diff --git a/rich/console.py b/rich/console.py
index 6edd7c8af..8abc382fe 100644
--- a/rich/console.py
+++ b/rich/console.py
@@ -1668,7 +1668,17 @@ def print_json(
                 raise TypeError(
                     f"json must be str. Did you mean print_json(data={json!r}) ?"
                 )
-            json_renderable = JSON(json, indent=indent, highlight=highlight)
+            json_renderable = JSON(
+                json,
+                indent=indent,
+                highlight=highlight,
+                skip_keys=skip_keys,
+                ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii,
+                check_circular=check_circular,
+                allow_nan=allow_nan,
+                default=default,
+                sort_keys=sort_keys,
+            )
         self.print(json_renderable)
 
     def update_screen(
diff --git a/tests/test_console.py b/tests/test_console.py
index 202ad0a55..6660ec9d1 100644
--- a/tests/test_console.py
+++ b/tests/test_console.py
@@ -141,6 +141,15 @@ def test_print_json_data():
     assert result == expected
 
 
+def test_print_json_ensure_ascii():
+    console = Console(file=io.StringIO(), color_system="truecolor")
+    console.print_json(data={"foo": "💩"}, ensure_ascii=False)
+    result = console.file.getvalue()
+    print(repr(result))
+    expected = '\x1b[1m{\x1b[0m\n  \x1b[1;34m"foo"\x1b[0m: \x1b[32m"💩"\x1b[0m\n\x1b[1m}\x1b[0m\n'
+    assert result == expected
+
+
 def test_log():
     console = Console(
         file=io.StringIO(),