diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6180bebaf..8b13316dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v7.0.3
+* [Ensure that JSON files are included in build module resolution](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-loader/pull/1101) - thanks @berickson1
+
 ## v7.0.2
 * [Make content hash consistent across machines](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-loader/pull/1085) - thanks @elyalvarado
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dbb0d1bcf..822a3fd5b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ts-loader",
-  "version": "7.0.2",
+  "version": "7.0.3",
   "description": "TypeScript loader for webpack",
   "main": "index.js",
   "types": "dist",
diff --git a/src/instances.ts b/src/instances.ts
index c8b99c1e5..195f733d0 100644
--- a/src/instances.ts
+++ b/src/instances.ts
@@ -351,6 +351,13 @@ export function initializeInstance(
 }
 
 function getScriptRegexp(instance: TSInstance) {
+  // If resolveJsonModules is set, we should accept json files
+  if (instance.configParseResult.options.resolveJsonModule) {
+    // if allowJs is set then we should accept js(x) files
+    return instance.configParseResult.options.allowJs === true
+      ? /\.tsx?$|\.json$|\.jsx?$/i
+      : /\.tsx?$|\.json$/i;
+  }
   // if allowJs is set then we should accept js(x) files
   return instance.configParseResult.options.allowJs === true
     ? /\.tsx?$|\.jsx?$/i
diff --git a/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/app.ts b/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/app.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a972817a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/app.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import * as file from "./file.json";
+
+console.log(file.foo);
diff --git a/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/expectedOutput-3.8/bundle.js b/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/expectedOutput-3.8/bundle.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4332c1464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/expectedOutput-3.8/bundle.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+!function(e){var t={};function r(n){if(t[n])return t[n].exports;var o=t[n]={i:n,l:!1,exports:{}};return e[n].call(o.exports,o,o.exports,r),o.l=!0,o.exports}r.m=e,r.c=t,r.d=function(e,t,n){r.o(e,t)||Object.defineProperty(e,t,{enumerable:!0,get:n})},r.r=function(e){"undefined"!=typeof Symbol&&Symbol.toStringTag&&Object.defineProperty(e,Symbol.toStringTag,{value:"Module"}),Object.defineProperty(e,"__esModule",{value:!0})},r.t=function(e,t){if(1&t&&(e=r(e)),8&t)return e;if(4&t&&"object"==typeof e&&e&&e.__esModule)return e;var n=Object.create(null);if(r.r(n),Object.defineProperty(n,"default",{enumerable:!0,value:e}),2&t&&"string"!=typeof e)for(var o in e)r.d(n,o,function(t){return e[t]}.bind(null,o));return n},r.n=function(e){var t=e&&e.__esModule?function(){return e.default}:function(){return e};return r.d(t,"a",t),t},r.o=function(e,t){return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(e,t)},r.p="",r(r.s=0)}([function(e,t,r){"use strict";t.__esModule=!0;var n=r(1);console.log(n.foo)},function(e){e.exports={foo:"bar"}}]);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/expectedOutput-3.8/output.txt b/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/expectedOutput-3.8/output.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10e73c4e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/expectedOutput-3.8/output.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+      Asset      Size  Chunks             Chunk Names
+  bundle.js     1 KiB       0  [emitted]  main
+../app.d.ts  11 bytes          [emitted]  
+Entrypoint main = bundle.js
+[0] ./app.ts 99 bytes {0} [built]
+[1] ./file.json 18 bytes {0} [built]
+
+WARNING in configuration
+The 'mode' option has not been set, webpack will fallback to 'production' for this value. Set 'mode' option to 'development' or 'production' to enable defaults for each environment.
+You can also set it to 'none' to disable any default behavior. Learn more: https://webpack.js.org/concepts/mode/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/expectedOutput-transpile-3.8/bundle.js b/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/expectedOutput-transpile-3.8/bundle.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40d86baa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/expectedOutput-transpile-3.8/bundle.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+!function(e){var t={};function r(n){if(t[n])return t[n].exports;var o=t[n]={i:n,l:!1,exports:{}};return e[n].call(o.exports,o,o.exports,r),o.l=!0,o.exports}r.m=e,r.c=t,r.d=function(e,t,n){r.o(e,t)||Object.defineProperty(e,t,{enumerable:!0,get:n})},r.r=function(e){"undefined"!=typeof Symbol&&Symbol.toStringTag&&Object.defineProperty(e,Symbol.toStringTag,{value:"Module"}),Object.defineProperty(e,"__esModule",{value:!0})},r.t=function(e,t){if(1&t&&(e=r(e)),8&t)return e;if(4&t&&"object"==typeof e&&e&&e.__esModule)return e;var n=Object.create(null);if(r.r(n),Object.defineProperty(n,"default",{enumerable:!0,value:e}),2&t&&"string"!=typeof e)for(var o in e)r.d(n,o,function(t){return e[t]}.bind(null,o));return n},r.n=function(e){var t=e&&e.__esModule?function(){return e.default}:function(){return e};return r.d(t,"a",t),t},r.o=function(e,t){return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(e,t)},r.p="",r(r.s=0)}([function(e,t,r){"use strict";Object.defineProperty(t,"__esModule",{value:!0});var n=r(1);console.log(n.foo)},function(e){e.exports={foo:"bar"}}]);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/expectedOutput-transpile-3.8/output.txt b/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/expectedOutput-transpile-3.8/output.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46b8ad0ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/expectedOutput-transpile-3.8/output.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+    Asset      Size  Chunks             Chunk Names
+bundle.js  1.03 KiB       0  [emitted]  main
+Entrypoint main = bundle.js
+[0] ./app.ts 135 bytes {0} [built]
+[1] ./file.json 18 bytes {0} [built]
+
+WARNING in configuration
+The 'mode' option has not been set, webpack will fallback to 'production' for this value. Set 'mode' option to 'development' or 'production' to enable defaults for each environment.
+You can also set it to 'none' to disable any default behavior. Learn more: https://webpack.js.org/concepts/mode/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/file.json b/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/file.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b42f309e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/file.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "foo": "bar"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/tsconfig.json b/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbc3d30d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "composite": true
+  },
+  "include": ["app.ts", "file.json"]
+}
diff --git a/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/webpack.config.js b/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/webpack.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8711af1b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/comparison-tests/resolveJsonModule/webpack.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module.exports = {
+  entry: './app.ts',
+  output: {
+    filename: 'bundle.js'
+  },
+  resolve: {
+    extensions: ['.ts', '.json']
+  },
+  module: {
+    rules: [{ test: /\.tsx?$/, loader: 'ts-loader' }]
+  }
+};