diff --git a/conformance/failure_list_php_c.txt b/conformance/failure_list_php_c.txt
index 28ba83b011..b0405618a7 100644
--- a/conformance/failure_list_php_c.txt
+++ b/conformance/failure_list_php_c.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ Required.DurationProtoInputTooLarge.JsonOutput
 Required.DurationProtoInputTooSmall.JsonOutput
 Required.TimestampProtoInputTooLarge.JsonOutput
 Required.TimestampProtoInputTooSmall.JsonOutput
-Required.Proto3.JsonInput.BoolMapField.JsonOutput
 Required.Proto3.JsonInput.DoubleFieldMaxNegativeValue.JsonOutput
 Required.Proto3.JsonInput.DoubleFieldMaxNegativeValue.ProtobufOutput
 Required.Proto3.JsonInput.DoubleFieldMinPositiveValue.JsonOutput
diff --git a/php/ext/google/protobuf/encode_decode.c b/php/ext/google/protobuf/encode_decode.c
index 8008d88989..21c6a7bce5 100644
--- a/php/ext/google/protobuf/encode_decode.c
+++ b/php/ext/google/protobuf/encode_decode.c
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ static void put_optional_value(const void* memory, int len,
 #define T(upbtypeconst, upbtype, ctype, default_value)                         \
   case upbtypeconst: {                                                         \
     ctype value = DEREF(memory, 0, ctype);                                     \
-    if (value != default_value) {                                              \
+    if (is_json || value != default_value) {                                   \
       upb_selector_t sel = getsel(f, upb_handlers_getprimitivehandlertype(f)); \
       upb_sink_put##upbtype(sink, sel, value);                                 \
     }                                                                          \
@@ -1181,8 +1181,7 @@ static void put_optional_value(const void* memory, int len,
 #undef T
     case UPB_TYPE_STRING:
     case UPB_TYPE_BYTES:
-      putrawstr(memory, len, f, sink,
-                is_json && is_wrapper_msg(upb_fielddef_containingtype(f)));
+      putrawstr(memory, len, f, sink, is_json);
       break;
     case UPB_TYPE_MESSAGE: {
 #if PHP_MAJOR_VERSION < 7
diff --git a/php/tests/encode_decode_test.php b/php/tests/encode_decode_test.php
index 4107d65bb6..57b1bf1f5f 100644
--- a/php/tests/encode_decode_test.php
+++ b/php/tests/encode_decode_test.php
@@ -1135,4 +1135,17 @@ class EncodeDecodeTest extends TestBase
         $this->assertEquals("", $m->serializeToString());
     }
 
+    public function testJsonDecodeMapWithDefaultValueKey()
+    {
+        $m = new TestMessage();
+        $m->getMapInt32Int32()[0] = 0;
+        $this->assertSame("{\"mapInt32Int32\":{\"0\":0}}",
+                          $m->serializeToJsonString());
+
+        $m = new TestMessage();
+        $m->getMapStringString()[""] = "";
+        $this->assertSame("{\"mapStringString\":{\"\":\"\"}}",
+                          $m->serializeToJsonString());
+    }
+
 }