diff --git a/tests/test_filters.py b/tests/test_filters.py
index 6d7969a92..f02c3078d 100644
--- a/tests/test_filters.py
+++ b/tests/test_filters.py
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ from importlib import reload as reload_module
 
 import pytest
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
-from django.db import models
+from django.db import connection, models  # NOQA
 from django.db.models.functions import Concat, Upper
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.test.utils import override_settings
 
 from rest_framework import filters, generics, serializers
-from rest_framework.compat import coreschema
+from rest_framework.compat import coreschema, postgres_fields
 from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
 
 factory = APIRequestFactory()
@@ -369,6 +369,75 @@ class SearchFilterAnnotatedFieldTests(TestCase):
         assert response.data[0]['title_text'] == 'ABCDEF'
 
 
+class SearchFilterModelPostgres(models.Model):
+    json_field = postgres_fields.JSONField()
+
+
+class SearchFilterPostgresSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = SearchFilterModelPostgres
+        fields = '__all__'
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif('connection.vendor != "postgresql"')
+class SearchFilterPostgresTests(TestCase):
+    class SearchListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+        queryset = SearchFilterModelPostgres.objects.all()
+        serializer_class = SearchFilterPostgresSerializer
+        filter_backends = (filters.SearchFilter,)
+        search_fields = ('=json_field__title', 'json_field__text')
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        for idx in range(10):
+            title = 'z' * (idx + 1)
+            text = (
+                chr(idx + ord('a')) +
+                chr(idx + ord('b')) +
+                chr(idx + ord('c'))
+            )
+            SearchFilterModelPostgres(
+                json_field={'title': title, 'text': text}
+            ).save()
+
+    def test_default_json_search(self):
+        view = self.SearchListView.as_view()
+
+        request = factory.get('/', {'search': 'b'})
+        response = view(request)
+        items = {
+            (row['json_field']['title'], row['json_field']['text'])
+            for row in response.data
+        }
+        assert items == {('z', 'abc'), ('zz', 'bcd')}
+
+        request = factory.get('/', {'search': 'EF'})
+        response = view(request)
+        items = {
+            (row['json_field']['title'], row['json_field']['text'])
+            for row in response.data
+        }
+        assert items == {('zzzz', 'def'), ('zzzzz', 'efg')}
+
+    def test_exact_json_search(self):
+        view = self.SearchListView.as_view()
+
+        request = factory.get('/', {'search': 'zzzzz'})
+        response = view(request)
+        items = {
+            (row['json_field']['title'], row['json_field']['text'])
+            for row in response.data
+        }
+        assert items == {('zzzzz', 'efg')}
+
+        request = factory.get('/', {'search': 'Z'})
+        response = view(request)
+        items = {
+            (row['json_field']['title'], row['json_field']['text'])
+            for row in response.data
+        }
+        assert items == {('z', 'abc')}
+
+
 class OrderingFilterModel(models.Model):
     title = models.CharField(max_length=20, verbose_name='verbose title')
     text = models.CharField(max_length=100)