diff --git a/moshi/src/main/java/com/squareup/moshi/StandardJsonAdapters.java b/moshi/src/main/java/com/squareup/moshi/StandardJsonAdapters.java
index 9283680..7e9c763 100644
--- a/moshi/src/main/java/com/squareup/moshi/StandardJsonAdapters.java
+++ b/moshi/src/main/java/com/squareup/moshi/StandardJsonAdapters.java
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ final class StandardJsonAdapters {
         case BOOLEAN:
           return reader.nextBoolean();
 
+        case NULL:
+          return reader.nextNull();
+
         default:
           throw new IllegalStateException("Expected a value but was " + reader.peek()
               + " at path " + reader.getPath());
diff --git a/moshi/src/test/java/com/squareup/moshi/ObjectAdapterTest.java b/moshi/src/test/java/com/squareup/moshi/ObjectAdapterTest.java
index eea2669..d85daad 100644
--- a/moshi/src/test/java/com/squareup/moshi/ObjectAdapterTest.java
+++ b/moshi/src/test/java/com/squareup/moshi/ObjectAdapterTest.java
@@ -84,6 +84,17 @@ public final class ObjectAdapterTest {
     assertThat(adapter.fromJson("[0, 1]")).isEqualTo(Arrays.asList(0d, 1d));
   }
 
+  @Test public void fromJsonDoesNotFailOnNullValues() throws Exception {
+    Map<Object, Object> emptyDelivery = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+    emptyDelivery.put("address", null);
+    emptyDelivery.put("items", null);
+
+    Moshi moshi = new Moshi.Builder().build();
+    JsonAdapter<Object> adapter = moshi.adapter(Object.class);
+    assertThat(adapter.fromJson("{\"address\":null, \"items\":null}"))
+        .isEqualTo(emptyDelivery);
+  }
+
   @Test public void toJsonCoercesRuntimeTypeForCollections() throws Exception {
     Collection<String> collection = new AbstractCollection<String>() {
       @Override public Iterator<String> iterator() {