diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_test.rs b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_test.rs
index 04982ae224a..5cadbaf15aa 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_test.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_test.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ pub fn run_tests(
     let compilation = compile_tests(ws, options)?;
 
     if options.no_run {
-        display_no_run_information(ws, test_args, &compilation, "unittests")?;
+        if !options.compile_opts.build_config.emit_json() {
+            display_no_run_information(ws, test_args, &compilation, "unittests")?;
+        }
+
         return Ok(None);
     }
     let (test, mut errors) = run_unit_tests(ws.config(), options, test_args, &compilation)?;
@@ -50,7 +53,10 @@ pub fn run_benches(
     let compilation = compile_tests(ws, options)?;
 
     if options.no_run {
-        display_no_run_information(ws, args, &compilation, "benches")?;
+        if !options.compile_opts.build_config.emit_json() {
+            display_no_run_information(ws, args, &compilation, "benches")?;
+        }
+
         return Ok(None);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/bench.rs b/tests/testsuite/bench.rs
index d22dc316d27..bddfda9dd1c 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/bench.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/bench.rs
@@ -1216,6 +1216,39 @@ fn test_bench_no_run() {
         .run();
 }
 
+#[cargo_test]
+fn test_bench_no_run_emit_json() {
+    if !is_nightly() {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let p = project()
+        .file("src/lib.rs", "")
+        .file(
+            "benches/bbaz.rs",
+            r#"
+                #![feature(test)]
+
+                extern crate test;
+
+                use test::Bencher;
+
+                #[bench]
+                fn bench_baz(_: &mut Bencher) {}
+            "#,
+        )
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("bench --no-run --message-format json")
+        .with_stderr(
+            "\
+[COMPILING] foo v0.0.1 ([..])
+[FINISHED] bench [optimized] target(s) in [..]
+",
+        )
+        .run();
+}
+
 #[cargo_test]
 fn test_bench_no_fail_fast() {
     if !is_nightly() {
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/test.rs b/tests/testsuite/test.rs
index 1f79df90293..e39e6f99b61 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/test.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/test.rs
@@ -1352,6 +1352,22 @@ fn test_no_run() {
         .run();
 }
 
+#[cargo_test]
+fn test_no_run_emit_json() {
+    let p = project()
+        .file("src/lib.rs", "#[test] fn foo() { panic!() }")
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("test --no-run --message-format json")
+        .with_stderr(
+            "\
+[COMPILING] foo v0.0.1 ([CWD])
+[FINISHED] test [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in [..]
+",
+        )
+        .run();
+}
+
 #[cargo_test]
 fn test_run_specific_bin_target() {
     let prj = project()