diff --git a/hphp/runtime/ext/JSON_parser.cpp b/hphp/runtime/ext/JSON_parser.cpp
index 9970d4da3..18a18cbcb 100644
--- a/hphp/runtime/ext/JSON_parser.cpp
+++ b/hphp/runtime/ext/JSON_parser.cpp
@@ -551,6 +551,8 @@ bool JSON_parser(Variant &z, const char *p, int length, bool assoc/*<fb>*/,
           empty }
         */
       case -9:
+        attach_zval(the_json, JSON(the_kstack)[JSON(the_top)], assoc);
+
         if (!pop(the_json, MODE_KEY)) {
           return false;
         }
diff --git a/hphp/test/slow/json/emptydict.php b/hphp/test/slow/json/emptydict.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..44282e271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hphp/test/slow/json/emptydict.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+// Copyright 2004-present Facebook. All Rights Reserved.
+
+var_dump(json_decode(
+           <<<EOT
+{
+   "staticBitmask": {},
+   "spaceId": 3
+}
+EOT
+           , true));
diff --git a/hphp/test/slow/json/emptydict.php.expect b/hphp/test/slow/json/emptydict.php.expect
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16ced4244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hphp/test/slow/json/emptydict.php.expect
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+array(2) {
+  ["staticBitmask"]=>
+  array(0) {
+  }
+  ["spaceId"]=>
+  int(3)
+}