diff --git a/core/encoding/json/marshal.odin b/core/encoding/json/marshal.odin
index 0464c24d1..30426f911 100644
--- a/core/encoding/json/marshal.odin
+++ b/core/encoding/json/marshal.odin
@@ -410,6 +410,11 @@ marshal_to_writer :: proc(w: io.Writer, v: any, opt: ^Marshal_Options) -> (err:
 				omitempty := false
 
 				json_name, extra := json_name_from_tag_value(reflect.struct_tag_get(reflect.Struct_Tag(info.tags[i]), "json"))
+
+				if json_name == "-" {
+					continue
+				}
+
 				for flag in strings.split_iterator(&extra, ",") {
 					switch flag {
 					case "omitempty":
diff --git a/tests/core/encoding/json/test_core_json.odin b/tests/core/encoding/json/test_core_json.odin
index 92c050952..a50dd7fe0 100644
--- a/tests/core/encoding/json/test_core_json.odin
+++ b/tests/core/encoding/json/test_core_json.odin
@@ -368,4 +368,25 @@ utf8_string_of_multibyte_characters :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
 	val, err := json.parse_string(`"🐛✅"`)
 	defer json.destroy_value(val)
 	testing.expectf(t, err == nil, "Expected `json.parse` to return nil, got %v", err)
+}
+
+@test
+struct_with_ignore_tags :: proc(t: ^testing.T) {
+	My_Struct :: struct {
+		a: string `json:"-"`,
+	}
+
+	my_struct := My_Struct{
+		a = "test",
+	}
+
+	my_struct_marshaled, marshal_err := json.marshal(my_struct)
+	defer delete(my_struct_marshaled)
+
+	testing.expectf(t, marshal_err == nil, "Expected `json.marshal` to return nil error, got %v", marshal_err)
+
+	my_struct_json := transmute(string)my_struct_marshaled
+	expected_json := `{}`
+
+	testing.expectf(t, expected_json == my_struct_json, "Expected `json.marshal` to return %s, got %s", expected_json, my_struct_json)
 }
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