diff --git a/types/tkatype/tkatype_test.go b/types/tkatype/tkatype_test.go
index 6def6bd9c..c81891b9c 100644
--- a/types/tkatype/tkatype_test.go
+++ b/types/tkatype/tkatype_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 package tkatype
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"testing"
 
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/blake2s"
@@ -20,3 +21,23 @@ func TestSigHashSize(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("NKSSigHash is wrong size: got %d, want %d", len(nksHash), blake2s.Size)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestMarshaledSignatureJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	sig := MarshaledSignature("abcdef")
+	j, err := json.Marshal(sig)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	const encoded = `"YWJjZGVm"`
+	if string(j) != encoded {
+		t.Errorf("got JSON %q; want %q", j, encoded)
+	}
+
+	var back MarshaledSignature
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(encoded), &back); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if string(back) != string(sig) {
+		t.Errorf("decoded JSON back to %q; want %q", back, sig)
+	}
+}