diff --git a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/ApplicationParts/ApplicationAssembliesProvider.cs b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/ApplicationParts/ApplicationAssembliesProvider.cs
index b8e54d1d0d..c7169c7230 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/ApplicationParts/ApplicationAssembliesProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Mvc/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core/ApplicationParts/ApplicationAssembliesProvider.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApplicationParts
             "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core",
             "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Cors",
             "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.DataAnnotations",
+            "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Json",
             "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters.Xml",
             "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization",
             "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson",