diff --git a/source/common/config/filter_json.cc b/source/common/config/filter_json.cc
index e3878a5d35b10..1ee3c2c1f7215 100644
--- a/source/common/config/filter_json.cc
+++ b/source/common/config/filter_json.cc
@@ -381,6 +381,9 @@ void FilterJson::translateLuaFilter(const Json::Object& json_config,
 void FilterJson::translateTcpProxy(
     const Json::Object& json_config,
     envoy::config::filter::network::tcp_proxy::v2::TcpProxy& proto_config) {
+  if (json_config.empty()) {
+    throw EnvoyException("tcp proxy config with deprecated_v1 requires a value field");
+  }
   json_config.validateSchema(Json::Schema::TCP_PROXY_NETWORK_FILTER_SCHEMA);
 
   JSON_UTIL_SET_STRING(json_config, proto_config, stat_prefix);
diff --git a/test/common/config/BUILD b/test/common/config/BUILD
index f6b41dac69e14..8f2ce71b92036 100644
--- a/test/common/config/BUILD
+++ b/test/common/config/BUILD
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ envoy_cc_test(
     srcs = ["filter_json_test.cc"],
     deps = [
         "//source/common/config:filter_json_lib",
+        "//test/test_common:utility_lib",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/test/common/config/filter_json_test.cc b/test/common/config/filter_json_test.cc
index c2185cba23f29..8cec55f45609a 100644
--- a/test/common/config/filter_json_test.cc
+++ b/test/common/config/filter_json_test.cc
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+#include "envoy/common/exception.h"
 #include "envoy/config/filter/http/router/v2/router.pb.h"
+#include "envoy/config/filter/network/tcp_proxy/v2/tcp_proxy.pb.h"
 
 #include "common/config/filter_json.h"
 #include "common/json/json_loader.h"
 
+#include "test/test_common/utility.h"
+
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 
 namespace Envoy {
@@ -17,6 +21,14 @@ parseRouterFromJson(const std::string& json_string) {
   return router;
 }
 
+envoy::config::filter::network::tcp_proxy::v2::TcpProxy
+parseTcpProxyFromJson(const std::string& json_string) {
+  envoy::config::filter::network::tcp_proxy::v2::TcpProxy tcp_proxy;
+  auto json_object_ptr = Json::Factory::loadFromString(json_string);
+  Config::FilterJson::translateTcpProxy(*json_object_ptr, tcp_proxy);
+  return tcp_proxy;
+}
+
 } // namespace
 
 TEST(FilterJsonTest, TranslateRouter) {
@@ -39,5 +51,53 @@ TEST(FilterJsonTest, TranslateRouterDefaults) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(router.start_child_span());
 }
 
+TEST(FilterJsonTest, TranslateTcpProxyEmptyConfig) {
+  // Simulates what happens when deprecated_v1 = true, but no value key is given.
+  EXPECT_THROW_WITH_REGEX(parseTcpProxyFromJson("{}"), EnvoyException,
+                          ".*deprecated_v1.*requires a value field.*");
+}
+
+TEST(FilterJsonTest, TranslateTcpProxy) {
+  std::string json_string = R"EOF(
+    {
+      "stat_prefix": "stats",
+      "route_config": {
+        "routes": [
+          {
+            "cluster": "cluster1"
+          },
+          {
+            "cluster": "cluster2",
+            "source_ip_list": [ "127.0.0.1/8" ],
+            "source_ports": "1000",
+            "destination_ip_list": [ "10.10.0.1/16" ],
+            "destination_ports": "2000"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "access_log": [
+        {
+          "path": "/dev/null"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  )EOF";
+
+  auto tcp_proxy = parseTcpProxyFromJson(json_string);
+  EXPECT_EQ("stats", tcp_proxy.stat_prefix());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(tcp_proxy.has_deprecated_v1());
+  auto routes = tcp_proxy.deprecated_v1().routes();
+  EXPECT_EQ(2, routes.size());
+  EXPECT_EQ("cluster1", routes[0].cluster());
+  EXPECT_EQ("cluster2", routes[1].cluster());
+  EXPECT_EQ("127.0.0.0", routes[1].source_ip_list()[0].address_prefix());
+  EXPECT_EQ(8, routes[1].source_ip_list()[0].prefix_len().value());
+  EXPECT_EQ("1000", routes[1].source_ports());
+  EXPECT_EQ("10.10.0.0", routes[1].destination_ip_list()[0].address_prefix());
+  EXPECT_EQ(16, routes[1].destination_ip_list()[0].prefix_len().value());
+  EXPECT_EQ("2000", routes[1].destination_ports());
+  EXPECT_EQ(1, tcp_proxy.access_log().size());
+}
+
 } // namespace Config
 } // namespace Envoy