diff --git a/response.go b/response.go
index 971b2d9..06b73cf 100644
--- a/response.go
+++ b/response.go
@@ -159,6 +159,12 @@ func (r *Response) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	// If the result is null, Unmarshal won't work, so skip it.
+	if resultData == nil {
+		r.Result = nil
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// Restore the userResult and finish unmarshaling.
 	r.Result = userResult
 	return json.Unmarshal(resultData, &r.Result)
diff --git a/response_test.go b/response_test.go
index 95bc5c0..ed1fd5c 100644
--- a/response_test.go
+++ b/response_test.go
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ var responseTests = []struct {
 	Name: "bad version",
 	Data: `{"result":"result"}`,
 	Err:  "invalid JSON-RPC 2.0 version",
+}, {
+	Name:   "null result",
+	Data:   `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":null,"id":5}`,
+	Res:    &Response{ID: 5, Result: nil},
+	Result: nil,
 }}
 
 func TestResponse(t *testing.T) {
@@ -57,4 +62,17 @@ func TestResponse(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 		}
 	})
+	t.Run("UnmarshalJSON", func(t *testing.T) {
+		for _, test := range responseTests {
+			if test.Res == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			t.Run(test.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				assert := assert.New(t)
+				err := test.Res.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(test.Data))
+				assert.NoError(err)
+				assert.Equal(test.Result, test.Res.Result)
+			})
+		}
+	})
 }