diff --git a/cffi/cdefs.h b/cffi/cdefs.h
index e48a817..2f6cec9 100644
--- a/cffi/cdefs.h
+++ b/cffi/cdefs.h
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ LY_ERR lyd_print_all(struct ly_out *, const struct lyd_node *, LYD_FORMAT, uint3
 #define LYD_PARSE_LYB_MOD_UPDATE ...
 #define LYD_PARSE_NO_STATE ...
 #define LYD_PARSE_STORE_ONLY ...
+#define LYD_PARSE_JSON_NULL ...
 #define LYD_PARSE_ONLY ...
 #define LYD_PARSE_OPAQ ...
 #define LYD_PARSE_OPTS_MASK ...
diff --git a/libyang/context.py b/libyang/context.py
index 1b1d4cd..ba3332a 100644
--- a/libyang/context.py
+++ b/libyang/context.py
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ def parse_data(
         validate_present: bool = False,
         validate_multi_error: bool = False,
         store_only: bool = False,
+        json_null: bool = False,
     ) -> Optional[DNode]:
         if self.cdata is None:
             raise RuntimeError("context already destroyed")
@@ -531,6 +532,7 @@ def parse_data(
             ordered=ordered,
             strict=strict,
             store_only=store_only,
+            json_null=json_null,
         )
         validation_flgs = validation_flags(
             no_state=no_state,
@@ -589,6 +591,7 @@ def parse_data_mem(
         validate_present: bool = False,
         validate_multi_error: bool = False,
         store_only: bool = False,
+        json_null: bool = False,
     ) -> Optional[DNode]:
         return self.parse_data(
             fmt,
@@ -604,6 +607,7 @@ def parse_data_mem(
             validate_present=validate_present,
             validate_multi_error=validate_multi_error,
             store_only=store_only,
+            json_null=json_null,
         )
 
     def parse_data_file(
@@ -620,6 +624,7 @@ def parse_data_file(
         validate_present: bool = False,
         validate_multi_error: bool = False,
         store_only: bool = False,
+        json_null: bool = False,
     ) -> Optional[DNode]:
         return self.parse_data(
             fmt,
@@ -635,6 +640,7 @@ def parse_data_file(
             validate_present=validate_present,
             validate_multi_error=validate_multi_error,
             store_only=store_only,
+            json_null=json_null,
         )
 
     def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Module]:
diff --git a/libyang/data.py b/libyang/data.py
index 19ef0ca..0d63d3c 100644
--- a/libyang/data.py
+++ b/libyang/data.py
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ def parser_flags(
     ordered: bool = False,
     strict: bool = False,
     store_only: bool = False,
+    json_null: bool = False,
 ) -> int:
     flags = 0
     if lyb_mod_update:
@@ -132,6 +133,8 @@ def parser_flags(
         flags |= lib.LYD_PARSE_STRICT
     if store_only:
         flags |= lib.LYD_PARSE_STORE_ONLY
+    if json_null:
+        flags |= lib.LYD_PARSE_JSON_NULL
     return flags
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_data.py b/tests/test_data.py
index 4b7914e..1479eb9 100644
--- a/tests/test_data.py
+++ b/tests/test_data.py
@@ -1131,3 +1131,9 @@ def test_merge_builtin_plugins_only(self):
         self.assertIsInstance(dnode, DLeaf)
         self.assertEqual(dnode.value(), "test")
         dnode.free()
+
+    def test_dnode_parse_json_null(self):
+        JSON = """{"yolo-nodetypes:ip-address": null}"""
+        dnode = self.ctx.parse_data_mem(JSON, "json", json_null=True)
+        dnode_names = [d.name() for d in dnode.siblings()]
+        self.assertFalse("ip-address" in dnode_names)