diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JDBCRDD.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JDBCRDD.scala
index 1c348ed62fc78..62c4d4f0b1731 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JDBCRDD.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JDBCRDD.scala
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ private[sql] class JDBCRDD(
     case GreaterThan(attr, value) => s"$attr > ${compileValue(value)}"
     case LessThanOrEqual(attr, value) => s"$attr <= ${compileValue(value)}"
     case GreaterThanOrEqual(attr, value) => s"$attr >= ${compileValue(value)}"
+    case IsNull(attr) => s"$attr IS NULL"
     case _ => null
   }
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
index a360947152996..ab2e1650f5096 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ class JDBCSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with SharedSQLContext
     assert(stripSparkFilter(sql("SELECT * FROM foobar WHERE THEID = 1")).collect().size === 1)
     assert(stripSparkFilter(sql("SELECT * FROM foobar WHERE NAME = 'fred'")).collect().size === 1)
     assert(stripSparkFilter(sql("SELECT * FROM foobar WHERE NAME > 'fred'")).collect().size === 2)
+    assert(stripSparkFilter(sql("SELECT * FROM nulltypes WHERE A IS NULL")).collect().size === 1)
   }
 
   test("SELECT * WHERE (quoted strings)") {