diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
index 5fa149a189..4419c48d1a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ (define-public guile-json-1
 (define-deprecated guile-json
   guile-json-1
   guile-json-1)
+(export guile-json)
 
 (define-public guile2.0-json
   (package-for-guile-2.0 guile-json-1))