diff --git a/spec/acceptance/emit_json_options.rb b/spec/acceptance/emit_json_options.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1e99f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/acceptance/emit_json_options.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+require 'spec_helper_acceptance'
+require 'util'
+require 'json'
+
+include PuppetStrings::Acceptance::Util
+
+describe 'Emitting JSON' do
+expected = {
+  "puppet_classes" => [],
+  "defined_types" => [],
+  "resource_types" => [],
+  "providers" => [],
+  "puppet_functions" => [
+    "name" => "function3x",
+    "file" => "/etc/puppet/modules/test/lib/puppet/parser/functions/function3x.rb",
+    "line" => 1,
+    "type" => "ruby3x",
+    "signature" => "function3x()",
+    "docstring" => {
+      "text" => "This is the function documentation for `function3x`",
+      "tags" => ["tag_name" => "return", "text" => "", "types" => ["Any"]]},
+      "source" => "Puppet::Parser::Functions.newfunction(:function3x, :doc => \"This is the function documentation for `function3x`\") do |args|\nend"
+  ]
+}
+
+  it 'should emit JSON to stdout when using the --emit-json-stdout option' do
+    test_module_path = get_test_module_path(master, /Module test/)
+    on master, puppet('strings', 'generate', '--emit-json-stdout', "#{test_module_path}/lib/puppet/parser/functions/function3x.rb") do
+      output = stdout.chomp
+      expect(JSON.parse(output)).to eq(expected)
+    end
+  end
+
+  it 'should write JSON to a file when using the --emit-json option' do
+    test_module_path = get_test_module_path(master, /Module test/)
+    tmpfile = master.tmpfile('json_output.json')
+    on master, puppet('strings', 'generate', "--emit-json #{tmpfile}", "#{test_module_path}/lib/puppet/parser/functions/function3x.rb")
+      output = read_file_on(master, tmpfile)
+      expect(JSON.parse(output)).to eq(expected)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/lib/util.rb b/spec/acceptance/lib/util.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5a5793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/acceptance/lib/util.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module PuppetStrings
+  module Acceptance
+    module Util
+      def read_file_on(host, filename)
+        on(host, "cat #{filename}").stdout
+      end
+
+      def get_test_module_path(host, module_regex)
+        modules = JSON.parse(on(host, puppet('module', 'list', '--render-as', 'json')).stdout)
+        test_module_info = modules['modules_by_path'].values.flatten.find { |mod_info| mod_info =~ module_regex }
+        test_module_info.match(/\(([^)]*)\)/)[1]
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/running_strings_generate.rb b/spec/acceptance/running_strings_generate.rb
index a8c382e..b02256e 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/running_strings_generate.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/running_strings_generate.rb
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 require 'spec_helper_acceptance'
+require 'util'
 require 'json'
 
+include PuppetStrings::Acceptance::Util
+
 describe 'Generating module documentation using generate action' do
-  def read_file_on(host, filename)
-    on(host, "cat #{filename}").stdout
-  end
-
   before :all do
-    modules = JSON.parse(on(master, puppet('module', 'list', '--render-as', 'json')).stdout)
-    test_module_info = modules['modules_by_path'].values.flatten.find { |mod_info| mod_info =~ /Module test/ }
-    test_module_path = test_module_info.match(/\(([^)]*)\)/)[1]
-
+    test_module_path = get_test_module_path(master, /Module test/)
     on master, puppet('strings', 'generate', "#{test_module_path}/**/*.{rb,pp}")
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
index 578fa3c..2eba14c 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 require 'beaker-rspec/spec_helper'
 require 'beaker-rspec/helpers/serverspec'
 
+$LOAD_PATH << File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'acceptance/lib'))
+
 unless ENV['RS_PROVISION'] == 'no'
   install_puppet
 end