diff --git a/test/spec/ol/format/geojsonformat.test.js b/test/spec/ol/format/geojsonformat.test.js
index 28d6b39f47..52cfb3fc69 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/format/geojsonformat.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/format/geojsonformat.test.js
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ describe('ol.format.GeoJSON', function() {
     }
   };
 
+  var nullGeometryGeoJSON = {
+    'type': 'Feature',
+    'geometry': null,
+    'properties': {
+      'prop0': 'value0'
+    }
+  };
+
   var lineStringGeoJSON = {
     'type': 'Feature',
     'geometry': {
@@ -150,6 +158,14 @@ describe('ol.format.GeoJSON', function() {
       expect(feature.get('prop1')).to.eql({'this': 'that'});
     });
 
+    it('can read a feature with null geometry', function() {
+      var feature = format.readFeature(nullGeometryGeoJSON);
+      expect(feature).to.be.an(ol.Feature);
+      var geometry = feature.getGeometry();
+      expect(geometry).to.eql(null);
+      expect(feature.get('prop0')).to.be('value0');
+    });
+
     it('can read a feature collection', function() {
       var features = format.readFeatures(featureCollectionGeoJSON);
       expect(features).to.have.length(3);