElementDeserializer {
             declaredIncludes: includes,
             declaredQueries: queries,
             databaseClass: AnnotatedDartCode.fromJson(json['database'] as Map),
-            ownType: AnnotatedDartCode.fromJson(json['type'] as Map),
+            ownType: AnnotatedDartCode.fromJson(json['dart_type'] as Map),
           );
         }
       default:
diff --git a/drift_dev/test/analysis/resolver/drift/table_test.dart b/drift_dev/test/analysis/resolver/drift/table_test.dart
index fbe07f30..1aa29345 100644
--- a/drift_dev/test/analysis/resolver/drift/table_test.dart
+++ b/drift_dev/test/analysis/resolver/drift/table_test.dart
@@ -199,4 +199,25 @@ CREATE TABLE b (
       contains(isDriftError('Not an enum: `NotAnEnum`')),
     );
   });
+
+  test('supports JSON KEY annotation', () async {
+    final state = TestBackend.inTest({
+      'a|lib/a.drift': '''
+CREATE TABLE waybills (
+    parent    INT      JSON KEY parentDoc        NULL,
+    id        INT                            NOT NULL,
+    dataType  TEXT                           NOT NULL
+);
+''',
+    });
+
+    final file = await state.analyze('package:a/a.drift');
+    state.expectNoErrors();
+
+    final table = file.analyzedElements.single as DriftTable;
+    expect(
+        table.columnBySqlName['parent'],
+        isA<DriftColumn>().having(
+            (e) => e.overriddenJsonName, 'overriddenJsonName', 'parentDoc'));
+  });
 }