diff --git a/json/src/com/intellij/json/liveTemplates/JsonContextType.java b/json/src/com/intellij/json/liveTemplates/JsonContextType.java
index b89c15addc6b..6fa6dd39adcd 100644
--- a/json/src/com/intellij/json/liveTemplates/JsonContextType.java
+++ b/json/src/com/intellij/json/liveTemplates/JsonContextType.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.intellij.json.liveTemplates;
 
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.template.FileTypeBasedContextType;
 import com.intellij.json.JsonBundle;
+import com.intellij.json.JsonElementTypes;
 import com.intellij.json.JsonFileType;
 import com.intellij.json.psi.JsonFile;
 import com.intellij.json.psi.JsonPsiUtil;
@@ -36,7 +37,9 @@ public class JsonContextType extends FileTypeBasedContextType {
                                                                                  @Override
                                                                                  public boolean accepts(@NotNull PsiElement element,
                                                                                                         ProcessingContext context) {
-                                                                                   return JsonPsiUtil.isPropertyKey(element);
+                                                                                   return JsonPsiUtil.isPropertyKey(element) &&
+                                                                                          element.getNextSibling() != null &&
+                                                                                          element.getNextSibling().getNode().getElementType() == JsonElementTypes.COLON;
                                                                                  }
                                                                                })));
     return !illegalPattern.accepts(file.findElementAt(offset));
diff --git a/json/tests/test/com/intellij/json/JsonLiveTemplateTest.java b/json/tests/test/com/intellij/json/JsonLiveTemplateTest.java
index c6fc841d3b0c..bb6e23ac9635 100644
--- a/json/tests/test/com/intellij/json/JsonLiveTemplateTest.java
+++ b/json/tests/test/com/intellij/json/JsonLiveTemplateTest.java
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ public class JsonLiveTemplateTest extends JsonTestCase {
     assertTrue(isApplicableContextUnderCaret("fo<caret>o"));
   }
 
+  public void testExpandableInObjectLiteral() {
+    assertTrue(isApplicableContextUnderCaret("{fo<caret>o}"));
+  }
+
   public void testCustomTemplateExpansion() {
     final String templateContent = "{\n" +
                                    "  \"foo\": \"$1$\"\n" +