diff --git a/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c b/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c
index ed54d4c..faa40e7 100644
--- a/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/qmp-input-visitor.c
@@ -338,6 +338,17 @@ static void qmp_input_type_any(Visitor *v, const char *name, QObject **obj,
     *obj = qobj;
 }

+static void qmp_input_type_null(Visitor *v, const char *name, Error **errp)
+{
+    QmpInputVisitor *qiv = to_qiv(v);
+    QObject *qobj = qmp_input_get_object(qiv, name, true);
+
+    if (qobject_type(qobj) != QTYPE_QNULL) {
+        error_setg(errp, QERR_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE, name ? name : "null",
+                   "null");
+    }
+}
+
 static void qmp_input_optional(Visitor *v, const char *name, bool *present)
 {
     QmpInputVisitor *qiv = to_qiv(v);
@@ -381,6 +392,7 @@ QmpInputVisitor *qmp_input_visitor_new(QObject *obj)
     v->visitor.type_str = qmp_input_type_str;
     v->visitor.type_number = qmp_input_type_number;
     v->visitor.type_any = qmp_input_type_any;
+    v->visitor.type_null = qmp_input_type_null;
     v->visitor.optional = qmp_input_optional;

     qmp_input_push(v, obj, NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/qapi/qmp-output-visitor.c b/qapi/qmp-output-visitor.c
index 1f2a7ba..5681ad3 100644
--- a/qapi/qmp-output-visitor.c
+++ b/qapi/qmp-output-visitor.c
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ static void qmp_output_type_any(Visitor *v, const char *name, QObject **obj,
     qmp_output_add_obj(qov, name, *obj);
 }

+static void qmp_output_type_null(Visitor *v, const char *name, Error **errp)
+{
+    QmpOutputVisitor *qov = to_qov(v);
+    qmp_output_add_obj(qov, name, qnull());
+}
+
 /* Finish building, and return the root object. Will not be NULL. */
 QObject *qmp_output_get_qobject(QmpOutputVisitor *qov)
 {
@@ -246,6 +252,7 @@ QmpOutputVisitor *qmp_output_visitor_new(void)
     v->visitor.type_str = qmp_output_type_str;
     v->visitor.type_number = qmp_output_type_number;
     v->visitor.type_any = qmp_output_type_any;
+    v->visitor.type_null = qmp_output_type_null;

     QTAILQ_INIT(&v->stack);

diff --git a/tests/check-qnull.c b/tests/check-qnull.c
index b0fb1e6..e16c783 100644
--- a/tests/check-qnull.c
+++ b/tests/check-qnull.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@

 #include "qapi/qmp/qobject.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qapi/qmp-input-visitor.h"
 #include "qapi/qmp-output-visitor.h"

 /*
@@ -37,15 +38,22 @@ static void qnull_visit_test(void)
 {
     QObject *obj;
     QmpOutputVisitor *qov;
+    QmpInputVisitor *qiv;

     g_assert(qnull_.refcnt == 1);
+    obj = qnull();
+    qiv = qmp_input_visitor_new(obj);
+    qobject_decref(obj);
+    visit_type_null(qmp_input_get_visitor(qiv), NULL, &error_abort);
+
     qov = qmp_output_visitor_new();
-    /* FIXME: Empty visits are ugly, we should have a visit_type_null(). */
+    visit_type_null(qmp_output_get_visitor(qov), NULL, &error_abort);
     obj = qmp_output_get_qobject(qov);
     g_assert(obj == &qnull_);
     qobject_decref(obj);

     qmp_output_visitor_cleanup(qov);
+    qmp_input_visitor_cleanup(qiv);
     g_assert(qnull_.refcnt == 1);
 }

diff --git a/tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.c b/tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.c
index 5941e90..46fa1b9 100644
--- a/tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.c
+++ b/tests/test-qmp-input-visitor.c
@@ -278,6 +278,20 @@ static void test_visitor_in_any(TestInputVisitorData *data,
     qobject_decref(res);
 }

+static void test_visitor_in_null(TestInputVisitorData *data,
+                                 const void *unused)
+{
+    Visitor *v;
+
+    v = visitor_input_test_init(data, "null");
+    visit_type_null(v, NULL, &error_abort);
+
+    v = visitor_input_test_init(data, "{ 'a': null }");
+    visit_start_struct(v, NULL, NULL, 0, &error_abort);
+    visit_type_null(v, "a", &error_abort);
+    visit_end_struct(v, &error_abort);
+}
+
 static void test_visitor_in_union_flat(TestInputVisitorData *data,
                                        const void *unused)
 {
@@ -828,6 +842,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                            &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_list);
     input_visitor_test_add("/visitor/input/any",
                            &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_any);
+    input_visitor_test_add("/visitor/input/null",
+                           &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_null);
     input_visitor_test_add("/visitor/input/union-flat",
                            &in_visitor_data, test_visitor_in_union_flat);
     input_visitor_test_add("/visitor/input/alternate",
diff --git a/tests/test-qmp-output-visitor.c b/tests/test-qmp-output-visitor.c
index 81c90bc..4f7692b 100644
--- a/tests/test-qmp-output-visitor.c
+++ b/tests/test-qmp-output-visitor.c
@@ -476,11 +476,12 @@ static void test_visitor_out_alternate(TestOutputVisitorData *data,
     qobject_decref(arg);
 }

-static void test_visitor_out_empty(TestOutputVisitorData *data,
-                                   const void *unused)
+static void test_visitor_out_null(TestOutputVisitorData *data,
+                                  const void *unused)
 {
     QObject *arg;

+    visit_type_null(data->ov, NULL, &error_abort);
     arg = qmp_output_get_qobject(data->qov);
     g_assert(qobject_type(arg) == QTYPE_QNULL);
     qobject_decref(arg);
@@ -836,8 +837,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                             &out_visitor_data, test_visitor_out_union_flat);
     output_visitor_test_add("/visitor/output/alternate",
                             &out_visitor_data, test_visitor_out_alternate);
-    output_visitor_test_add("/visitor/output/empty",
-                            &out_visitor_data, test_visitor_out_empty);
+    output_visitor_test_add("/visitor/output/null",
+                            &out_visitor_data, test_visitor_out_null);
     output_visitor_test_add("/visitor/output/native_list/int",
                             &out_visitor_data,
                             test_visitor_out_native_list_int);
