diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/JsonViewTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/JsonViewTest.php
index 47ba9f2b2..a3b0c5ef3 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/JsonViewTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/JsonViewTest.php
@@ -53,10 +53,14 @@ class JsonViewTest extends CakeTestCase {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testRenderWithView() {
-		App::build(array('View' => array(CAKE . 'Test' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'View' . DS . 'Json')));
+		App::build(array(
+			'View' => array(CAKE . 'Test' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'View' . DS)
+		));
 		$Request = new CakeRequest();
 		$Response = new CakeResponse();
 		$Controller = new Controller($Request, $Response);
+		$Controller->name = $Controller->viewPath = 'Posts';
+
 		$data = array(
 			'User' => array(
 				'username' => 'fake'
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Json/index.ctp b/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Posts/json/index.ctp
similarity index 95%
rename from lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Json/index.ctp
rename to lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Posts/json/index.ctp
index 13e0269b5..a03f59e37 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Json/index.ctp
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Posts/json/index.ctp
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ foreach ($user['Item'] as $item) {
 	$formatted['list'][] = $item['name'];
 }
 
-$this->set('serialize', $formatted);
+echo json_encode($formatted);
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/JsonView.php b/lib/Cake/View/JsonView.php
index aae0ac976..4d5e1a215 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/JsonView.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/JsonView.php
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@ App::uses('View', 'View');
  */
 class JsonView extends View {
 
+/**
+ * JSON views are always located in the 'json' sub directory for a 
+ * controllers views.
+ * 
+ * @var string
+ */
+	public $subDir = 'json';
+
 /**
  * Constructor
  *