diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18a74a8e..a3272e1e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ HEAD
   (ArduinoJson now produces standard UTF-8 instead of CESU-8)
 * Added `measureJson`, `measureJsonPretty`, and `measureMsgPack` to `keywords.txt`
   (This file is used for syntax highlighting in the Arduino IDE) 
+* Fixed `variant.is<nullptr_t>()`
 
 > ### BREAKING CHANGES
 > 
diff --git a/extras/tests/MixedConfiguration/cpp11.cpp b/extras/tests/MixedConfiguration/cpp11.cpp
index 35472dfc..df81e35c 100644
--- a/extras/tests/MixedConfiguration/cpp11.cpp
+++ b/extras/tests/MixedConfiguration/cpp11.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ TEST_CASE("nullptr") {
 
     REQUIRE(variant.isNull());
   }
+
+  SECTION("JsonVariant.is<nullptr_t>()") {
+    variant.set(42);
+    REQUIRE(variant.is<std::nullptr_t>() == false);
+
+    variant.clear();
+    REQUIRE(variant.is<std::nullptr_t>() == true);
+  }
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("Issue #1120") {
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantRef.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantRef.hpp
index 9ceab858..7ded4d39 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantRef.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Variant/VariantRef.hpp
@@ -91,6 +91,16 @@ class VariantRefBase {
   is() const {
     return variantIsObject(_data);
   }
+#if ARDUINOJSON_HAS_NULLPTR
+  //
+  // bool is<nullptr_t> const;
+  template <typename T>
+  FORCE_INLINE
+      typename enable_if<is_same<T, decltype(nullptr)>::value, bool>::type
+      is() const {
+    return variantIsNull(_data);
+  }
+#endif
 
   FORCE_INLINE bool isNull() const {
     return variantIsNull(_data);