diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/snytkine/apitester/api_tester_cli/service/assertion/JsonMatchAssertionEvaluator.java b/src/main/java/io/github/snytkine/apitester/api_tester_cli/service/assertion/JsonMatchAssertionEvaluator.java
index 82dc216..1a59724 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/snytkine/apitester/api_tester_cli/service/assertion/JsonMatchAssertionEvaluator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/snytkine/apitester/api_tester_cli/service/assertion/JsonMatchAssertionEvaluator.java
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@
  * org.opentest4j.AssertionFailedError} with expected and actual fields preserved via {@link
  * FailureCollector#rewrap(String, AssertionError)}.
  *
+ * <p>The {@code path} field on the assertion follows the same {@code response.*} convention as
+ * {@link JsonSchemaAssertionEvaluator}, resolved via {@link ResponseValueExtractor}:
+ *
+ * <ul>
+ *   <li>{@code response.body.json} — compare the entire parsed JSON body
+ *   <li>{@code response.body.json.<jsonpath>} — compare only the value at the given JSONPath
+ *       expression
+ * </ul>
+ *
  * <p>Current limitation: only top-level field names are supported in the ignore list. Nested
  * JSONPath expressions are not yet evaluated.
  */
@@ -110,8 +119,22 @@ public void evaluate(ApiResponse response, FailureCollector collector) {
             return;
         }
 
+        JsonNode actualNode;
+        switch (ResponseValueExtractor.extract(response, assertion.path())) {
+            case ResponseValueExtractor.Result.Found found -> actualNode = objectMapper.valueToTree(found.value());
+            case ResponseValueExtractor.Result.Missing missing -> {
+                collector.fail(
+                        String.format("Path '%s' not found in response for json_match assertion", missing.path()),
+                        null);
+                return;
+            }
+            case ResponseValueExtractor.Result.Error error -> {
+                collector.fail(error.message(), null);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
         try {
-            JsonNode actualNode = objectMapper.valueToTree(response.body().json());
             JsonNode expectedNode = objectMapper.readTree(expectedJson);
 
             removeIgnoredFields(actualNode, assertion.expected().ignore());
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/github/snytkine/apitester/api_tester_cli/service/assertion/JsonMatchAssertionEvaluatorTest.java b/src/test/java/io/github/snytkine/apitester/api_tester_cli/service/assertion/JsonMatchAssertionEvaluatorTest.java
index fa8d014..9da9cca 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/github/snytkine/apitester/api_tester_cli/service/assertion/JsonMatchAssertionEvaluatorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/github/snytkine/apitester/api_tester_cli/service/assertion/JsonMatchAssertionEvaluatorTest.java
@@ -45,8 +45,22 @@ private static JsonMatchAssertionEvaluator evaluator(String expectedContent, Lis
 
     private static JsonMatchAssertionEvaluator evaluator(
             String expectedContent, List<String> ignore, Map<String, String> suiteVars, Map<String, String> testVars) {
+        return evaluatorForPath("response.body.json", expectedContent, ignore, suiteVars, testVars);
+    }
+
+    private static JsonMatchAssertionEvaluator evaluatorForPath(
+            String path, String expectedContent, List<String> ignore) {
+        return evaluatorForPath(path, expectedContent, ignore, Map.of(), Map.of());
+    }
+
+    private static JsonMatchAssertionEvaluator evaluatorForPath(
+            String path,
+            String expectedContent,
+            List<String> ignore,
+            Map<String, String> suiteVars,
+            Map<String, String> testVars) {
         ObjectExpectedValue expected = new ObjectExpectedValue("inline", expectedContent, ignore);
-        JsonMatchAssertion assertion = new JsonMatchAssertion("response.body.json", expected);
+        JsonMatchAssertion assertion = new JsonMatchAssertion(path, expected);
         return new JsonMatchAssertionEvaluator(
                 assertion, null, OBJECT_MAPPER, Map.of("suite", suiteVars, "test", testVars));
     }
@@ -201,4 +215,77 @@ void nullSuiteDirWithFileReferenceThrowsIllegalState() {
                 .isInstanceOf(IllegalStateException.class)
                 .hasMessageContaining("Suite directory is required");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void jsonPathSubexpressionExtractsNestedObject() {
+        String text = "{\"data\":{\"id\":1}}";
+        Object json = Map.of("data", Map.of("id", 1));
+
+        FailureCollector collector = new FailureCollector();
+        evaluatorForPath("response.body.json.$.data", "{\"id\":1}", List.of())
+                .evaluate(responseWithJson(text, json), collector);
+
+        assertThatCode(collector::assertAll).doesNotThrowAnyException();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void jsonPathArrayElementExtractionMatchesIssueExample() {
+        String text = "[{\"data\":{\"id\":1}}]";
+        Object json = List.of(Map.of("data", Map.of("id", 1)));
+
+        FailureCollector collector = new FailureCollector();
+        evaluatorForPath("response.body.json.$[0].data", "{\"id\":1}", List.of())
+                .evaluate(responseWithJson(text, json), collector);
+
+        assertThatCode(collector::assertAll).doesNotThrowAnyException();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void jsonPathSubexpressionMismatchFails() {
+        String text = "{\"data\":{\"id\":1}}";
+        Object json = Map.of("data", Map.of("id", 1));
+
+        FailureCollector collector = new FailureCollector();
+        evaluatorForPath("response.body.json.$.data", "{\"id\":2}", List.of())
+                .evaluate(responseWithJson(text, json), collector);
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(collector::assertAll).isInstanceOf(MultipleFailuresError.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void missingJsonPathRecordsFailure() {
+        String text = "{\"data\":{\"id\":1}}";
+        Object json = Map.of("data", Map.of("id", 1));
+
+        FailureCollector collector = new FailureCollector();
+        evaluatorForPath("response.body.json.$.nonexistent", "{\"id\":1}", List.of())
+                .evaluate(responseWithJson(text, json), collector);
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(collector::assertAll).isInstanceOf(MultipleFailuresError.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void invalidJsonPathRecordsFailure() {
+        String text = "{\"data\":{\"id\":1}}";
+        Object json = Map.of("data", Map.of("id", 1));
+
+        FailureCollector collector = new FailureCollector();
+        evaluatorForPath("response.body.json.$[", "{\"id\":1}", List.of())
+                .evaluate(responseWithJson(text, json), collector);
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(collector::assertAll).isInstanceOf(MultipleFailuresError.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void unsupportedPathPrefixRecordsFailure() {
+        String text = "{\"data\":{\"id\":1}}";
+        Object json = Map.of("data", Map.of("id", 1));
+
+        FailureCollector collector = new FailureCollector();
+        evaluatorForPath("foo.bar", "{\"id\":1}", List.of()).evaluate(responseWithJson(text, json), collector);
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(collector::assertAll)
+                .isInstanceOf(MultipleFailuresError.class)
+                .hasMessageContaining("response.");
+    }
 }