diff --git a/internal/server/scanner.go b/internal/server/scanner.go
index 24ccbbaa..bfe46af1 100644
--- a/internal/server/scanner.go
+++ b/internal/server/scanner.go
@@ -447,7 +447,12 @@ func (sw *scanWriter) writeObject(opts ScanWriterParams) bool {
 			}
 		}
 		if sw.output == outputIDs {
-			wr.WriteString(jsonString(opts.id))
+			if opts.distOutput || opts.distance > 0 {
+				wr.WriteString(`{"id":` + jsonString(opts.id) +
+					`,"distance":` + strconv.FormatFloat(opts.distance, 'f', -1, 64) + "}")
+			} else {
+				wr.WriteString(jsonString(opts.id))
+			}
 		} else {
 			wr.WriteString(`{"id":` + jsonString(opts.id))
 			switch sw.output {
@@ -476,7 +481,12 @@ func (sw *scanWriter) writeObject(opts ScanWriterParams) bool {
 		vals := make([]resp.Value, 1, 3)
 		vals[0] = resp.StringValue(opts.id)
 		if sw.output == outputIDs {
-			sw.values = append(sw.values, vals[0])
+			if opts.distOutput || opts.distance > 0 {
+				vals = append(vals, resp.FloatValue(opts.distance))
+				sw.values = append(sw.values, resp.ArrayValue(vals))
+			} else {
+				sw.values = append(sw.values, vals[0])
+			}
 		} else {
 			switch sw.output {
 			case outputObjects:
diff --git a/tests/keys_search_test.go b/tests/keys_search_test.go
index 0415fcf1..2a164ed9 100644
--- a/tests/keys_search_test.go
+++ b/tests/keys_search_test.go
@@ -46,9 +46,46 @@ func keys_KNN_basic_test(mc *mockServer) error {
 		{"NEARBY", "mykey", "LIMIT", 10, "POINTS", "POINT", 20, 20}, {
 			"[0 [[2 [19 19]] [3 [12 19]] [5 [33 21]] [1 [5 5]] [4 [-5 5]] [6 [52 13]]]]"},
 		{"NEARBY", "mykey", "LIMIT", 10, "IDS", "POINT", 20, 20, 4000000}, {"[0 [2 3 5 1 4 6]]"},
-		{"NEARBY", "mykey", "LIMIT", 10, "IDS", "POINT", 20, 20, 1500000}, {"[0 [2 3 5]]"},
+		{"NEARBY", "mykey", "LIMIT", 10, "DISTANCE", "IDS", "POINT", 20, 20, 1500000}, {"[0 [[2 152808.67164037024] [3 895945.1409106688] [5 1448929.5916252395]]]"},
 		{"NEARBY", "mykey", "LIMIT", 10, "DISTANCE", "POINT", 52, 13, 100}, {`[0 [[6 {"type":"Point","coordinates":[13,52]} 0]]]`},
 		{"NEARBY", "mykey", "LIMIT", 10, "POINT", 52.1, 13.1, 100000}, {`[0 [[6 {"type":"Point","coordinates":[13,52]}]]]`},
+		{"OUTPUT", "json"}, {func(res string) bool { return gjson.Get(res, "ok").Bool() }},
+		{"NEARBY", "mykey", "LIMIT", 10, "DISTANCE", "IDS", "POINT", 20, 20, 1500000}, {
+			func(res string) error {
+				if !gjson.Get(res, "ok").Bool() {
+					return errors.New("not ok")
+				}
+				if gjson.Get(res, "ids.#").Int() != 3 {
+					return fmt.Errorf("expected '%d' objects, got '%d'", 3, gjson.Get(res, "ids.#").Int())
+				}
+				if gjson.Get(res, "ids.#.distance|#").Int() != 3 {
+					return fmt.Errorf("expected '%d' distances, got '%d'", 3, gjson.Get(res, "ids.#.distance|#").Int())
+				}
+
+				for i, d := range gjson.Get(res, "ids.#.distance").Array() {
+					if d.Float() <= 0 {
+						return fmt.Errorf("expected all distances to be greater than 0: (%d, %f)", i, d.Float())
+					}
+				}
+
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
+		{"NEARBY", "mykey", "LIMIT", 10, "DISTANCE", "IDS", "POINT", 52, 13, 100}, {
+			func(res string) error {
+				expected := 0.0
+
+				if !gjson.Get(res, "ok").Bool() {
+					return errors.New("not ok")
+				}
+
+				if gjson.Get(res, "ids.0.distance").Float() != expected {
+					return fmt.Errorf("expected '%f' distances, got '%f'", expected, gjson.Get(res, "ids.0.distance").Float())
+				}
+
+				return nil
+			},
+		},
 	})
 }