diff --git a/src/pyshark/capture/capture.py b/src/pyshark/capture/capture.py
index 47c20947..1e923a14 100644
--- a/src/pyshark/capture/capture.py
+++ b/src/pyshark/capture/capture.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class UnknownEncyptionStandardException(Exception):
 class RawMustUseJsonException(Exception):
     """If the use_raw argument is True, so should the use_json argument"""
 
+class FieldMustUseJsonException(Exception):
+    """If custom parameters include '-e', use_json argument should be True"""
 
 class StopCapture(Exception):
     """Exception that the user can throw anywhere in packet-handling to stop the capture process."""
@@ -69,10 +71,14 @@ def __init__(self, display_filter=None, only_summaries=False, eventloop=None,
         self._custom_parameters = custom_parameters
         self._eof_reached = False
         self.__tshark_version = None
+        self._field_param = False
 
         if include_raw and not use_json:
             raise RawMustUseJsonException("use_json must be True if include_raw")
 
+        if self._custom_parameters and '-e' in self._custom_parameters and not use_json:
+            raise FieldMustUseJsonException("use_json must be True to properly parse '-e' fields")
+
         if self.debug:
             self.set_debug()
 
@@ -257,7 +263,7 @@ def _packets_from_tshark_sync(self, packet_count=None, existing_process=None):
 
     def apply_on_packets(self, callback, timeout=None, packet_count=None):
         """Runs through all packets and calls the given callback (a function) with each one as it is read.
-        
+
         If the capture is infinite (i.e. a live capture), it will run forever, otherwise it will complete after all
         packets have been read.
 
@@ -355,7 +361,7 @@ async def _get_packet_from_stream(self, stream, existing_data, got_first_packet=
 
         if packet:
             if self.use_json:
-                packet = packet_from_json_packet(packet, deduplicate_fields=self._json_has_duplicate_keys)
+                packet = packet_from_json_packet(packet, self._field_param, deduplicate_fields=self._json_has_duplicate_keys)
             else:
                 packet = packet_from_xml_packet(packet, psml_structure=psml_structure)
             return packet, existing_data
@@ -469,6 +475,10 @@ def get_parameters(self, packet_count=None):
             elif isinstance(self._custom_parameters, dict):
                 for key, val in self._custom_parameters.items():
                     params += [key, val]
+            # Add minimum fields if fields are being used.
+            if '-e' in self._custom_parameters:
+                params += ['-e', 'null.family', '-e', 'frame', '-e', 'frame.len', '-e', 'frame.protocols', '-e', 'frame.number', '-e', 'frame.interface_name', '-e', 'frame.interface_id', '-e', 'frame.time_epoch']
+                self._field_param = True
             else:
                 raise TypeError("Custom parameters type not supported.")
 
diff --git a/src/pyshark/tshark/tshark_json.py b/src/pyshark/tshark/tshark_json.py
index 2148307a..1ea2bf32 100644
--- a/src/pyshark/tshark/tshark_json.py
+++ b/src/pyshark/tshark/tshark_json.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def duplicate_object_hook(ordered_pairs):
     return json_dict
 
 
-def packet_from_json_packet(json_pkt, deduplicate_fields=True):
+def packet_from_json_packet(json_pkt, field_param=False, deduplicate_fields=True):
     """Creates a Pyshark Packet from a tshark json single packet.
 
     Before tshark 2.6, there could be duplicate keys in a packet json, which creates the need for
@@ -41,16 +41,43 @@ def packet_from_json_packet(json_pkt, deduplicate_fields=True):
             pkt_dict = ujson.loads(json_pkt)
         else:
             pkt_dict = json.loads(json_pkt.decode('utf-8'))
-    # We use the frame dict here and not the object access because it's faster.
-    frame_dict = pkt_dict['_source']['layers'].pop('frame')
+    frame_dict = {}
     layers = []
-    for layer in frame_dict['frame.protocols'].split(':'):
-        layer_dict = pkt_dict['_source']['layers'].pop(layer, None)
-        if layer_dict is not None:
-            layers.append(JsonLayer(layer, layer_dict))
-    # Add all leftovers
-    for name, layer in pkt_dict['_source']['layers'].items():
-        layers.append(JsonLayer(name, layer))
+    # Using "-T json -e <field>"
+    if field_param:
+    #    for layer in frame_dict['frame.protocols'][0].split(':'):
+    #    layer_dict = pkt_dict['_source'].pop('layers')
+        if pkt_dict:
+            for key, val in pkt_dict['_source']['layers'].items():
+                # Separate layer and name within the key and normalize '-' syntax.
+                layer = key.split('.', 1)[0].replace('-', '_')
+                name = key.replace('.', '_').replace('_', '.', 1).replace('-', '_')
+                # Convert list to string (as necessary).
+                if len(val) == 1:
+                    val = val[0]
+                # Build frame dict
+                if layer == 'frame':
+                    frame_dict[name] = val
+                else:
+                    try:
+                        frame_dict[layer][name] = val
+                    except KeyError:
+                        frame_dict[layer] = {name: val}
+        # Add all layers
+        for layer in pkt_dict['_source']['layers']['frame.protocols'][0].replace('-', '_').split(':'):
+            layer_dict = frame_dict.pop(layer, None)
+            if layer_dict is not None:
+                layers.append(JsonLayer(layer, layer_dict))
+    else:
+        # We use the frame dict here and not the object access because it's faster.
+        frame_dict = pkt_dict['_source']['layers'].pop('frame')
+        for layer in frame_dict['frame.protocols'].split(':'):
+            layer_dict = pkt_dict['_source']['layers'].pop(layer, None)
+            if layer_dict is not None:
+                layers.append(JsonLayer(layer, layer_dict))
+        # Add all leftovers
+        for name, layer in pkt_dict['_source']['layers'].items():
+            layers.append(JsonLayer(name, layer))
 
     return Packet(layers=layers, frame_info=JsonLayer('frame', frame_dict),
                   number=int(frame_dict.get('frame.number', 0)),