diff --git a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/parser/JSONParser.java b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/parser/JSONParser.java
index be55eb8397e0..fba97e3ba9d2 100644
--- a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/parser/JSONParser.java
+++ b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/parser/JSONParser.java
@@ -152,9 +152,6 @@ private JSONObject readObject(int startoff, Position start) throws ParseError {
         char c = next();
         switch (c) {
           case '}':
-            if (!needsComma) {
-              raise("Trailing commas are not allowed in JSON.");
-            }
             break out;
           case ',':
             if (!needsComma) {
diff --git a/javascript/extractor/tests/json/input/object-trailing-comma.json b/javascript/extractor/tests/json/input/object-trailing-comma.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79dfec63fbde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javascript/extractor/tests/json/input/object-trailing-comma.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "object": {
+        "foo": 1,
+        "bar": 2,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/javascript/extractor/tests/json/output/trap/object-trailing-comma.json.trap b/javascript/extractor/tests/json/output/trap/object-trailing-comma.json.trap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f36ecaca528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javascript/extractor/tests/json/output/trap/object-trailing-comma.json.trap
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#10000=@"/object-trailing-comma.json;sourcefile"
+files(#10000,"/object-trailing-comma.json")
+#10001=@"/;folder"
+folders(#10001,"/")
+containerparent(#10001,#10000)
+#10002=@"loc,{#10000},0,0,0,0"
+locations_default(#10002,#10000,0,0,0,0)
+hasLocation(#10000,#10002)
+#20000=*
+json(#20000,5,#10000,0,"{\n    "" ...     }\n}")
+#20001=@"loc,{#10000},1,1,6,1"
+locations_default(#20001,#10000,1,1,6,1)
+json_locations(#20000,#20001)
+#20002=*
+json(#20002,5,#20000,0,"{\n      ... ,\n    }")
+#20003=@"loc,{#10000},2,15,5,5"
+locations_default(#20003,#10000,2,15,5,5)
+json_locations(#20002,#20003)
+#20004=*
+json(#20004,2,#20002,0,"1")
+#20005=@"loc,{#10000},3,16,3,16"
+locations_default(#20005,#10000,3,16,3,16)
+json_locations(#20004,#20005)
+json_literals("1","1",#20004)
+json_properties(#20002,"foo",#20004)
+#20006=*
+json(#20006,2,#20002,1,"2")
+#20007=@"loc,{#10000},4,16,4,16"
+locations_default(#20007,#10000,4,16,4,16)
+json_locations(#20006,#20007)
+json_literals("2","2",#20006)
+json_properties(#20002,"bar",#20006)
+json_properties(#20000,"object",#20002)
+numlines(#10000,6,0,0)
+filetype(#10000,"json")