diff --git a/lib/Module/CPANTS/Analyse.pm b/lib/Module/CPANTS/Analyse.pm
index 43e868a..a9a3a8b 100644
--- a/lib/Module/CPANTS/Analyse.pm
+++ b/lib/Module/CPANTS/Analyse.pm
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use Carp;
 use Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee;
 use IO::Capture::Stdout;
 use IO::Capture::Stderr;
-use YAML::Any qw(LoadFile);
 
 our $VERSION = '0.87';
 
@@ -213,10 +212,6 @@ Returns the location of the unextracted tarball.
 
 Returns the filename of the tarball.
 
-=head3 read_meta_yml
-
-Reads the META.yml file and returns its content.
-
 =head1 WEBSITE
 
 L<http://cpants.perl.org/>
diff --git a/lib/Module/CPANTS/Kwalitee/Files.pm b/lib/Module/CPANTS/Kwalitee/Files.pm
index 5e2bd09..f7e26c0 100644
--- a/lib/Module/CPANTS/Kwalitee/Files.pm
+++ b/lib/Module/CPANTS/Kwalitee/Files.pm
@@ -210,6 +210,13 @@ sub kwalitee_indicators {
         remedy=>q{Add a META.yml to the distribution. Your buildtool should be able to autogenerate it.},
         code=>sub { shift->{file_meta_yml} ? 1 : 0 },
     },
+    {
+        is_experimental=>1,
+        name=>'has_meta_json',
+        error=>q{The file 'META.json' is missing from this distribution. META.json is needed by people maintaining module collections (like CPAN), for people writing installation tools, or just people who want to know some stuff about a distribution before downloading it.},
+        remedy=>q{Add a META.json to the distribution. Your buildtool should be able to autogenerate it.},
+        code=>sub { shift->{file_meta_json} ? 1 : 0 },
+    },
     {
         name=>'has_buildtool',
         error=>q{Makefile.PL and/or Build.PL are missing. This makes installing this distribution hard for humans and impossible for automated tools like CPAN/CPANPLUS},
diff --git a/t/02_kwalitee.t b/t/02_kwalitee.t
index 9170425..668a762 100644
--- a/t/02_kwalitee.t
+++ b/t/02_kwalitee.t
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee;
 
 my $CORE = 26;
 my $EXTRA = 8; #is_extra set
-my $EXPERIMENTAL = 10; #experimental?
+my $EXPERIMENTAL = 12; #experimental?
 my $METRICS = $CORE + $EXTRA + $EXPERIMENTAL;
 
 plan tests => 8 + 2 * $METRICS;
diff --git a/t/03_plugins.t b/t/03_plugins.t
index 1cfe5b3..95ed1d7 100644
--- a/t/03_plugins.t
+++ b/t/03_plugins.t
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 9;
+use Test::More tests => 10;
 use Test::Deep;
 use Test::NoWarnings;
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ my $a=Module::CPANTS::Analyse->new({dist => 'dummy'});
 
 {
 	my @plugins=$a->plugins;
-	is(@plugins,16,'number of plugins');
+	is(@plugins,17,'number of plugins');
 }
 
 
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ my $plugins=$a->mck->generators;
 is(shift(@$plugins),'Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::Files','plugin order 1 Files');
 is(shift(@$plugins),'Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::Distname','plugin order 2 Distname');
 is(shift(@$plugins),'Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::MetaYML','plugin order 3 MetaYML');
-is(shift(@$plugins),'Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::FindModules','plugin order 4 FindModules');
+is(shift(@$plugins),'Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::MetaJSON','plugin order 4 MetaJSON');
+is(shift(@$plugins),'Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::FindModules','plugin order 5 FindModules');
 is(pop(@$plugins),'Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::CpantsErrors','plugin order last CpantsErrors');
 
 cmp_deeply($plugins,bag(
diff --git a/t/10_analyse.t b/t/10_analyse.t
index de47260..32165eb 100644
--- a/t/10_analyse.t
+++ b/t/10_analyse.t
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ my @tests = (
            'has_changelog' => 1,
            'no_pod_errors' => 1,
            'use_strict' => 1,
+           'metajson_is_parsable' => 0,
            'kwalitee' => 29,
            'no_stdin_for_prompting' => 1,
            'easily_repackageable' => 0,
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ my @tests = (
            'metayml_declares_perl_version' => 1,
            'has_example' => 1,
            'metayml_is_parsable' => 1,
+           'metajson_is_parsable' => 0,
            'proper_libs' => 1,
            'has_changelog' => 1,
            'no_pod_errors' => 1,
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ my @tests = (
            'metayml_declares_perl_version' => 0,
            'has_example' => 1,
            'metayml_is_parsable' => 1,
+           'metajson_is_parsable' => 0,
            'proper_libs' => 1,
            'has_changelog' => 1,
            'no_pod_errors' => 1,
@@ -248,6 +251,7 @@ my @tests = (
            'metayml_declares_perl_version' => 1,
            'has_example' => 0,
            'metayml_is_parsable' => 1,
+           'metajson_is_parsable' => 0,
            'proper_libs' => 1,
            'has_changelog' => 1,
            'no_pod_errors' => 1,
@@ -298,6 +302,7 @@ my @tests = (
            'has_changelog' => 1,
            'no_pod_errors' => 1,
            'use_strict' => 1,
+           'metajson_is_parsable' => 0,
            'kwalitee' => 38,
            'no_stdin_for_prompting' => 1,
            'has_license_in_source_file' => 1,
@@ -340,6 +345,7 @@ my @tests = (
            'metayml_declares_perl_version' => 1,
            'has_example' => 1,
            'metayml_is_parsable' => 1,
+           'metajson_is_parsable' => 0,
            'proper_libs' => 1,
            'has_changelog' => 1,
            'no_pod_errors' => 1,
@@ -396,7 +402,7 @@ foreach my $t (@tests) {
         });
 
     my $rv=$a->unpack;
-    is($rv,undef,'unpack ok');
+    is($rv,undef,"unpack $t->{dist}");
 
     $a->analyse;
     $a->calc_kwalitee;
diff --git a/t/generated_files.t b/t/generated_files.t
index 770d413..c66b3e9 100644
--- a/t/generated_files.t
+++ b/t/generated_files.t
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ my $expected = {
            'has_humanreadable_license' => 0,
            'no_generated_files' => 0,
            'has_meta_yml' => 1,
+           'has_meta_json' => 0,           
            'metayml_conforms_spec_current' => 0,
            'use_warnings' => 0,
            'no_large_files' => 1,