diff --git a/Foundation/src/Var.cpp b/Foundation/src/Var.cpp
index 4908d7ee4..4398292ac 100644
--- a/Foundation/src/Var.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/src/Var.cpp
@@ -432,9 +432,10 @@ Var Var::parse(const std::string& val, std::string::size_type& pos)
 				std::string str = parseString(val, pos);
 				if (str == "false")
 					return false;
-
-				if (str == "true")
+				else if (str == "true")
 					return true;
+				else if (str == "null")
+					return Var();
 
 				bool isNumber = false;
 				bool isSigned = false;
diff --git a/Foundation/testsuite/src/VarTest.cpp b/Foundation/testsuite/src/VarTest.cpp
index a476fb8ac..5a926dd8c 100644
--- a/Foundation/testsuite/src/VarTest.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/testsuite/src/VarTest.cpp
@@ -2623,9 +2623,9 @@ void VarTest::testJSONDeserializeString()
 	a = Var::parse(tst);
 	assertTrue (a.toString() == "{ \"a\": \"1\", \"b\": \"2\" }");
 
-	tst = "{ \"message\": \"escape\\b\\f\\n\\r\\t\", \"path\": \"\\/dev\\/null\" }";
+	tst = "{ \"message\": \"escape\\b\\f\\n\\r\\t\", \"path\": \"\\/dev\\/null\", \"zero\": null }";
 	a = Var::parse(tst);
-	assertTrue(a.toString() == "{ \"message\": \"escape\\b\\f\\n\\r\\t\", \"path\": \"/dev/null\" }");
+	assertTrue(a.toString() == "{ \"message\": \"escape\\b\\f\\n\\r\\t\", \"path\": \"/dev/null\", \"zero\": null }");
 }