diff --git a/tools/cldr-code/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/json/Ldml2JsonConverter.java b/tools/cldr-code/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/json/Ldml2JsonConverter.java
index d4e01927d6f..0ced5c947d1 100644
--- a/tools/cldr-code/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/json/Ldml2JsonConverter.java
+++ b/tools/cldr-code/src/main/java/org/unicode/cldr/json/Ldml2JsonConverter.java
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ enum RunType {
         annotations,
         annotationsDerived,
         bcp47(false, false),
-        transforms(false, false);
+        transforms(false, false),
+        subdivisions(false, true);
 
         private final boolean isTiered;
         private final boolean hasLocales;
@@ -748,6 +749,8 @@ private int convertCldrItems(
                 outFilename = filename + ".json";
             } else if (type == RunType.transforms) {
                 outFilename = filename + ".json";
+            } else if (type == RunType.subdivisions) {
+                outFilename = filename + ".json";
             } else if (js.section.equals("other")) {
                 // If you see other-___.json, it means items that were missing from
                 // JSON_config_*.txt
@@ -786,7 +789,8 @@ private int convertCldrItems(
                         }
                     } else if (type == RunType.rbnf
                             || type == RunType.bcp47
-                            || type == RunType.transforms) {
+                            || type == RunType.transforms 
+                            || type == RunType.subdivisions) {
                         // untiered, just use the name
                         js.packageName = type.name();
                         tier = "";
diff --git a/tools/cldr-code/src/main/resources/org/unicode/cldr/json/JSON_config_subdivisions.txt b/tools/cldr-code/src/main/resources/org/unicode/cldr/json/JSON_config_subdivisions.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97051e09f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/cldr-code/src/main/resources/org/unicode/cldr/json/JSON_config_subdivisions.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Processed by LdmlConfigFileReader
+
+# These are earlier in the file to keep the packageDesc in one place.
+package=subdivisions ; packageDesc=Translated versions of locale display name elements: subdivisions.
+
+# mapping paths to sections
+section=subdivisions ; path=//cldr/subdivisions/[^/]++/localeDisplayNames/subdivisions/.* ; package=subdivisions
+
+# Depedencies
+dependency=core ; package=subdivisions