diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/JsonElementWriter.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/JsonElementWriter.java
index 3328cdc2..3c31000d 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/JsonElementWriter.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/JsonElementWriter.java
@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ public final class JsonElementWriter extends JsonWriter {
 
   private void put(JsonElement value) {
     if (pendingName != null) {
-      JsonObject object = (JsonObject) peek();
-      object.add(pendingName, value);
+      if (!value.isJsonNull() || getSerializeNulls()) {
+        JsonObject object = (JsonObject) peek();
+        object.add(pendingName, value);
+      }
       pendingName = null;
     } else if (stack.isEmpty()) {
       product = value;
diff --git a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/JsonElementWriterTest.java b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/JsonElementWriterTest.java
index dfe4fb25..5246b6f3 100644
--- a/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/JsonElementWriterTest.java
+++ b/gson/src/test/java/com/google/gson/internal/bind/JsonElementWriterTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ public final class JsonElementWriterTest extends TestCase {
 
   // TODO: more tests
   // TODO: figure out what should be returned by an empty writer
-  // TODO: test when serialize nulls is false
 
   public void testArray() throws IOException {
     JsonElementWriter writer = new JsonElementWriter();
@@ -97,4 +96,24 @@ public final class JsonElementWriterTest extends TestCase {
     } catch (IOException expected) {
     }
   }
+
+  public void testSerializeNullsFalse() throws IOException {
+    JsonElementWriter writer = new JsonElementWriter();
+    writer.setSerializeNulls(false);
+    writer.beginObject();
+    writer.name("A");
+    writer.nullValue();
+    writer.endObject();
+    assertEquals("{}", writer.get().toString());
+  }
+
+  public void testSerializeNullsTrue() throws IOException {
+    JsonElementWriter writer = new JsonElementWriter();
+    writer.setSerializeNulls(true);
+    writer.beginObject();
+    writer.name("A");
+    writer.nullValue();
+    writer.endObject();
+    assertEquals("{\"A\":null}", writer.get().toString());
+  }
 }