diff --git a/src/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py b/src/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py
index 55ec9ec1a3e..c0a085b0731 100644
--- a/src/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py
+++ b/src/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py
@@ -77,11 +77,10 @@ def _generate_tables(self, files):
                     pa_table = pa.Table.from_pydict(mapping=dataset)
             else:
                 try:
-                    pa_table = paj.read_json(
-                        file,
-                        read_options=self.config.pa_read_options,
-                        parse_options=self.config.pa_parse_options,
-                    )
+                    with open(file, "rb") as f:
+                        pa_table = paj.read_json(
+                            f, read_options=self.config.pa_read_options, parse_options=self.config.pa_parse_options
+                        )
                 except pa.ArrowInvalid:
                     with open(file, encoding="utf-8") as f:
                         dataset = json.load(f)
diff --git a/src/datasets/streaming.py b/src/datasets/streaming.py
index 81d39ff248b..3d92b5f8d81 100644
--- a/src/datasets/streaming.py
+++ b/src/datasets/streaming.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def extend_module_for_streaming(module_path, use_auth_token: Optional[Union[str,
     They rare replaced by `xopen` and `xjoin` defined to work with the StreamingDownloadManager.
 
     We use fsspec to extend `open` to be able to read remote files.
-    To join paths and naviguate in remote compressed archives, we use the "::" separator.
+    To join paths and navigate in remote compressed archives, we use the "::" separator.
     """
 
     module = importlib.import_module(module_path)
diff --git a/src/datasets/utils/streaming_download_manager.py b/src/datasets/utils/streaming_download_manager.py
index 4499bfd7d69..d7ccb8a385d 100644
--- a/src/datasets/utils/streaming_download_manager.py
+++ b/src/datasets/utils/streaming_download_manager.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def read_with_retries(*args, **kwargs):
 
 def xopen(file, mode="r", *args, **kwargs):
     """
-    This function extends the builin `open` function to support remote files using fsspec.
+    This function extends the builtin `open` function to support remote files using fsspec.
 
     It also has a retry mechanism in case connection fails.
     The args and kwargs are passed to fsspec.open, except `use_auth_token` which is used for queries to private repos on huggingface.co
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 3e416a35d98..cf7c854a75d 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def jsonl_path(tmp_path_factory):
     path = str(tmp_path_factory.mktemp("data") / "dataset.jsonl")
     with open(path, "w") as f:
         for item in DATA:
-            f.write(json.dumps(item))
+            f.write(json.dumps(item) + "\n")
     return path
 
 
@@ -255,3 +255,14 @@ def text_gz_path(tmp_path_factory, text_path):
         with gzip.open(path, "wb") as zipped_file:
             zipped_file.writelines(orig_file)
     return path
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def jsonl_gz_path(tmp_path_factory, jsonl_path):
+    import gzip
+
+    path = str(tmp_path_factory.mktemp("data") / "dataset.jsonl.gz")
+    with open(jsonl_path, "rb") as orig_file:
+        with gzip.open(path, "wb") as zipped_file:
+            zipped_file.writelines(orig_file)
+    return path
diff --git a/tests/test_load.py b/tests/test_load.py
index ad3a148f199..69e744f396b 100644
--- a/tests/test_load.py
+++ b/tests/test_load.py
@@ -235,6 +235,15 @@ def test_load_dataset_streaming(dataset_loading_script_dir, data_dir):
     assert isinstance(next(iter(dataset["train"])), dict)
 
 
+@require_streaming
+def test_load_dataset_streaming_gz_json(jsonl_gz_path):
+    data_files = jsonl_gz_path
+    ds = load_dataset("json", split="train", data_files=data_files, streaming=True)
+    assert isinstance(ds, IterableDataset)
+    ds_item = next(iter(ds))
+    assert ds_item == {"col_1": "0", "col_2": 0, "col_3": 0.0}
+
+
 def test_loading_from_the_datasets_hub():
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp_dir:
         dataset = load_dataset(SAMPLE_DATASET_IDENTIFIER, cache_dir=tmp_dir)