diff --git a/swh/lister/cli.py b/swh/lister/cli.py
--- a/swh/lister/cli.py
+++ b/swh/lister/cli.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 SUPPORTED_LISTERS = ['github', 'gitlab', 'bitbucket', 'debian', 'pypi',
-                     'npm', 'phabricator', 'gnu', 'cran', 'cgit', 'packagist']
+                     'npm', 'phabricator', 'gnu', 'cran', 'cgit', 'packagist',
+                     'json']
 
 
 # Base urls for most listers
@@ -124,6 +125,11 @@
         from .gnu.lister import GNULister
         _lister = GNULister(override_config=override_conf)
 
+    elif lister_name == 'json':
+        from .json.models import ModelBase
+        from .json.lister import JSONLister
+        _lister = JSONLister(url=api_baseurl, override_config=override_conf)
+
     elif lister_name == 'cran':
         from .cran.models import ModelBase
         from .cran.lister import CRANLister
diff --git a/swh/lister/core/tests/conftest.py b/swh/lister/core/tests/conftest.py
--- a/swh/lister/core/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/swh/lister/core/tests/conftest.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         'swh.lister.github.tasks',
         'swh.lister.gitlab.tasks',
         'swh.lister.gnu.tasks',
+        'swh.lister.json.tasks',
         'swh.lister.npm.tasks',
         'swh.lister.packagist.tasks',
         'swh.lister.phabricator.tasks',
diff --git a/swh/lister/json/__init__.py b/swh/lister/json/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
diff --git a/swh/lister/json/lister.py b/swh/lister/json/lister.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/lister/json/lister.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2019 the Software Heritage developers
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+import json
+import requests
+
+from .models import JSONModel
+
+from swh.scheduler import utils
+from swh.lister.core.simple_lister import SimpleLister
+
+
+class JSONLister(SimpleLister):
+    MODEL = JSONModel
+    LISTER_NAME = 'json'
+    instance = 'json'
+
+    def __init__(self, url, override_config=None):
+        self.url = url
+        super().__init__(override_config=override_config)
+
+    def task_dict(self, origin_type, origin_url, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Return task format dict
+
+        This is overridden from the lister_base as more information is
+        needed for the ingestion task creation.
+        """
+        return utils.create_task_dict(
+            'load-tar', kwargs.get('policy', 'oneshot'),
+            kwargs.get('name'),
+            origin_url, tarballs=[{'archive': origin_url, 'date': 0}])
+
+    def safely_issue_request(self, identifier):
+        '''
+        Make network request to download the JSON file.
+
+        Args:
+            identifier: resource identifier (unused)
+        Returns:
+            Server response
+        '''
+        response = requests.get(self.url,
+                                allow_redirects=True)
+        # TODO: support gzip content as well
+        return json.loads(response.content.decode('utf-8'))
+
+    def list_packages(self, response):
+        """List packages from the response
+        """
+        return [r for r in response if r["source"]["type"] == "url"]
+
+    def get_model_from_repo(self, source):
+        """Transform from source representation to model
+        """
+        # The integrity attribute is a hash of the content in the SRI format
+        # See https://www.w3.org/TR/SRI
+        if 'integrity' in source['source']:
+            uid = source['source']['integrity']
+        else:
+            uid = source['source']['url']
+
+        return {
+            'uid': uid,
+            'name': source['name'],
+            'full_name': source['name'],
+            'html_url': source['source']['url'],
+            'origin_url': source['source']['url'],
+            'origin_type': 'tar',
+        }
+
+    def transport_response_simplified(self, response):
+        """Transform response to list for model manipulation
+
+        """
+        return [self.get_model_from_repo(repo) for repo in response]
diff --git a/swh/lister/json/models.py b/swh/lister/json/models.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/lister/json/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2019 the Software Heritage developers
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+from sqlalchemy import Column, String, Integer
+
+from ..core.models import ModelBase
+
+
+class JSONModel(ModelBase):
+    """a JSON packages list representation
+
+    """
+    __tablename__ = 'json'
+
+    uid = Column(String, primary_key=True)
diff --git a/swh/lister/json/tasks.py b/swh/lister/json/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/lister/json/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2019 the Software Heritage developers
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+from swh.scheduler.celery_backend.config import app
+
+from .lister import JSONLister
+
+
+@app.task(name=__name__ + '.JSONListerTask')
+def json_lister(**lister_args):
+    JSONLister(**lister_args).run()
+
+
+@app.task(name=__name__ + '.ping')
+def ping():
+    return 'OK'
diff --git a/swh/lister/json/tests/__init__.py b/swh/lister/json/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
diff --git a/swh/lister/json/tests/conftest.py b/swh/lister/json/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/lister/json/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from swh.lister.core.tests.conftest import *  # noqa
diff --git a/swh/lister/json/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/json/tests/test_lister.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/lister/json/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2019 the Software Heritage developers
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+import unittest
+from swh.lister.json.lister import JSONLister
+
+lister = JSONLister(url='http://fake')
+
+packages = [{'name': 'hello-2.10.tar.gz',
+            'source': {
+                'type': 'url',
+                'integrity':
+                    'sha256-MeBmE3qWJnbon2nRtlOC3pWn732RS4y5VvQepy4PUWs=',
+                'url': 'https://ftpmirror.gnu.org//hello/hello-2.10.tar.gz'
+            }}]
+
+expected_model = {
+            'uid': 'sha256-MeBmE3qWJnbon2nRtlOC3pWn732RS4y5VvQepy4PUWs=',
+            'name': 'hello-2.10.tar.gz',
+            'full_name': 'hello-2.10.tar.gz',
+            'html_url': 'https://ftpmirror.gnu.org//hello/hello-2.10.tar.gz',
+            'origin_url': 'https://ftpmirror.gnu.org//hello/hello-2.10.tar.gz',
+            'origin_type': 'tar',
+        }
+
+
+class JSONListerTester(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_transport_response_simplified(self):
+        """Test model created by the lister
+
+        """
+        model = lister.transport_response_simplified(packages)
+        assert len(model) == 1
+        for key, values in model[0].items():
+            self.assertEqual(values, expected_model[key])
diff --git a/swh/lister/json/tests/test_tasks.py b/swh/lister/json/tests/test_tasks.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/lister/json/tests/test_tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+
+def test_ping(swh_app, celery_session_worker):
+    res = swh_app.send_task(
+        'swh.lister.json.tasks.ping')
+    assert res
+    res.wait()
+    assert res.successful()
+    assert res.result == 'OK'
+
+
+@patch('swh.lister.json.tasks.JSONLister')
+def test_lister(lister, swh_app, celery_session_worker):
+    # setup the mocked JSONLister
+    lister.return_value = lister
+    lister.run.return_value = None
+
+    res = swh_app.send_task(
+        'swh.lister.json.tasks.JSONListerTask')
+    assert res
+    res.wait()
+    assert res.successful()
+
+    lister.assert_called_once_with()
+    lister.db_last_index.assert_not_called()
+    lister.run.assert_called_once_with()