diff --git a/tests/fixtures/plugins/database/tester/models/Post.php b/tests/fixtures/plugins/database/tester/models/Post.php
index 73c08f5b7..cc54d9b01 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/plugins/database/tester/models/Post.php
+++ b/tests/fixtures/plugins/database/tester/models/Post.php
@@ -33,6 +33,23 @@ class Post extends Model
 
 }
 
+class NullablePost extends Post
+{
+    use \October\Rain\Database\Traits\Nullable;
+
+    /**
+     * @var array Guarded fields
+     */
+    protected $guarded = [];
+
+    /**
+     * @var array List of attributes to nullify
+     */
+    protected $nullable = [
+        'author_nickname',
+    ];
+}
+
 class SluggablePost extends Post
 {
 
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/plugins/database/tester/updates/create_posts_table.php b/tests/fixtures/plugins/database/tester/updates/create_posts_table.php
index 38bc65a73..694ef36ca 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/plugins/database/tester/updates/create_posts_table.php
+++ b/tests/fixtures/plugins/database/tester/updates/create_posts_table.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class CreatePostsTable extends Migration
             $table->boolean('is_published')->default(false);
             $table->timestamp('published_at')->nullable();
             $table->integer('author_id')->unsigned()->index()->nullable();
+            $table->string('author_nickname')->default('October')->nullable();
             $table->softDeletes();
             $table->timestamps();
         });
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/database/NullableModelTest.php b/tests/unit/plugins/database/NullableModelTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5597f079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/database/NullableModelTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+use Database\Tester\Models\NullablePost;
+
+class NullableModelTest extends PluginTestCase
+{
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        include_once base_path().'/tests/fixtures/plugins/database/tester/models/Post.php';
+
+        $this->runPluginRefreshCommand('Database.Tester');
+    }
+
+    public function testNullifyingFields()
+    {
+        // The nullable field should be unset and use sql default
+        $post = NullablePost::create(['author_nickname' => '']);
+        $this->assertEquals('October', NullablePost::find($post->id)->author_nickname);
+
+        // Once saved, fields will be set to null
+        $post->author_nickname = '';
+        $post->save();
+        $this->assertNull($post->author_nickname);
+    }
+
+    public function testNonEmptyValuesAreIgnored()
+    {
+        $post = NullablePost::create(['author_nickname' => 'Joe']);
+        $this->assertEquals('Joe', $post->author_nickname);
+    }
+}