diff --git a/changelog/ddoc-shared-static-ctor.dd b/changelog/ddoc-shared-static-ctor.dd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de4f4fd552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/ddoc-shared-static-ctor.dd
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+DMD's JSON output now have distinct types for [shared] module constructor/destructor
+
+Previously, module constructors and destructors (shared or not) would be output as
+functions, and the only way for documentation generators to recognize them was
+to search for the pattern that was used for their naming.
+This means that external tools would need to depend on internal compiler details
+for generating documentation.
+From this release, 4 new values have been introduced for `kind`:
+`shared static constructor`, `shared static destructor`, `static constructor`, `static destructor`.
diff --git a/src/dmd/json.d b/src/dmd/json.d
index 18c9247d4d..a00f3c57cf 100644
--- a/src/dmd/json.d
+++ b/src/dmd/json.d
@@ -418,7 +418,18 @@ public:
         if (!s.isTemplateDeclaration()) // TemplateDeclaration::kind() acts weird sometimes
         {
             property("name", s.toString());
-            property("kind", s.kind.toDString);
+            if (s.isStaticCtorDeclaration())
+            {
+                property("kind", s.isSharedStaticCtorDeclaration()
+                         ? "shared static constructor" : "static constructor");
+            }
+            else if (s.isStaticDtorDeclaration())
+            {
+                property("kind", s.isSharedStaticDtorDeclaration()
+                         ? "shared static destructor" : "static destructor");
+            }
+            else
+                property("kind", s.kind.toDString);
         }
         // TODO: How about package(names)?
         property("protection", protectionToString(s.prot().kind));
diff --git a/test/compilable/extra-files/json.out b/test/compilable/extra-files/json.out
index 247ce33fa6..2fdafa3667 100644
--- a/test/compilable/extra-files/json.out
+++ b/test/compilable/extra-files/json.out
@@ -3,12 +3,25 @@
         "file": "VALUE_REMOVED_FOR_TEST",
         "kind": "module",
         "members": [
+            {
+                "char": 1,
+                "deco": "VALUE_REMOVED_FOR_TEST",
+                "endchar": 23,
+                "endline": 12,
+                "kind": "shared static constructor",
+                "line": 12,
+                "name": "_sharedStaticCtor_L12_C1",
+                "protection": "public",
+                "storageClass": [
+                    "static"
+                ]
+            },
             {
                 "char": 1,
                 "deco": "VALUE_REMOVED_FOR_TEST",
                 "endchar": 16,
                 "endline": 13,
-                "kind": "function",
+                "kind": "static constructor",
                 "line": 13,
                 "name": "_staticCtor_L13_C1",
                 "protection": "public",
@@ -16,12 +29,25 @@
                     "static"
                 ]
             },
+            {
+                "char": 1,
+                "deco": "VALUE_REMOVED_FOR_TEST",
+                "endchar": 24,
+                "endline": 14,
+                "kind": "shared static destructor",
+                "line": 14,
+                "name": "_sharedStaticDtor_L14_C1",
+                "protection": "public",
+                "storageClass": [
+                    "static"
+                ]
+            },
             {
                 "char": 1,
                 "deco": "VALUE_REMOVED_FOR_TEST",
                 "endchar": 17,
                 "endline": 15,
-                "kind": "function",
+                "kind": "static destructor",
                 "line": 15,
                 "name": "_staticDtor_L15_C1",
                 "protection": "public",
@@ -29,6 +55,134 @@
                     "static"
                 ]
             },
+            {
+                "char": 1,
+                "kind": "template",
+                "line": 17,
+                "members": [
+                    {
+                        "char": 5,
+                        "endchar": 27,
+                        "endline": 19,
+                        "kind": "shared static constructor",
+                        "line": 19,
+                        "name": "_sharedStaticCtor_L19_C5",
+                        "storageClass": [
+                            "static"
+                        ]
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "char": 5,
+                        "endchar": 20,
+                        "endline": 20,
+                        "kind": "static constructor",
+                        "line": 20,
+                        "name": "_staticCtor_L20_C5",
+                        "storageClass": [
+                            "static"
+                        ]
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "char": 5,
+                        "endchar": 28,
+                        "endline": 21,
+                        "kind": "shared static destructor",
+                        "line": 21,
+                        "name": "_sharedStaticDtor_L21_C5",
+                        "storageClass": [
+                            "static"
+                        ]
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "char": 5,
+                        "endchar": 21,
+                        "endline": 22,
+                        "kind": "static destructor",
+                        "line": 22,
+                        "name": "_staticDtor_L22_C5",
+                        "storageClass": [
+                            "static"
+                        ]
+                    }
+                ],
+                "name": "X",
+                "parameters": [
+                    {
+                        "kind": "type",
+                        "name": "T"
+                    }
+                ],
+                "protection": "public"
+            },
+            {
+                "char": 1,
+                "kind": "alias",
+                "line": 25,
+                "name": "SSCDX",
+                "originalType": "X!int",
+                "protection": "public"
+            },
+            {
+                "char": 1,
+                "kind": "class",
+                "line": 27,
+                "members": [
+                    {
+                        "char": 5,
+                        "deco": "VALUE_REMOVED_FOR_TEST",
+                        "endchar": 27,
+                        "endline": 29,
+                        "kind": "shared static constructor",
+                        "line": 29,
+                        "name": "_sharedStaticCtor_L29_C5",
+                        "protection": "public",
+                        "storageClass": [
+                            "static"
+                        ]
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "char": 5,
+                        "deco": "VALUE_REMOVED_FOR_TEST",
+                        "endchar": 20,
+                        "endline": 30,
+                        "kind": "static constructor",
+                        "line": 30,
+                        "name": "_staticCtor_L30_C5",
+                        "protection": "public",
+                        "storageClass": [
+                            "static"
+                        ]
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "char": 5,
+                        "deco": "VALUE_REMOVED_FOR_TEST",
+                        "endchar": 28,
+                        "endline": 31,
+                        "kind": "shared static destructor",
+                        "line": 31,
+                        "name": "_sharedStaticDtor_L31_C5",
+                        "protection": "public",
+                        "storageClass": [
+                            "static"
+                        ]
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "char": 5,
+                        "deco": "VALUE_REMOVED_FOR_TEST",
+                        "endchar": 21,
+                        "endline": 32,
+                        "kind": "static destructor",
+                        "line": 32,
+                        "name": "_staticDtor_L32_C5",
+                        "protection": "public",
+                        "storageClass": [
+                            "static"
+                        ]
+                    }
+                ],
+                "name": "SSCDClass",
+                "protection": "public"
+            },
             {
                 "char": 11,
                 "deco": "VALUE_REMOVED_FOR_TEST",
@@ -943,7 +1097,7 @@
                 "char": 15,
                 "deco": "VALUE_REMOVED_FOR_TEST",
                 "kind": "function",
-                "line": 194,
+                "line": 193,
                 "name": "flinkageD",
                 "protection": "public"
             },
diff --git a/test/compilable/json.d b/test/compilable/json.d
index ce0fb4ea76..9884148138 100644
--- a/test/compilable/json.d
+++ b/test/compilable/json.d
@@ -9,11 +9,30 @@
 
 module json;
 
-
+shared static this() {}
 static this() {}
-
+shared static ~this() {}
 static ~this() {}
 
+template X(T)
+{
+    shared static this() {}
+    static this() {}
+    shared static ~this() {}
+    static ~this() {}
+}
+
+alias SSCDX = X!int;
+
+class SSCDClass
+{
+    shared static this() {}
+    static this() {}
+    shared static ~this() {}
+    static ~this() {}
+}
+
+#line 17
 
 alias int myInt;
 myInt x; // https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3404