diff --git a/splunklib/client.py b/splunklib/client.py
index 0979140c..5a4ec271 100644
--- a/splunklib/client.py
+++ b/splunklib/client.py
@@ -226,7 +226,10 @@ def _load_atom_entries(response):
 
 
 # Load the sid from the body of the given response
-def _load_sid(response):
+def _load_sid(response, output_mode):
+    if output_mode == "json":
+        json_obj = json.loads(response.body.read())
+        return json_obj.get('sid')
     return _load_atom(response).response.sid
 
 
@@ -2968,7 +2971,7 @@ def create(self, query, **kwargs):
         if kwargs.get("exec_mode", None) == "oneshot":
             raise TypeError("Cannot specify exec_mode=oneshot; use the oneshot method instead.")
         response = self.post(search=query, **kwargs)
-        sid = _load_sid(response)
+        sid = _load_sid(response, kwargs.get("output_mode", None))
         return Job(self.service, sid)
 
     def export(self, query, **params):
@@ -3184,7 +3187,7 @@ def dispatch(self, **kwargs):
         :return: The :class:`Job`.
         """
         response = self.post("dispatch", **kwargs)
-        sid = _load_sid(response)
+        sid = _load_sid(response, kwargs.get("output_mode", None))
         return Job(self.service, sid)
 
     @property
diff --git a/tests/test_job.py b/tests/test_job.py
index 44326086..19ec8900 100755
--- a/tests/test_job.py
+++ b/tests/test_job.py
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ def test_service_search(self):
         self.assertTrue(job.sid in self.service.jobs)
         job.cancel()
 
+    def test_create_job_with_output_mode_json(self):
+        job = self.service.jobs.create(query='search index=_internal earliest=-1m | head 3', output_mode='json')
+        self.assertTrue(job.sid in self.service.jobs)
+        job.cancel()
+
     def test_oneshot_with_garbage_fails(self):
         jobs = self.service.jobs
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, jobs.create, "abcd", exec_mode="oneshot")