diff --git a/modules/core/src/persistence_json.cpp b/modules/core/src/persistence_json.cpp
index c5326c674a..9d05650814 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/persistence_json.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/persistence_json.cpp
@@ -623,9 +623,7 @@ public:
             }
 
             if( len == 4 && memcmp( beg, "null", 4 ) == 0 )
-            {
-                CV_PARSE_ERROR_CPP( "Value 'null' is not supported by this parser" );
-            }
+                ;
             else if( (len == 4 && memcmp( beg, "true", 4 ) == 0) ||
                      (len == 5 && memcmp( beg, "false", 5 ) == 0) )
             {
diff --git a/modules/core/test/test_io.cpp b/modules/core/test/test_io.cpp
index 6cf4bc8625..67b0ab5803 100644
--- a/modules/core/test/test_io.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/test/test_io.cpp
@@ -1545,6 +1545,30 @@ TEST(Core_InputOutput, FileStorage_format_yml_gz)
     EXPECT_EQ(FileStorage::FORMAT_YAML, fs.getFormat());
 }
 
+TEST(Core_InputOutput, FileStorage_json_null_object)
+{
+    std::string test =
+        "{ "
+            "\"padding\": null,"
+            "\"truncation\": null,"
+            "\"version\": \"1.0\""
+        "}";
+    FileStorage fs(test, FileStorage::READ | FileStorage::MEMORY);
+
+    ASSERT_TRUE(fs["padding"].isNone());
+    ASSERT_TRUE(fs["truncation"].isNone());
+    ASSERT_TRUE(fs["version"].isString());
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(fs["padding"].name(), "padding");
+    ASSERT_EQ(fs["truncation"].name(), "truncation");
+    ASSERT_EQ(fs["version"].name(), "version");
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(fs["padding"].string(), "");
+    ASSERT_EQ(fs["truncation"].string(), "");
+    ASSERT_EQ(fs["version"].string(), "1.0");
+    fs.release();
+}
+
 TEST(Core_InputOutput, FileStorage_json_named_nodes)
 {
     std::string test =