diff --git a/include/json/writer.h b/include/json/writer.h
index 38d41e1..46d5ccc 100644
--- a/include/json/writer.h
+++ b/include/json/writer.h
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ namespace Json {
 
       void enableYAMLCompatibility();
 
+      /** \brief Drop the "null" string from the writer's output for nullValues.
+       * Strictly speaking, this is not valid JSON. But when the output is being
+       * fed to a browser's Javascript, it makes for smaller output and the
+       * browser can handle the output just fine.
+       */
+      void dropNullPlaceholders();
+
    public: // overridden from Writer
       virtual std::string write( const Value &root );
 
@@ -48,6 +55,7 @@ namespace Json {
 
       std::string document_;
       bool yamlCompatiblityEnabled_;
+      bool dropNullPlaceholders_;
    };
 
    /** \brief Writes a Value in <a HREF="http://www.json.org">JSON</a> format in a human friendly way.
diff --git a/src/lib_json/json_writer.cpp b/src/lib_json/json_writer.cpp
index b44def3..ccf323a 100644
--- a/src/lib_json/json_writer.cpp
+++ b/src/lib_json/json_writer.cpp
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ Writer::~Writer()
 // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 FastWriter::FastWriter()
-   : yamlCompatiblityEnabled_( false )
+   : yamlCompatiblityEnabled_( false ),
+     dropNullPlaceholders_( false )
 {
 }
 
@@ -204,6 +205,13 @@ FastWriter::enableYAMLCompatibility()
 }
 
 
+void
+FastWriter::dropNullPlaceholders()
+{
+   dropNullPlaceholders_ = true;
+}
+
+
 std::string 
 FastWriter::write( const Value &root )
 {
@@ -220,7 +228,7 @@ FastWriter::writeValue( const Value &value )
    switch ( value.type() )
    {
    case nullValue:
-      document_ += "null";
+      if (!dropNullPlaceholders_) document_ += "null";
       break;
    case intValue:
       document_ += valueToString( value.asLargestInt() );
diff --git a/src/test_lib_json/main.cpp b/src/test_lib_json/main.cpp
index c6ab619..3e28085 100644
--- a/src/test_lib_json/main.cpp
+++ b/src/test_lib_json/main.cpp
@@ -1399,6 +1399,23 @@ ValueTest::checkIsEqual( const Json::Value &x, const Json::Value &y )
     JSONTEST_ASSERT( y.compare( x ) == 0 );
 }
 
+
+struct WriterTest : JsonTest::TestCase
+{
+};
+
+
+JSONTEST_FIXTURE( WriterTest, dropNullPlaceholders )
+{
+    Json::FastWriter writer;
+    Json::Value nullValue;
+    JSONTEST_ASSERT( writer.write(nullValue) == "null\n" );
+
+    writer.dropNullPlaceholders();
+    JSONTEST_ASSERT( writer.write(nullValue) == "\n" );
+}
+
+
 int main( int argc, const char *argv[] )
 {
    JsonTest::Runner runner;
@@ -1420,5 +1437,6 @@ int main( int argc, const char *argv[] )
    JSONTEST_REGISTER_FIXTURE( runner, ValueTest, compareArray );
    JSONTEST_REGISTER_FIXTURE( runner, ValueTest, compareObject );
    JSONTEST_REGISTER_FIXTURE( runner, ValueTest, compareType );
+   JSONTEST_REGISTER_FIXTURE( runner, WriterTest, dropNullPlaceholders );
    return runner.runCommandLine( argc, argv );
 }