diff --git a/lib/class-wp-json-posts.php b/lib/class-wp-json-posts.php
index 3e448c04b0..1b70fb19ac 100644
--- a/lib/class-wp-json-posts.php
+++ b/lib/class-wp-json-posts.php
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ protected function prepare_post( $post, $context = 'view' ) {
 		$post_fields_raw = array(
 			'title_raw'   => $post['post_title'],
 			'content_raw' => $post['post_content'],
+			'excerpt_raw' => $post['post_excerpt'],
 			'guid_raw'    => $post['guid'],
 			'post_meta'   => $this->get_all_meta( $post['ID'] ),
 		);