diff --git a/__tests__/commands/licenses.js b/__tests__/commands/licenses.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..10ebe9ae77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/commands/licenses.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* @flow */
+
+import {JSONReporter} from '../../src/reporters/index.js';
+import {run as buildRun} from './_helpers.js';
+import {run as licenses} from '../../src/cli/commands/licenses.js';
+
+const path = require('path');
+
+const fixturesLoc = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'fixtures', 'licenses');
+const expectedTable = require('../fixtures/licenses/expected-table.json');
+
+const runLicenses = buildRun.bind(
+  null,
+  JSONReporter,
+  fixturesLoc,
+  async (args, flags, config, reporter, lockfile, getStdout): Promise<string> => {
+    await licenses(config, reporter, flags, args);
+    return getStdout();
+  },
+);
+
+test('lists all licenses of the dependencies with the --json argument', async(): Promise<void>  => {
+  await runLicenses(['ls'], {json: true}, '', (config, reporter, stdout) => {
+    expect(stdout).toContain(JSON.stringify(expectedTable));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/licenses/expected-table.json b/__tests__/fixtures/licenses/expected-table.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c3b2575ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/licenses/expected-table.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+    "type": "table",
+    "data": {
+        "head": [
+            "Name",
+            "Version",
+            "License",
+            "URL",
+            "VendorUrl",
+            "VendorName"
+        ],
+        "body": [
+            [
+                "is-plain-obj",
+                "1.1.0",
+                "MIT",
+                "https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-plain-obj.git",
+                "sindresorhus.com",
+                "Sindre Sorhus"
+            ]
+        ]
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/licenses/package.json b/__tests__/fixtures/licenses/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41999cd4a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/licenses/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "devDependencies": {},
+  "dependencies": {
+    "is-plain-obj": "^1.1.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/licenses/yarn.lock b/__tests__/fixtures/licenses/yarn.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9019fcc3c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/licenses/yarn.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
+# yarn lockfile v1
+
+
+is-plain-obj@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-plain-obj/-/is-plain-obj-1.1.0.tgz#71a50c8429dfca773c92a390a4a03b39fcd51d3e"
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/licenses.js b/src/cli/commands/licenses.js
index 9526e97547..73f67a4e19 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/licenses.js
+++ b/src/cli/commands/licenses.js
@@ -59,12 +59,16 @@ export const {run, setFlags, examples} = buildSubCommands('licenses', {
     if (flags.json) {
       const body = [];
 
-      for (const {name, version, license, repository, homepage} of manifests) {
+      for (const {name, version, license, repository, homepage, author} of manifests) {
+
         const url = repository ? repository.url : homepage;
-        body.push([name, version, license || 'Unknown', url || 'Unknown']);
+        const vendorUrl = homepage || (author && author.url);
+        const vendorName = (author && author.name);
+        body.push([name, version, license || 'Unknown', url || 'Unknown',
+          vendorUrl || 'Unknown', vendorName || 'Unknown']);
       }
 
-      reporter.table(['Name', 'Version', 'License', 'URL'], body);
+      reporter.table(['Name', 'Version', 'License', 'URL', 'VendorUrl', 'VendorName'], body);
     } else {
       const trees = [];
 
diff --git a/src/types.js b/src/types.js
index a02b2c1e0d..baa0f31696 100644
--- a/src/types.js
+++ b/src/types.js
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ export type Manifest = {
   name: string,
   version: string,
 
+  author?: {
+    name?: string,
+    email?: string,
+    url?: string
+  },
+
   homepage?: string,
   flat?: boolean,
   license?: string,