diff --git a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/Infrastructure/MvcCoreMvcOptionsSetup.cs b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/Infrastructure/MvcCoreMvcOptionsSetup.cs
index 79005a8389..cbc141fe76 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/Infrastructure/MvcCoreMvcOptionsSetup.cs
+++ b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/Infrastructure/MvcCoreMvcOptionsSetup.cs
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
             // Set up default input formatters.
             options.InputFormatters.Add(new SystemTextJsonInputFormatter(_jsonOptions.Value, _loggerFactory.CreateLogger<SystemTextJsonInputFormatter>()));
 
+            // Media type formatter mappings for JSON
+            options.FormatterMappings.SetMediaTypeMappingForFormat("json", MediaTypeHeaderValues.ApplicationJson);
+
             // Set up default output formatters.
             options.OutputFormatters.Add(new HttpNoContentOutputFormatter());
             options.OutputFormatters.Add(new StringOutputFormatter());
diff --git a/src/Mvc/Mvc/test/MvcOptionsSetupTest.cs b/src/Mvc/Mvc/test/MvcOptionsSetupTest.cs
index ccd04a0cd4..00eda811ea 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/Mvc/test/MvcOptionsSetupTest.cs
+++ b/src/Mvc/Mvc/test/MvcOptionsSetupTest.cs
@@ -111,6 +111,17 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
                 formatter => Assert.IsType<SystemTextJsonInputFormatter>(formatter));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Setup_SetsUpFormatterMapping()
+        {
+            // Arrange & Act
+            var options = GetOptions<MvcOptions>();
+
+            // Assert
+            var mapping = options.FormatterMappings.GetMediaTypeMappingForFormat("json");
+            Assert.Equal("application/json", mapping);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void Setup_SetsUpModelValidatorProviders()
         {