diff --git a/cli/command/context/list_test.go b/cli/command/context/list_test.go
index 9370bf6d2d..ea7dd1e7c9 100644
--- a/cli/command/context/list_test.go
+++ b/cli/command/context/list_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/command/formatter"
 	"gotest.tools/v3/assert"
 	"gotest.tools/v3/golden"
 )
@@ -37,6 +38,33 @@ func TestList(t *testing.T) {
 	golden.Assert(t, cli.OutBuffer().String(), "list.golden")
 }
 
+func TestListJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	cli := makeFakeCli(t)
+	createTestContext(t, cli, "current", nil)
+	createTestContext(t, cli, "context1", map[string]any{"Type": "aci"})
+	createTestContext(t, cli, "context2", map[string]any{"Type": "ecs"})
+	createTestContext(t, cli, "context3", map[string]any{"Type": "moby"})
+	cli.SetCurrentContext("current")
+
+	t.Run("format={{json .}}", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cli.OutBuffer().Reset()
+		assert.NilError(t, runList(cli, &listOptions{format: formatter.JSONFormat}))
+		golden.Assert(t, cli.OutBuffer().String(), "list-json.golden")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("format=json", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cli.OutBuffer().Reset()
+		assert.NilError(t, runList(cli, &listOptions{format: formatter.JSONFormatKey}))
+		golden.Assert(t, cli.OutBuffer().String(), "list-json.golden")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("format={{ json .Name }}", func(t *testing.T) {
+		cli.OutBuffer().Reset()
+		assert.NilError(t, runList(cli, &listOptions{format: `{{ json .Name }}`}))
+		golden.Assert(t, cli.OutBuffer().String(), "list-json-name.golden")
+	})
+}
+
 func TestListQuiet(t *testing.T) {
 	cli := makeFakeCli(t)
 	createTestContexts(t, cli, "current", "other")
diff --git a/cli/command/context/testdata/list-json-name.golden b/cli/command/context/testdata/list-json-name.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbf2dd6c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/command/context/testdata/list-json-name.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+"context1"
+"context2"
+"context3"
+"current"
+"default"
diff --git a/cli/command/context/testdata/list-json.golden b/cli/command/context/testdata/list-json.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6be551b6de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/command/context/testdata/list-json.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{"Current":false,"Description":"description of context1","DockerEndpoint":"https://someswarmserver.example.com","Error":"","Name":"context1"}
+{"Current":false,"Description":"description of context2","DockerEndpoint":"https://someswarmserver.example.com","Error":"","Name":"context2"}
+{"Current":false,"Description":"description of context3","DockerEndpoint":"https://someswarmserver.example.com","Error":"","Name":"context3"}
+{"Current":true,"Description":"description of current","DockerEndpoint":"https://someswarmserver.example.com","Error":"","Name":"current"}
+{"Current":false,"Description":"Current DOCKER_HOST based configuration","DockerEndpoint":"unix:///var/run/docker.sock","Error":"","Name":"default"}